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Memorable Match No 11 |
AUSTRALIA -V- GREAT BRITAIN 1967, 3rd Test - Staton
Road Ground Swinton. |
1st Aussie Team to retain ashes
in UK
Game played in snow after 21 tonnes of straw placed on surface |
| Australia
went into the third test with their eyes on the
prize - that being the first touring team to defend
the ashes that they had won in 1963.
Great Britain had won the first test 16 -11. Gasnier
had broken a bone in his leg, Dennis Manteit had
been marched and Raper had suffered a depressed
facture of the cheek.
The
Aussies won the second test in London. Australia
was brilliantly lead by stand in captain Gallagher.
From match reports Ron Coote was brilliant in his
debut test match. Australia won 17 -11. |
Ron
Coote about to be meanaced by Cliff Watson, with Johnny
King in support. |
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(As reported
in the History of Australian Rugby League)
Yet Australia's Third Test victory was even more meritorious.
On a snow hardened Station Road Ground, Swinton, in conditions
which suited Great Britain, Australia tackled with such
committment that the British were restricted to a single
try, scored in the last twenty minutes of the match. To
counter the snow, the field was covered in 21 tonnes of
straw. Snow fell during the match. With Raper as captain,
Coote and Johnny King collected tries to se the Australians
on their way to an inspired 11 - 3 victory. The third tryscorer
was Branson, substituting for Brisbane's Johnny Gleeson,
who went of with a broken jaw. Gleeson had been one of the
unsung heroes of the tour, having played halfback in the
2nd test and five eight in the decider. In the final 10
minutes or so of "get squares" Noel 'Ned' Kelly,
the tough rogue who played 25 tests for Australia was sent
off after flattening Britain's best player of the series,
Tommy Bishop, as Bishop chased his kick ahead.
( If you had time in the snow when this game was played
or have some memories about this game, then why not share
it with us all) |
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