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Test Matches - Australia - New Zealand - Papua New Guinea - Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea 1984
Details from The Vault and Roland Davis "Great Britain Rugby League Tours"
Bradford Northern's Brian Noble led the side following the withdrawal of Trevor Skerrett. Another selection. former Lion Len Casey, had to withdraw after receiving a six month ban, and Chris Arkwright, grandson of 1936 tourist Jack Arkwright, had to withdraw because of injury. A young party had the insurmountable task of winning the Ashes for the first time in 14 years, and end a run of seven successive home and away defeats to Australia. The lost all Tests in both Australia and New Zealand, but became the first seven Test tourist with the historic first fixture in Papua New Guinea. Brian Noble, Mick Burke, Des Drummond, Keith Mumby, Ellery Hanley, Andy Goodway and Mick Adams became the first Lions to play in seven Tests on tour. Ronnie Duane returned home after injury in the first game in Darwin, and was replaced by John Basnett. Mick Burke led the goal scorers with 36 and top scored with 80 points in the first Lions tour with fur point tries. Ellery Hanley was top try scorer with 12 - he made most appearances (17) along with Des Drummond. Garry Schofield at 18 became the youngest player to tour.
First Test, Saturday 9th June 1984. Back to top Australia 25 Great Britain 8 Australia: Jack; Boustead (t), Miles, Kenny, Conlon (4g); Lewis (t,dg), Murray (t); Brown, Conescu, Dowling, Pearce, Niebling, Price (t). Sub: Close for Kenny, Young for Brown Great Britain: M Burke (2g); D Drummond, G Schofield (t), K Mumby, E Hanley; D Foy, N Holding; L Crooks, B Noble, A Goodway, C Burton, M Worrall, M Adams. Sub: J Lydon for Holding, D Hobbs for Crooks Second Test, Tuesday 26th June 1984. Back to top Australia 18 Great Britain 6 Australia: Jack; Boustead, Miles, Meninga (t,3g), Grothe (t); Lewis, Murray; Brown, Conescu, Dowling, Vautin, Niebling, Pearce. Sub: Mortimer for Murray, Fullerton-Smith for Brown Great Britain: M Burke (g); D Drummond, G Schofield (t), K Mumby, E Hanley; A Myler, N Holding; K Rayne, B Noble, L Crooks, C Burton, A Goodway, M Worrall. Sub: A Gregory for Burke, M Adams for Crooks Third Test, Saturday 14th July 1979. Back to top Australia 20 Great Britain 7 Australia: Jack (t); Grothe (t), Miles, Meninga (4g), Boustead; Lewis, Mortimer; Niebling, Conescu, Dowling, Pearce, Fullerton-Smith, Price. Sub: Kenny for Miles, Brown for Fullerton-Smith Great Britain: M Burke (g); D Drummond, G Schofield, K Mumby, E Hanley (t); A Myler, N Holding (dg); D Hobbs, B Noble, B Case, C Burton, A Goodway, M Adams.
First New Zealand Test. Back to top New Zealand 12 Great Britain 0 New Zealand: Kemble; Bell, Leuluai (t), Ah Kuoi (t), O'Hara; Filipaina (g), Varley; K Tamati, H Tamati, D Sorensen, Wright, K Sorensen, McGahan. Sub: Friend for Filipaina Great Britain: M Burke; D Drummond, G Schofield, K Mumby, E Hanley; M Smith, N Holding; D Hobbs, B Noble, B Case, C Burton, A Goodway, M Adams. Second New Zealand Test. Back to top New Zealand 28 Great Britain 12 New Zealand: Kemble; Bell (t), Leuluai (t), Ah Kuoi (t), O'Hara (2t); Filipaina (4g), Varley; K Tamati, H Tamati, D Sorensen, Wright, K Sorensen, McGahan. Sub: Friend for Varley, Cowan for H Tamati Great Britain: M Burke (2g); D Drummond, E Hanley (t), K Mumby, J Lydon; A Myler (t), A Gregory; D Hobbs, B Noble, B Case, C Burton, A Goodway, M Adams. Sub: K Beardmore for Noble, J Joyner for Burton Third New Zealand Test. Back to top New Zealand 32 Great Britain 16 New Zealand: Kemble; Bell, Leuluai (2t), Ah Kuoi, O'Hara (t); Filipaina (6g), Varley (2t); K Tamati, H Tamati, D Sorensen, Wright, K Sorensen, McGahan. Sub: Friend for Varley, Cowan for McGahan Great Britain: M Burke (4g); D Drummond, E Hanley (t), K Mumby (t), J Lydon; A Myler (t), A Gregory; D Hobbs, B Noble, B Case, M Adams, A Goodway, T Flanagan. Sub: S Donlan for Burke, J Joyner for Case
Papua New Guinea Test. Back to top Papua New Guinea 20 Great Britain 38 Papua New Guinea: M Kitumun; N Karai, D Noifa (t), D Numapo (2g), R Tolik (t); G Gabob, P Kila; J Tep, F Asarufa, R Jekis, R Kubak, R Loitive, A Taumaku. Sub: J Peter for Kila, P Wek for Loitive Great Britain: M Burke (t,5g); D Drummond (2t), E Hanley (t), K Mumby (t), J Lydon; A Myler (t), A Gregory; K Rayne (t), B Noble, A Goodway, T Flanagan, D Hobbs, M Adams. Sub: W Proctor for Lydon, S Donlan for Myler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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