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Kangaroo
Tour: 1967-1968
Sean Fagan of RL1908.com
 The
1967 Kangaroos left behind two young stars who were expected to
be selected for tour - Bob McCarthy and Bob Fulton.
The team was captain-coached by Reg Gasnier and included Branson,
Coote, Goldspink, Irvine, Langlands, Kelly, Moore, Raper, Sattler
and Billy Smith.
In
the First Test Britain claimed opening honours winning by 16-11,
worse news for the Australians was the fracture to Gasnier's leg
which ultimately meant he had just played his final Test.
Raper
and Smith were also missing for the 2nd Test and the Kangaroos looked
to be in trouble. A see-sawing encounter followed as Australia's
grip on the Ashes looked doubtful. However two late tries to the
Kangaroos saw them win 17-11.
On
a snow and ice bound field that was as hard as concrete, Australia
won the 3rd Test. Conditions were so bad most soccer matches had
been called off earlier in the day.
It
was a tough match, with Raper again inspirational. The score was
3-0 to Australia at half-time, and only 11-3 in the end, but it
was all the Kangaroos needed to retain the Ashes.
The
French leg of the tour proved to be a major disappointment as the
Australians failed to take any of the three Tests against France.
Reg
Gasnier returned to the field from injury in a minor game against
‘Espoirs' (Young Hopefuls of France) to rest some his weary players.
The great man limped off near the end of the game and never played
again.
Tour
Details:
1967/68
v Great Britain & France
GREAT
BRITAIN
1st Test - 21 October : lost 11-16 / Headingley, Leeds (22,293)
2nd Test - 3 Nov : won 17-11 / White City Stadium, London (17,445)
3rd Test - 9 December : won 11-3 / Station Road, Swinton (13,515)
RECORD: P: 20
W: 12 D: 1 L: 7 FOR: 293 AGST: 196
TEST SERIES: Won 2-1
AGGREGATE
ATTENDANCE: 223,485
v
Warrington W 16-7 11,642 Warrington
v Yorkshire L 14-15 19,370 Wakefield
v Hull Kingston Rovers L 15-27 11,252 Hull
v Lancashire W 14-2 9,369 Salford
v Wigan L 6-12 22,770 Wigan
v Rochdale Hornets W 25-2 2,676 Rochdale
v GREAT BRITAIN L 11-16 22,293 Headingley, Leeds
v St Helens L 4-8 17,275 St Helens
v Wakefield Trinity W 33-7 10,056 Wakefield
v GREAT BRITAIN W 17-11 17,445 White City Stadium, London
v Castleford L 3-22 6,137 Castleford
v Oldham W 18-8 3,174 Oldham
v Widnes W 33-11 9,828 Widnes
v Barrow D 10-10 8,418 Barrow
v Cumberland L 15-17 7,545 Workington
v Swinton W 12-9 5,640 Swinton
v Leeds W 7-4 5,522 Leeds
v Halifax W 22-2 5,285 Halifax
v Bradford Northern W 7-3 14,173 Bradford
v GREAT BRITAIN W 11-3 13,515 Station Road, Swinton
FRANCE
1st Test : drawn 7-all
/ Marseilles
(5,193)
2nd
Test :
lost 3-10 / Carcassonne (4,193)
3rd Test :
lost 13-16 / Toulouse (5,000)
RECORD:
P: 7 W: 4 D: 1 L: 2 FOR: 105 AGST: 53
TEST SERIES: Lost 0-2
AGGREGATE
ATTENDANCE: 22,332
v FRANCE D 7-7 5,193 Marseilles
v FRANCE L 3-10 4,971 Carcassonne
v FRANCE L 13-16 5,000 Toulouse
v Les Espoirs W 17-7 1,116 Avignon
v Catalan XIII W 37-7 3,000 Perpignan
v France-B W 13-6 2,949 Albi
v South-West France W 15-0 1,205 St Gaudens
EASTERN
SUBURBS 2 (Kevin Junee, Ron Sadler)
SOUTH SYDNEY
3 (Ron Coote, John Sattler, Elwyn Walters)
NORTH SYDNEY 1 (Ken Irvine)
NEWTOWN 1
(Brian Moore)
BALMAIN
0
WESTERN SUBURBS 1
(Noel Kelly)
ST GEORGE 6
(Reg Gasnier Capt., Graeme Langlands, Johnny Raper,
Johnny King, Elton Rasmussen, Billy Smith)
CANTERBURY
3 (Kevin Goldspink, Johnny Greaves, Les Johns)
MANLY 1
(Les Hanigan)
PARRAMATTA 1
(Ron Lynch)
PENRITH
0
CRONULLA
0
QUEENSLAND 5 (John McDonald, Dennis Manteit, John Gleeson, Peter
Gallagher, Noel Gallagher)
NSW COUNTRY 2
(Alan Thomson, Tony Branson)
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