Papua New Guinea vs. England

Papua New Guinea 12 lost to England 40

[no comp]

Papua New Guinea		 12
–
40
England
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/15033
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 6th July, 1975
Referee L Pascoe
Venue Boroko Oval (Port Moresby)
Crowd 12,000
Papua New Guinea Scoresheet England
Sukope IKO T 2 George FAIRBAIRN
Harrison PATALUI   2 Keith FIELDING
      Dave CHISNALL
      Mike COULMAN
      Les DYL
      Steve NASH
 
Billy WARTOVO 3 G 8 George FAIRBAIRN
Papua New Guinea Teams England
Billy WARTOVO 1 FB 1 George FAIRBAIRN
Albert AGE 2 W 2 Keith FIELDING
Lohia DAROA 3 C 3 John WALSH
Robin GUERE 4 C 4 Les DYL
Karava HAIVITA 5 W 5 Ged DUNN
 
Sukope IKO 6 FE 6 Roger MILLWARD
Paul CHUE (c) 7 HB 7 Steve NASH
 
Vai KARAWA 8 FR 8 Mike COULMAN
Rod PEARCE 9 HK 9 John BRIDGES
Harrison PATALUI 10 FR 10 Mick MORGAN
Tony BUSSELL 11 2R 11 Eric CHISNALL
John WAGAMBIE 12 2R 12 Phil COOKSON
Tara GAU 13 L 13 Steve NORTON
 
Elijah EMORI 14 B 14 Parry GORDON
Henry KAVANAMUR 15 B 15 Derek NOONAN
Eka FAE 16 B 16 Dave CHISNALL
Bill PHILLIPS 17 B 17 John ATKINSON
    B 18 Tommy SMALES
 
Barry VAN HEEKEREN   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Papua New Guinea

Previous Game:
Pacific Cup 1975 - Final vs. NZ Maori
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers World Cup Tour 1977 - Game 1 vs. France

England

Previous Game:
England World Cup Tour 1975 - Game 9 vs. Brisbane Firsts
Next Game:
World Championship Series 1975 - Game 2 vs. Wales
Out:
Keith Bridges (hooker), George Nicholls (second row)
In:
Ged Dunn (wing), Mike Coulman (front row), John Bridges (hooker), Steve Norton (lock), Tommy Smales (bench)
Changes:
John Atkinson (wing to bench), Derek Noonan (centre to bench), Dave Chisnall (front row to bench), Eric Chisnall (front row to second row), Mick Morgan (lock to front row), John Walsh (bench to centre)

Match Notes

Many thanks to Bill Bates, Chris Thompson, Bob Cutmore and John Wagambie for the information on this match.

Contributions: Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin