Game 4
Wellington 7 lost to Australia 48
| Kangaroos Tour 1969 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23268 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 4th June, 1969 | |||||||
| Referee | Ted Gutbertlet | |||||||
| Venue | Basin Reserve (Wellington) | |||||||
| Crowd | 1,415 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Scrums | 16 | – | 19 | |||||
| Penalties | 11 | – | 8 | |||||
| Wellington | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| J LAFRENTZ | T | 4 | Michael CLEARY | |||||
| 4 | Dennis MANTEIT | |||||||
| Ron COOTE | ||||||||
| Ron COSTELLO | ||||||||
| Findlay RASMUSSEN | 2 | G | 9 | Les JOHNS | ||||
| Wellington | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| P SIMMOND | 1 | FB | 1 | Les JOHNS (c) [Canterbury] |
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| G DAWSON | 2 | W | 2 | Jeff DENMAN | ||||
| H GRAHAM | 3 | C | 3 | Ron COOTE [South Sydney] |
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| J BOLTON | 4 | C | 4 | Bob HONAN [South Sydney] |
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| J LAFRENTZ | 5 | W | 5 | Michael CLEARY [South Sydney] |
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| C TARAWHITI | 6 | FE | 6 | Graham LYE | ||||
| Findlay RASMUSSEN | 7 | HB | 7 | Denis PITTARD [South Sydney] |
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| J WEIR | 8 | FR | 8 | Dennis MANTEIT | ||||
| T CALLAGHAN | 9 | HK | 9 | Brian FITZSIMMONS | ||||
| Ron FARRELL | 10 | FR | 10 | John WITTENBERG [St George] |
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| Garry SMITH | 11 | 2R | 11 | Ron COSTELLO | ||||
| I WARE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Ian ROBSON | ||||
| K MEADOWCRAFT | 13 | L | 13 | Col WEISS | ||||
| HC | Harry BATH | |||||||
Team Info
Wellington
- Previous Game:
- Lions Tour 1966 - Game 25 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- Lions Tour 1970 - Game 20 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- William Harrison (fullback), R Wood (wing), M Daymond (centre), P Hanna (centre), Gary Woollard (five-eighth), G Gardiner (halfback), N Meri (front row), Colin O'Neil (hooker), B Drake (second row), J Rasmussen (lock), R Watene (bench)
- In:
- P SIMMOND (fullback), G DAWSON (wing), H GRAHAM (centre), J BOLTON (centre), C Tarawhiti (five-eighth), Findlay Rasmussen (halfback), J Weir (front row), T CALLAGHAN (hooker), I WARE (second row), K MEADOWCRAFT (lock)
- Changes:
- Garry Smith (front row to second row), Ron Farrell (second row to front row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1969 - Game 3 vs. South Island
- Next Game:
- New Zealand vs Australia 1969 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Graeme Langlands (fullback), John Cootes (centre), John McDonald (centre), Dennis Ward (halfback), John Sattler (front row), Elwyn Walters (second row), Bob McCarthy (second row)
- In:
- Les Johns (fullback), Ron Coote (centre), Michael Cleary (wing), John Wittenberg (front row), Ron Costello (second row)
- Changes:
- Bob Honan (wing to centre), Denis Pittard (bench to halfback), Ian Robson (bench to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Bill Bates, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

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