Game 2
Cumbria 4 lost to Australia 47
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23298 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 1st October, 1978 | |||||||
| Referee | Stan Wall | |||||||
| Venue | Craven Park (Barrow-In-Furness) | |||||||
| Crowd | 5,964 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 4 | – | 27 | |||||
| Scrums | 9 | – | 8 | |||||
| Penalties | 21 | – | 6 | |||||
| Cumbria | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| T | 2 | Bob FULTON | ||||||
| Michael CRONIN | ||||||||
| Graham EADIE | ||||||||
| Geoff GERARD | ||||||||
| Graham OLLING | ||||||||
| George PEPONIS | ||||||||
| Rod REDDY | ||||||||
| Steve ROGERS | ||||||||
| Iain MACCORQUODALE | 2 | G | 10/12 | Michael CRONIN | ||||
| Cumbria | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Paul CHARLTON | 1 | FB | 1 | Graham EADIE [Manly] |
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| John RISMAN | 2 | W | 2 | Kerry BOUSTEAD | ||||
| Joe STEWART | 3 | C | 3 | Steve ROGERS [Cronulla] |
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| Ray WILKINS | 4 | C | 4 | Michael CRONIN [Parramatta] |
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| Iain MACCORQUODALE | 5 | W | 5 | Chris ANDERSON [Canterbury] |
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| Ralph McCONNELL | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob FULTON (c) [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Arnie WALKER | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS [Western Suburbs] |
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| Steve HOGAN | 8 | FR | 8 | Graham OLLING [Parramatta] |
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| Alan McCURRIE | 9 | HK | 9 | George PEPONIS [Canterbury] |
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| Eddie BOWMAN | 10 | FR | 10 | Ian THOMSON [Manly] |
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| Peter GORLEY | 11 | 2R | 11 | Geoff GERARD [Parramatta] |
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| Paul KAVANAGH | 12 | 2R | 12 | Rod REDDY [St George] |
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| Phil HOGAN | 13 | L | 13 | Ray PRICE [Parramatta] |
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| Tommy THOMPSON | 14 | B | 14 | Steve MARTIN [Manly] |
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| Alan BANKS | 15 | B | ||||||
| HC | Frank STANTON | |||||||
Team Info
Cumbria
- Previous Game:
- County Championship 1978/79 - Game 1 vs. Yorkshire
- Next Game:
- County Championship 1978/79 - Game 3 vs. Lancashire
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1978 - Game 1 vs. Blackpool
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1978 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain U24
- Out:
- Allan McMahon (fullback), Larry Corowa (wing), Ian Schubert (wing), Greg Oliphant (halfback), Max Krilich (hooker), Craig Young (front row), Les Boyd (second row), Bruce Walker (second row), Greg Pierce (lock)
- In:
- Graham Eadie (fullback), Kerry Boustead (wing), Michael Cronin (centre), Chris Anderson (wing), George Peponis (hooker), Ian Thomson (front row), Geoff Gerard (second row), Rod Reddy (second row), Ray Price (lock), Steve Martin (bench)
- Changes:
- Bob Fulton (centre to five-eighth), Tom Raudonikis (five-eighth to halfback)
Match Notes
For Cumbria Thompson replaced Wilkins & Banks replaced McCurrie.
Martin replaced Raudonikis for Australia midway through the 2nd half.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin

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