1975 England rugby union tour of Australia

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The England selectors boldly, and in the circumstances quite rightly, chose an experimental squad for this, England's first tour of Australia. That the experiment was not altogether successful, nor the tour the team buiding exercise it had been intended to be, was largely due to the extraordinary number of injuries suffered by the England squad, frequently to key players.

Contents 1 Matches 2 Touring Party 2.1 Full Backs 2.2 Three-Quarters 2.3 Half-Backs 2.4 Forwards

[edit] Matches

Scores and results list England's points tally first.

Opposing Teams	For	Against	Date	Venue	Competition
Western Australia	64	12	10/05/1975	Perry Lakes, Perth	Tour Match
Sydney	10	14	13/05/1975	Sydney	Tour Match
New South Wales	29	24	17/05/1975	Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney	Tour Match
New South Wales Country XV	13	14	20/05/1975	Goulburn	Tour Match
Australia	9	16	24/05/1975	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	First Test
Queensland	29	3	27/05/1975	Ballymore, Brisbane	Tour Match
Australia	21	30	31/05/1975	Ballymore, Brisbane	Second Test
Queensland Country	42	6	03/06/1975	Townsville	Tour Match

[edit] Touring Party

• Manager: A.O. Lewis
• Assistant Manager: J. Burgess
• Captain: A. Neary (Broughton Park) 26 Caps

[edit] Full Backs

• P.E. Butler (Gloucester) No Caps
• A.J. Hignell (Cambridge University) No Caps

[edit] Three-Quarters

• A.W. Maxwell (New Brighton) No Caps
• A.J. Morley (Bristol) 5 Caps
• P.S. Preece (Coventry) 10 Caps
• K. Smith (Roundhay) 4 Caps
• P.J. Squires (Harrowgate) 12 Caps
• D.M. Wyatt (Bedford) No Caps

[edit] Half-Backs

• W.B. Ashton (Orrell) No Caps
• W.B. Bennett (Bedford) 1 Cap
• P Kingston (Gloucester) No Caps
• A.J. Wordsworth (Cambridge University) No Caps

Replacements

• J.P.A.G. Janion (Richmond) 10 Caps
• A.G.B. Old (Middlesbrough) 12 Caps
• I.N. Orum (Roundhay) No Caps

[edit] Forwards

• W.B. Beaumont (Fylde) 1 Cap
• P.J. Blakeway (Gloucester) No Caps
• M.A. Burton (Gloucester) 8 Caps
• S.A. Callum (Upper Clapton) No Caps
• F.E. Cotton (Coventry) 14 Caps
• N.D. Mantell (Rosslyn Park) No Caps
• A. Neary (Broughton Park) 26 Caps
• J.V. Pullin (Bristol) 39 Caps
• J.A.G.D. Raphael (Northampton) No Caps
• A.G. Ripley (Rosslyn Park) 19 Caps
• D.M. Rollitt (Bristol) 9 Caps
• R.M. Uttley (Gosforth) 11 Caps
• R.M. Wilkinson (Bedford) No Caps

Replacements

• P.J. Dixon 13 Caps
• B.G. Nelmes (Cardiff) No Caps

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