1975 England rugby union tour of Australia

June 2019 noref (GreenC bot) March 2014 April 2026 England 1975 8 4 0 4 2 0 0 2 AUS 2 0 0 2 The 1975 England rugby union tour of Australia was a series of eight matches played by the England national rugby union team in Australia in May and June 1975. England won only four of the eight matches and lost both internationals to Australia. In addition to the two test defeats they also lost to the Sydney and New South Wales Country representative teams. 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 building 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. Matches Scores and results list England's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue StatusWestern Australia 64 12 10 May 1975 Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth Tour matchSydney 10 14 13 May 1975 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Tour matchNew South Wales 29 24 17 May 1975 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Tour matchNew South Wales Country XV 13 14 20 May 1975 Workers Arena, Goulburn Tour matchAustralia 9 16 24 May 1975 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney First TestQueensland 29 3 27 May 1975 Ballymore, Brisbane Tour matchAustralia 21 30 31 May 1975 Ballymore, Brisbane Second TestQueensland Country 42 6 3 June 1975 Townsville Sports Reserve, Townsville Tour match Touring party Manager: Alec Lewis Assistant Manager: John Burgess Captain: Tony Neary (Broughton Park) 26 caps Backs 20em Brian Ashton (Orrell) No caps Neil Bennett (Bedford) 1 cap Peter Butler (Gloucester) No caps Alastair Hignell (Cambridge University) No caps Peter Kingston (Gloucester) No caps Andy Maxwell (New Brighton) No caps Alan Morley (Bristol) 5 caps Peter Preece (Coventry) 10 caps Keith Smith (Roundhay) 4 caps Peter Squires (Harrogate) 12 caps Alan Wordsworth (Cambridge University) No caps Derek Wyatt (Bedford) No aps Replacements Jeremy Janion (Richmond) 10 Caps Alan Old (Middlesbrough) 12 Caps Ian Orum (Roundhay) No Caps Forwards 20em Bill Beaumont (Fylde) 1 cap Phil Blakeway (Gloucester) No caps Mike Burton (Gloucester) 8 caps Steve Callum (Upper Clapton) No caps Fran Cotton (Coventry) 14 caps Neil Mantell (Rosslyn Park) No caps Tony Neary (Broughton Park) 26 caps John Pullin (Bristol) 39 caps Jon Raphael (Northampton) No caps Andy Ripley (Rosslyn Park) 19 caps Dave Rollitt (Bristol) 9 caps Roger Uttley (Gosforth) 11 caps Bob Wilkinson (Bedford) No caps Replacements Peter Dixon (Gosforth) 13 caps Barry Nelmes (Cardiff) No caps England tour Category:England national rugby union team tours of Australia tour tour