Quote ="marathonman"Just watched the 1st test ,the only game lost on the tour I believe. Great to see Shoey and Atky well involved, Duggie Laughton had a good game and Mal Reilly well, what a fantastic player he was ! Hopefully the 2 winning test matches will be on later this week ( Rugby League Cares website )'"
Went to all 3 tests a year or so after arriving here. That first test was brutal and written up here as "The Battle Of Brisbane" with Cliff Watson seemingly taking on the whole Aussie pack particularly the prop Jim Morgan and Artie Beetson. The 2 remaining tests at the SCG were both won by GB with Watson continuing to annoy the Aussie pack. Beetson was sent off in the 3rd test decider. This was the last time GB won an Ashes series.
I was fortunate to see the 2 Yorkshire matches in the winning 1959 Ashes series which was also the last time GB won a series in England. Similar to the 1970 series we lost the first 1st quite heavily but won the remaining 2.
Begs the question...... One player played in the 1959 GB series win and was in the touring squad for the 1970 win. Who was he?
