Rugby League - First Test

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1687A

Date Released

5 Oct 1961

Date submitted

2 Oct 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Labour Conference
2. 2Rugby League - First Test
3. 3Horses in Hospital
4. 4Trouble after Trouble
5. 5Game Rescue

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rugby League First Test. DESCRIPTION: Great Britain met New Zealand at Headingley in the first test of the tour. Great Britain had started as favourites against the untried Kiwis, but at half time, New Zealand were leading fourteen eight. They were right on top, and victory was theirs, twenty-nine to eleven. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS Great Britain kick off. MS play. MCU crowds. MS Fagan kicks penalty for New Zealand. GV play. GV Boston scores for Great Britain. MCU crowd. GV Rhodes converted for Great Britain. GV play. GV Murphy scores for Great Britain. GV play. GV Edwards scores for New Zealand. MS crowd. GV play and Reidy scores for New Zealand. MS crowd. GV Fagan converts. GV play and Boston scores for Great Britain. MS crowd. GV play and New Zealand score to finish 29 to 11.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Leeds; Headingley

Card file number

83246

Credits:

Camera

Ken Taylor

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

173

Story extras:

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