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:

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:
Film clip

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'Rugby League - First Test', British Movietone News Issue No. 1687A, 5 Oct 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24299 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)