1982 First Test: GREAT BRITAIN v AUSTRALIA at Boothferry Park, Hull

Saturday, October 30
GREAT BRITAIN: George Fairbairn (Hull KR); Des Drummond (Leigh), Eric Hughes (Widnes), Les Dyl (Leeds); Steve Evans (Hull); John Woods (Leigh), Steve Nash (Salford); Steve Norton (Hull), Les Gorley (Widnes), Lee Crooks (Hull), Trevor Skerrett (Hull), David Ward (capt, Leeds), Jeff Grayshon (Bradford).
Res: David Heron (Leeds).
AUSTRALIA: Greg Brentnall (Canterbury); Eric Grothe (Parramatta), Mal Meninga (Brisbane Souths), Steve Rogers (Cronulla), Kerry Boustead (Eastern Suburbs); Brett Kenny (Parramatta), Peter Sterling (Parramatta); Ray Price (Parramatta), Rod Reddy (St George), Wayne Pearce (Balmain), Les Boyd (Manly), Max Krilich (capt, Manly), Craig Young (St George).
Reserve: Ray Brown (Manly).
AUSTRALIA 40 (Meninga Boyd Grothe Price Boustead Kenny Pearce Reddy tries Meninga 8 goals) defeated GREAT BRITAIN 4 (Crooks 2 goals). Referee: Julian Rascagneres (France). Crowd: 26,771.
Scrums: Australia 7-3.
Penalties: Great Britain 21-7.
Halftime: Australia 10-4.
Man of the Match: Pearce