1983 Queensland rugby league tour of Papua New Guinea and England

The 1983 Queensland rugby league tour of Papua New Guinea and England was a tour that took place in two parts. In June 1983 the

The team was coached by Arthur Beetson and was captained by Wally Lewis.

Touring squad

was the only non-Queensland based player in the 21 man touring squad.

• Note: Table only includes statistics from the English leg of the tour.

Player	Club	Position(s)	Games	Tries	Goals	F/Goals	Points
Shane Bernardin	Norths Devils	Hooker	2	–	–	–	–
Mitch Brennan	Redcliffe Dolphins	Wing, Centre	3	2	–	–	8
Larry Briggenshaw	Easts Tigers	Halfback	2	–	–	–	–
Greg Dowling	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	Prop	2	1	–	–	4
Brett French	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	Wing, Centre	3	2	–	–	8
Wally Fullerton Smith	Redcliffe Dolphins	Second-row	2	1	–	–	4
Cavill Heugh	Easts Tigers	Prop	2	1	–	–	4
Gavin Jones	Easts Tigers	Prop	3	–	–	–	–
Paul Khan	Easts Tigers	Prop	1	–	–	–	–
Joe Kilroy	Norths Devils	Wing, Fullback	3	2	–	–	8
Wally Lewis (c)	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Five-eighth, Lock, Centre	3	3	1	–	14
Wayne Lindenberg	Easts Tigers	Halfback, Five-eighth	2	2	–	–	8
Shane McNally	Easts Tigers	Hooker	2	–	11	–	22
Gene Miles	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	Centre	3	3	–	–	12
Mark Murray	Redcliffe Dolphins	Halfback	2	–	–	–	–
Bryan Niebling	Redcliffe Dolphins	Prop, Second-row	2	–	–	–	–
Trevor Paterson	Easts Tigers	Lock, Second-row, Hooker	2	–	–	–	–
Chris Phelan	NSWRFL )	Prop	3	1	–	–	4
Colin Scott	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	Fullback	2	2	–	–	8
Steve Stacey	Easts Tigers	Wing	1	–	–	–	–
Brad Tessmann	Souths Magpies	Prop	1	–	–	–	–

Papua New Guinea

Wednesday, 15 June

Highlands Zone	16 – 34	Queensland
Tries: Goals:	[3]	Tries: Goals:

Rebiamul Oval, Mount Hagen Attendance: 8,000

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Saturday, 18 June

Presidents XIII	16 – 104	Queensland
Tries: Goals:	[4]	Tries: Goals:

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby Attendance: 12,000

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England

Sunday, 16 October

Hull Kingston Rovers	8 – 6	Queensland
Tries: George Fairbairn (2)	[5]	Tries: Wally Lewis Goals: Wally Lewis (1)

Craven Park, Hull Attendance: 6,383 Referee: Robin Whitfield Player of the Match: Gordon Smith

Hull KR:

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Sunday, 23 October

Wigan	2 – 40	Queensland
Tries: Goals: Colin Whitfield (1)	[6]	Tries: Wayne Lindenberg (2), Mitch Brennan, Brett French, Cavill Heugh, Joe Kilroy, Gene Miles, Chris Phelan Goals: Shane McNally (4)

Central Park, Wigan Attendance: 9,749 Referee: Ron Campbell Player of the Match: Wayne Lindenberg

Wigan: Colin Whitfield, Ronnie Braithwaite, David Stephenson, Tim Wilby, Henderson Gill, David Wood, Jimmy Fairhurst, Kerry Hemsley, Howie Tamati, Brian Case, Danny Campbell, Graeme West (c), John Pendlebury. Res – Shaun Wane, Mick Scott, Brian Dunn. Coach – Alex Murphy

Queensland: Joe Kilroy, Brett French, Gene Miles, Wally Lewis (c), Mitch Brennan, Wayne Lindenberg, Larry Briggenshaw, Greg Dowling, Shane McNally, Chris Phelan, Gavin Jones, Cavill Heugh, Trevor Paterson

Sunday, 29 October

Leeds	2 – 58	Queensland
Tries: Goals: David Creasser (1)	[7]	Tries: Wally Fullerton-Smith, Joe Kilroy Goals: Shane McNally (7)

Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 5,647 Referee: Billy Thompson Player of the Match: Wally Lewis

Leeds: Ian Wilkinson, Paul Prendiville, David Creasser, Steve Martin, Andrew Smith, John Holmes, Kevin Dick, Ron Dickinson, Russ Sowden, Keith Rayne, Kevin Rayne, Kevin Squire, David Herron. Res – David Heselwood, Colin Cooper, Garry Clark Kevin James. Coach – Robin Dewhurst

Queensland: