Written and researched by Greg Stock.
| The English club side Bristol Rovers toured Australia in May and June 1974 playing a number of matches against representative teams on the Eastern Seaboard. The Coalfields XI team was composed prodiminantly of players from the Weston club in Newcastle with some guest players from Cessnock and Maitland. | ||||
| Played: Thursday May 16 1974 | Venue: Weston Park, Weston, N.S.W. | |||
| Coalfields XI John Hogg (Jim Goldsmith 46'), Graham King, Paul Robertson, Ken Boardman, Tom Arrowsmith, Peter Irving, John Bond, Roy Johnson, Tom Sneddon, Warren Halverson, Kerr McLerries; Subs: Graham Payne, Terry Dobson. Goal: (Scorer Not Known) | 1 | - | 9 | Bristol Rovers (England) (Lineup Incomplete) John Rudge, Stewart Taylor, Frank Prince, Allan Worboys, Dave Stanforth, Bruce Bannister. Goals: Worboys (x2), Stanforth (x2), Bannister (x2), Rudge (x2), Sneddon Own Goal |
| Attendance: 6,000 | ||||