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Friendly Matches
Sunday May 28 1967 Royal Agricultural Showground, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia Referee: Bill Hosie (Australia) Assistant Referees: Tony Boskovic and Vince Dobinson (Australia) Attendance: 34,792
AUSTRALIA Peter Fuzes, George Nuttall, Alan Marnoch, John Watkiss, Billy Cook, Pat Hughes, Alan Westwater, Ron Giles (John Giacometti 46), John Warren, Ray Baartz, Archie Blue Coach: Joe Venglos	0	-	1	Scotland Harry Thomson, Willie Callaghan, Eddie Colquhuon, Jim Townsend, Alan Anderson, Doug Fraser, William Morgan, Bobby Hope, Jim McCalliog, Alex Ferguson, Harry Hood Manager: Bobby Brown Goal: Ferguson 31
In 1967 the Scottish national side toured Australia for a series of three matches against the national team. There was much criticism of the Scottish squad after a number of their best players had elected to stay behind because of their clubs commitments in Europe. The squad thus comprised a number of players who had played for Scotland at under 23 level and would form the nucleus of their 1970 world cup campaign. Because of this reduced squad the Scottish FA did not recognise these matches as A internationals initially. This however was changed in October 2021 with the Scotland F.A. recognising the matches as A internationals and awarding caps to their players. Match Day Programme
Wednesday May 31 1967 Norwood Oval, Norwood, Adelaide, Australia Referee: Des Maitland (Australia) Assitant Referees: Bill Hosie and D.Grant (Australia) Attendance: 10,315
AUSTRALIA Bill Rorke, Cliff van Blerk, Alan Marnoch, Billy Cook, Nigel Shepherd, Pat Hughes, Alan Westwater, Hammy McMeechan (Archie Blue 16), John Watkiss, Ray Baartz, John Giacometti Coach: Joe Venglos Goal: Baartz 34	1	-	2	Scotland Jim Cruickshank, Willie Callaghan, Jim Townsend, Alan Anderson, Jack McGrory, Doug Fraser, Tom McLean, Bobby Hope, Jim McCalliog, Alex Ferguson, William Morgan Manager: Bobby Brown Goals: Townsend 25, Morgan 68
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Saturday June 3 1967 Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) Linesmen: Roger Lamb and Harold Parsons (Australia) Attendance: 22,138
AUSTRALIA Peter Fuzes (Bill Rorke 65), Cliff van Blerk, Alan Marnoch, Billy Rice, Nigel Shepherd, Pat Hughes, John Warren, John Watkiss, Atti Abonyi, Alan Westwater, Bruce Morrow (John Giacometti) Coach: Joe Vlasits	0	-	2	Scotland Jim Cruickshank, Willie Callaghan (Andrew Penman), Jim Townsend, Alan Anderson, Jack McGrory, Doug Fraser (Hugh Tinney), Tom McLean, Bobby Hope, Jim McCalliog, Alex Ferguson, William Morgan Manager: Bobby Brown Goals: Ferguson 61, 82
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Sunday November 5 1967 Cong Hoa Stadium, Saigon, South Vietnam Referee: Hong Duk Yong (South Korea) Attendance: 20,000
New Zealand Neville Siebert, Colin Latimour, Gary Lake, Thomas McNab, James Ferrier (Anthony Gowans), Paul Rennell, Steve Nemeth, Brian Turner, Colin Shaw (Earl Thomas), Raymond Mears, John Legg Coach: Juan Schwanner Goals: Mears, Nemeth, Shaw	3	-	5	AUSTRALIA Roger Romanowicz, George Keith (George Nuttall), Stan Ackerley, Frank Micic (Manfred Schaefer 46'), Dick van Alphen, Alan Westwater, Billy Vojtek, Atti Abonyi, John Warren, Ray Baartz, Ray Richards (Tommy McColl) Coach: Joe Vlasits Goals: Baartz 7, Warren 13, Abonyi 51, 75, 84 pen
Australia was invited to participate in the Vietnam National Day Soccer Tournament (Quoc Khanh) in Saigon in November 1967. The series took place while the rumblings of distant artillery guns of the Vietnam War could be heard clearly in the grounds. Australia was drawn in Group A with the hosts South Vietnam, New Zealand and Singapore. Group B comprised of South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong. The top two from each group would go through to a semi-final where winner 1 played runner-up 2 with the two winners meeting in the final. Australias first group match was against the old foe New Zealand. The game was also the first in charge by new coach Joe Vlasits. Match Day Programme
Tuesday November 7 1967 Cong Hoa Stadium, Saigon, South Vietnam Referee: N.F.Nice (Malaysia) Attendance: Not Recorded
South Vietnam Lineup Included; Lam Hong Chm, Nguyen Van Ngon Coach: Not Recorded	0	-	1	AUSTRALIA Roger Romanowicz, George Keith, Stan Ackerley, Manfred Schaefer, Dick van Alphen, Alan Westwater, Billy Vojtek (Ray Richards), Atti Abonyi, John Warren (c), Ray Baartz, Tommy McColl Coach: Joe Vlasits Goal: Warren 35
is match was the second of the tournament and saw Australia take on the home side. The South Vietnamese side was even visited their Vice-President, Cao Ky in the half-time break but this did little to inspire his sides fortunes in the second stanza. Match Day Programme
Saturday November 11 1967 Cong Hoa Stadium, Saigon, South Vietnam Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 10,000
Singapore Lineup Included; Andy Yeo Coach: Joe David Goal: Yeo pen	1	-	5	AUSTRALIA Ron Corry, George Keith (Gary Wilkins), Stan Ackerley, Manfred Schaefer (Frank Micic), Dick van Alphen, Alan Westwater, Ray Richards, Atti Abonyi, John Warren (c), Ray Baartz, Billy Vojtek Coach: Joe Vlasits Goals: Westwater 19, Abonyi 27, 36, 39, Baartz 53
The third group match against Singapore meant little to the Australians as Singapore had lost their first two games and Australia had won their two. Australia had already qualified for the Semi-Final phase but delighted the crowd with five goals to win the match convincingly. Match Day Programme
Group 'A' Final Table Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 AUSTRALIA 3 3 0 0 11 4 7 6 2 South Vietnam 3 2 0 1 7 2 5 4 3 New Zealand 3 1 0 2 7 11 -4 2 4 Singapore 3 0 0 3 2 10 -8 0
Note: AUSTRALIA and South Vietnam qualified for the Semi-Finals.
Group 'B' Final Table Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 South Korea 3 3 0 0 6 2 4 6 2 Malaysia 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 4 3 Thailand 3 1 0 2 8 7 1 2 4 Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 1 8 -7 0
Note: South Korea and Malaysia qualified for the Semi-Finals.
Sunday November 12 1967 Cong Hoa Stadium, Saigon, South Vietnam Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 30,000
Malaysia Lineup Included; Andy Yeo Coach: E.C.Dutton	0	-	1	AUSTRALIA Ron Corry, George Keith, Stan Ackerley, Manfred Schaefer, Dick van Alphen, Alan Westwater, Tommy McColl, Atti Abonyi, John Warren (c), Ray Baartz, Billy Vojtek Coach: Joe Vlasits Goal: Baartz 101
The Australian team qualified for the Semi-final phase where they encountered Malaysia. The match was marred when police and military personel stormed the ground when a Malaysian player kicked winger Tom McColl as the Australian player was lying on the ground following a tackle. The Malaysian players rushed the Australians and all-in brawl developed before the police and military personel restored order. The match ws locked 0-0 after 90 minutes and it wasn't until 11 minutes into extra time that 20 year old Ray Baartz found the winner for Australia. Match Day Programme
Tuesday November 14 1967 Cong Hoa Stadium, Saigon, South Vietnam Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 30,000
South Korea Lineup Included; Oh In-Bok, Kim Ho, Chung Byong-Tak, Bak Kwang-Jo, Huh Yoon-Chung, Lee Yong-Kun, Kim Ki-Bok Coach: Il Kad Pak Goals: Lee Yong-Kun 1, Huh Yoon-Chung 85	2	-	3	AUSTRALIA Ron Corry, George Keith (George Nuttall), Stan Ackerley, Manfred Schaefer, Dick van Alphen, Alan Westwater, Tommy McColl, Atti Abonyi, John Warren (c), Ray Baartz, Billy Vojtek Coach: Joe Vlasits Goals: Vojtek 36, Warren 52, Abonyi 84
Australia was into the final against South Korea after they had defeated the home side South Vietnam, 3-0, in the other semi-final. The win in this match by Australia meant they had won their first international tournament. Match Day Programme
Tuesday November 21 1967 Jalan Baser Stadium, Singapore Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 4,000
Singapore Lineup Included; Ahmad Wartam (Anthony Samy); Sub: Ibrahim Awang 46 Coach: Not Recorded Goal: Awang 69	1	-	6	AUSTRALIA Ron Corry, George Keith, Stan Ackerley, Frank Micic, Manfred Schaefer, Ray Lloyd, Tommy McColl, Atti Abonyi, John Warren (c), Alan Westwater, Ted De Lyster (Billy Vojtek 58) Coach: Joe Vlasits Goals: Abonyi 26, 62, 82, Westwater 55, Vojtek 59, McColl 60
Australia continued with a short tour of South East Asia playing matches in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. Australia played five games winning all five including two against national teams.
Monday November 27 1967 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 500
Malaysia Lineup Included; Lee Soo Pang, Ho Voon Hung, Agus Salim, Gunaratnam, N.Thanalaban Coach: Not Recorded	0	-	4	AUSTRALIA Ron Corry, George Keith, Stan Ackerley, Manfred Schaefer, Dick van Alphen, Alan Westwater, Tommy McColl, Atti Abonyi, John Warren (c), Ray Baartz, Billy Vojtek Coach: Joe Vlasits Goals: McColl 4, Vojtek 28, 47, Abonyi
Australias last match of the tour was against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. They finished their tour exactly how they started it with a win meaning they finished the nine internationals undefeated.

Last updated: 20 December 2023.