Home Links	MacRobertson Shield 1979 New Zealand January 1979 Teams Australia Lorraine Bray Grace Edwards Colin Pickering Mark Prater Ron Sloane Bill Smith Diane Wiesner Great Britain Nigel Aspinall Michael Heap Martin Murray Bernard Neal David Openshaw William Prichard New Zealand Allan Anderson Joe Hogan Bob Jackson Roger Murfitt John Prince Paul Skinley 1 NZ 6 wins 0 loss (45-9) 2 GB 3 wins 3 loss (32-22) 3 Aus 0 wins 6 loss (4-50) GB v Australia 7-2 United, Christchurch 8-10 January 1979 GN Aspinall lost to WH Smith -5, +14, -7 DK Openshaw beat M Prater +4, -26tp, +10 MEW Heap beat C Pickering +18, +15 WdeB Prichard beat D Wiesner +10, +11 M Murray beat L Bray +9, +26 BG Neal beat CR Sloane +12, +15 Aspinall/Neal beat Smith/Pickering +10, +11 Openshaw/Murray lost to Prater/Wiesner -12, +26, -2 Heap/Prichard beat Bray/Sloane +21, +19 New Zealand v GB 5-4 Rangimarie, Westport 13-15 January 1979 RV Jackson beat Aspinall -12, +3stp, +17 JG Prince beat Openshaw +12, +26 AM Anderson lost to Heap -3, -26 PJ Skinley lost to Prichard -12, -22tp RJ Murfitt lost to Murray -9, -26 JK Hogan beat Neal -9, +4, +26 Prince/Anderson lost to Aspinall/Openshaw -15, -16 Jackson/Skinley beat Heap/Prichard +16, -15, +4 Hogan/Murfitt beat Murray/Neal +4, -13, +3 New Zealand v Australia 9-0 Gore 17-19 January 1979 Jackson beat Smith +14, +3 Prince beat Prater +8, +12tp Hogan beat Pickering +24, -4, +22 Anderson beat Wiesner +17tp, -11, +26tp Skinley beat Bray +5, +17 Murfitt beat Sloane +16tp, +14 Prince/Anderson beat Smith/Pickering +26tp(P), +10 Jackson/Skinley beat Prater/Wiesner +26tp(J), -10, +26tp(J) Hogan/Murfitt beat Bray/Sloane +12stp(H), +25 GB v Australia 7-2 Nelson-Hinemoa, Nelson 22-24 January 1979 Aspinall beat Smith +9, +26 Prichard lost to Prater -10, +7, -3 Heap beat Sloane +5, +16 Openshaw beat Wiesner +15, +15 Murray beat Bray +13, +18 Neal lost to Pickering -1, -1 Heap/Prichard beat Prater/Wiesner +13, +13 Openshaw/Neal beat Smith/Pickering +3, +16tp Aspinall/Murray beat Bray/Sloane +26, +20 New Zealand v GB 6-3 Hastings 27-29 January 1979 Jackson lost to Aspinall +23tp, -25, -12tp Prince lost to Prichard +13, -3, -10 Hogan beat Heap -16tp, +9, +20tp Anderson beat Openshaw -5, +3, +14 Skinley lost to Murray -26, +17, -11 Murfitt beat Neal +14, +17 Prince/Anderson beat Aspinall/Murray +10, -10, +2 Jackson/Skinley beat Heap/Prichard +21, +3 Hogan/Murfitt beat Openshaw/Neal +16, +12 New Zealand v Australia 9-0 Takaro, Palmerston North 31 January - 2 February 1979 Jackson beat Prater +26, +22tp Hogan beat Smith +15tp, +22 Prince beat Pickering +17, +22 Anderson beat Wiesner +15, -7, +17 Skinley beat Bray +15, +16 Murfitt beat Sloane +16tp, +8 Prince/Anderson beat Prater/Wiesner +26tp, -10, +7 Jackson/Skinley beat Smith/Pickering +4, +15 Hogan/Murfitt beat Bray/Sloane +19, +17 GB v Australia 9-0 Hawera 5-7 February 1979 Aspinall beat Prater +26, +26 Prichard beat Smith +3, +23 Heap beat Pickering +14, -4, +25 Murray beat Wiesner +21, +4 Openshaw beat Bray +25, +13 Neal beat Sloane -5, +26, +15 Aspinall/Openshaw beat Smith/Pickering +14, +24 Heap/Prichard beat Prater/Wiesner +19tp, +6 Murray/Neal beat Bray/Sloane +19, +14 New Zealand v GB 7-2 Wanganui 9-10 February 1979 Jackson beat Aspinall +22tp, +10 Prince beat Prichard +9, -26tp, +26 Hogan beat Heap +26tp, +4 Anderson lost to Murray -26, -7 Skinley beat Openshaw -7, +17, +2 Murfitt beat Neal +21, +10 Prince/Anderson lost to Aspinall/Openshaw -25tp(A), -7 Jackson/Skinley beat Heap/Prichard +3, -8, +3 Hogan/Murfitt beat Murray/Neal +2, +4 New Zealand v Australia 9-0 Rotorua 14-17 February 1979 Jackson beat Smith +24, -17, +5 Hogan beat Prater +16, -17tp, +26tp Prince beat Pickering +26tp, +6tpo Anderson beat Wiesner +12, +23 Skinley beat Sloane +4, +25 Murfitt beat Edwards +10, -14, +26tp Prince/Anderson beat Smith/Pickering +3, +8 Jackson/Skinley beat Prater/Wiesner +7, -12, +12sxp(S) Hogan/Murfitt beat Sloane/Edwards +17, +23 Teams Australia Lorraine Bray Grace Edwards Colin Pickering Mark Prater Ron Sloane Bill Smith (Captain) Diane Wiesner Great Britain Nigel Aspinall Michael Heap Martin Murray Bernard Neal (Captain) David Openshaw William Prichard New Zealand Allan Anderson Joe Hogan Bob Jackson Roger Murfitt John Prince (Captain) Paul Skinley Links to CA Gazettes containing reports Issue 151 (Spring 1979)