Norwich City FC Tour of Oceania 1979

Norwich City FC toured Australia and New Zealand in 1979, playing seven or eight matches. One source suggests that the Norwich City side competed in a six match Norwich Union Life Assurance Society series (competing for a cash price) *after* defeating New Zealand on May 11th. It is thus possible that the match against Victoria, on May 10th, was not part of the six match Norwich Union Life Assurance Society series.

Summary

DATE   VENUE           OPPOSITION                 RESULT 
10- 5  Melbourne       Victoria                   4-2  W
11- 5  Auckland        New Zealand                4-1  W
22- 5  Brisbane        Queensland                 1-0  W
  - 5  Adelaide        South Australia            4-0  W
  - 5                  Unknown Australian State        W
  - 5                  Unknown Australian State        W
  - 5                  Unknown Australian State        W [may not have been played]
  - 5                  New South Wales                 L

Known Details


10/05/1979, Melbourne, Olympic Park
VICTORIA            2 (Joe Tront 22', Steve Short 58')
NORWICH CITY FC     4 (Justin Fashanu 77', Martin Peters 78', 85', Kevin Bond 80' pen)
Victoria:           Yakka Banovic, Steve Short (Chris Kalafatidis), Jim Tansey, John Yzendoorn, 
                    Steve Kokoska, Alan Davidson, Jimmy Rooney, Tom Cumming, Gary Cole, James 
                    Paton (Gary Gilder), Joe Tront.
Norwich City FC:    Roger Hansbury, Kevin Bond, Ian Davies, Mick McGuire, Phil Hoadley, Tony 
                    Powell, Keith Robson (Steve Goble), Reeves, Justin Fashanu, Paddon, Martin 
                    Peters [c].
Referee:            Stuart Mellings.
Coaches:            Victoria: Len McKendry.
                    Norwich City FC: John Bond.
Note:               Victoria was an Australian regional selection.             

11/05/1979, Auckland, Newmarket Park
NEW ZEALAND         1 (Keith Nelson)
NORWICH CITY FC     4 (Kevin Bond 5', Martin Peters 37', Justin Fashanu 43', Keith Robson 77')
New Zealand:        Alex Davie, Duncan Cole, Sam Malcolmson, Adrian Elrick, David Bright,
                    Tony Sibley [c], Robert Almond (Ken Cresswell), Steve Sumner, Brian Turner
                    (Gary Paddison), Keith Nelson (Duncan Ormond), Alf Stamp.
Norwich City FC:    Roger Hansbury, Kevin Bond, Phil Hoadley, Tony Powell, Ian Davies,
                    Keith Robson, Mick McGuire, Martin Peters, Graham Paddon, Kevin Reeves,
                    Justin Fashanu.
Referee:            Bill Munro (New Zealand).
Coaches:            New Zealand: John Adshead.
                    Norwich City FC: John Bond.

22/05/1979, Brisbane, 5100
QUEENSLAND          0
NORWICH CITY FC     1
Queensland:         Nigel Lowndes, Steve Perry, James Hermiston, Colin Bennett, Alan Niven, 
                    ? Dolan, ? Thompson, Larry Gaffney, Hughes, Ronald Millman, Barry Kelso.
Norwich City FC:    Roger Hansbury, Kevin Bond, Phil Hoadley, Tony Powell, Ian Davies, Mick McGuire, 
                    Graham Paddon, ? Nightingale, Kevin Reeves, Justin Fashanu, Keith Robson.
Referee:            Des Miles.
Coaches:            Queensland: F Robins.
                    Norwich City FC: John Bond.
Notes:              Queensland was an Australian regional selection.
                    Queensland's substitutes were George Potter and William Wilkinson.

??/05/1979, Adelaide, Hindmarsh Stadium
SOUTH AUSTRALIA     0
NORWICH CITY FC     4 (Justin Fashanu 5', Graham Paddon 54', Kevin Reeves 77', Keith Robson 87')
South Australia:    Martyn Crook, Barry Reynolds (John Perin 12'), Bugsy Nyskohus, ? Muir, David Jones, 
                    Peter Boyle, Agenor Muniz, Dixie Deans, John Kosmina, John Nyskohus, Brian Northcote.
Norwich City FC:    Roger Hansbury, Kevin Bond, Ian Davies, Nightingale, Phil Hoadley, Tony Powell (Duncan 
                    Forbes 78'), Keith Robson, Kevin Reeves, Justin Fashanu, Graham Paddon, Martin Peters [c].
Referee:            G Neal.
Coaches:            South Australia: Edmund Kreft.
                    Norwich City FC: John Bond. 
Note:               South Australia was an Australian regional selection.

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Sources: Greg Stock's contributions to OzFootball, [Smi 80], The Press (Christchurch, NZ)

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Author: Andre Zlotkowski (nzfooty@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 29 Nov 2007

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