Australian Football World Tour

First tour

First tour's itinerary

• Tuesday, 24 October 1967: The Galahs began their trip with an exhibition match of Australian rules against a Northern Territory Football League representative side in Darwin. Played in sweltering conditions in front of a crowd of 4,000 spectators at Gardens Oval, the Galahs defeated the NTFL by 69 points, 18.15 to 7.12, with Royce Hart booting seven goals.
• Saturday, 28 October 1967: Civil Service, a Dublin club team, preliminary warm-up match. The Galahs won by two points.
• Sunday, 29 October 1967: The 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions Meath, the first touring match, played at Croke Park, and won by The Galahs 3-16 to 1-10 in front of 23,149 people.
• Tuesday, 31 October 1967: Exhibition match of Australian Rules Football, conducted in heavy rain, under lights, at London's Crystal Palace between "Australia" and "Britain". The Britain team was composed mainly of expatriates, plus several of The Galahs. Australia beat Britain 101 to 75.
• Saturday, 4 November: Mayo, the 1967 Connacht Senior Football Championship winners, played at Croke Park, and won by The Galahs 2-12 to 2-5 in front of an attendance of 20,121.
• Sunday, 5 November: New York, played at Gaelic Park, New York City. The Galahs lost the match 4-8 to 0-5, the visitors not managing a score after half time. There were many brawls during the match, with the Galahs coming off second best in all of them. Hassa Mann, king-hit behind the play, had his jaw broken in three places. Ron Barassi had his nose broken by a giant New York narcotics detective, who broke his own thumb in the process of hitting Barassi.

  1967 touring party

Second tour

1968 touring party