Australia v Israel 1-1 December 14 1969 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER

Australias bowed out of the World Cup race with a 1-1 draw in front of a capacity crowd at Sydney’s Sports Ground. Australia played well but it was again the finesse and tactics of the Israelis that saw them home with a draw to take the two leg series. This was a World Cup Qualifying match. Played : December 14 Venue : Sydney Sports Ground, Australia Australia Ron Corry, George Keith, Manfred Schaefer, Alan Marnoch, Stan Ackerley, Danny Walsh, John Warren, Atti Abonyi, John Watkiss, Ray Baartz, Billy Vojtek (Willie Rutherford 60) Goal : Watkiss 88 Israel Itzhak Visoker, Shraga Bar, David Primo, Zvi Rosen, Menachem Bello, Shmuel Rosenthal, Giora Spiegel, Meir Barad (Rahamim Talbi 60), Yehoshua Feigenboim, Mordechai Spiegler, Itzhak Shum (Mordechai Lubetski 88) Goal : Spiegler 78 Referee : Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) Attendance : 32,500 Coach : Joe Vlatsis (AUS), Imanuel Shefer (ISR) match details thanks to