City vs Country (Firsts) 1953

New South Wales City Firsts 27 lost to New South Wales Country Firsts 28

City vs Country (Firsts) 1953

New South Wales City Firsts
27
28
New South Wales Country Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22210
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 16th May, 1953
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Jack O'Brien
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 46,936
Match Stats
Halftime Score 20 19
NSW City Firsts Scoresheet NSW Country Firsts
Noel PIDDING 2 T 2 Don SCHOFIELD
Arthur COLLINSON   Ron BATTYE
Keith HOLMAN   Brian CARLSON
George MARTIN      
 
Noel PIDDING 6 G 8 Darcy RUSSELL
NSW City Firsts Teams NSW Country Firsts
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
1 FB 1 Darcy RUSSELL
Noel PIDDING
[St George]
2 W 2 Brian CARLSON
Keith MIDDLETON
[North Sydney]
3 C 3 Harry WELLS
George MARTIN
[North Sydney]
4 C 4 Robert BARTLETT (c)
Ian MOIR
[Souths]
5 W 5 Jack LUMSDEN
 
Col GEELAN
[Newtown]
6 FE 6 Rees DUNCAN
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Noel HILL
 
Peter DIVERSI
[North Sydney]
8 L 8 Ron BATTYE
Ken MACREADIE
[Souths]
9 2R 9 Albert PAUL
Arthur COLLINSON
[Western Suburbs]
10 2R 10 Don SCHOFIELD
Roy BULL
[Manly]
11 FR 11 Charlie GILL
Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
12 HK 12 Ernie HAMMERTON
Kevin HANSEN
[Western Suburbs]
13 FR 13 Bryan ORROCK
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales City Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1952 - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1954 - vs. NSW Country Firsts
Out:
Col Ratcliff (centre), Tommy Ryan (wing), Wally O'Connell (five-eighth), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Fred Brown (front row), Ben Haslam (second row), Ferris Ashton (second row)
In:
Keith Middleton (centre), George Martin (centre), Ian Moir (wing), Kevin Hansen (front row), Ken Kearney (hooker), Arthur Collinson (second row), Ken Macreadie (second row)
Changes:
Col Geelan (centre to five-eighth)

New South Wales Country Firsts

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. Sydney Firsts
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 4 vs. USA
Out:
O Ratcliffe (fullback), Ron Roberts (wing), Doug McRitchie (centre), Neil Kingsmill (wing), Laurie Burke (five-eighth), Ted Curran (front row), Harry Gibbs (hooker), Noel Hall (front row), Bruce Smith (second row), Jack Perrin (second row), Max Bailey (lock), Chris O'Brien (bench), N Flynn (bench)
In:
Darcy Russell (fullback), Brian Carlson (wing), Harry Wells (centre), Robert Bartlett (centre), Jack Lumsden (wing), Bryan Orrock (front row), Ernie Hammerton (hooker), Charlie Gill (front row), Don Schofield (second row), Albert Paul (second row), Ron Battye (lock)
Changes:
Rees Duncan (centre to five-eighth)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson