City vs Country (Firsts) 1955

New South Wales City Firsts 31 def. New South Wales Country Firsts 18

City vs Country (Firsts) 1955

New South Wales City Firsts
31
18
New South Wales Country Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22212
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 14th May, 1955
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Col Pearce
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 42,112
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 8
Scrums 23 12
Penalties 6 15
NSW City Firsts Scoresheet NSW Country Firsts
Greg HAWICK 2 T 2 Don ADAMS
Keith HOLMAN 2   Albert PAUL
Bill BAILEY   Harry WELLS
Norm PROVAN      
Ray THOMAS      
 
Greg HAWICK 5 G 3 Russ NAUGHTON
NSW City Firsts Teams NSW Country Firsts
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
1 FB 1 Russ NAUGHTON
Noel PIDDING
[Eastern Suburbs]
2 W 2 Cliff SMAILLES
Ray THOMAS
[Eastern Suburbs]
3 C 3 Harry WELLS
Greg HAWICK
[Souths]
4 C 4 Darcy HENRY
Bill BAILEY
[Western Suburbs]
5 W 5 Don ADAMS
 
Rees DUNCAN
[Manly]
6 FE 6 Frank STANMORE
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Doug CAMERON
 
Harold CROCKER
[Parramatta]
8 L 8 Albert PAUL (c)
Norm PROVAN
[St George]
9 2R 9 Alan HOCKLEY
Henry HOLLOWAY
[Newtown]
10 2R 10 Doug CHAPPLE
Roy BULL
[Manly]
11 FR 11 Fred BROWN
Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
12 HK 12 Ken FOGARTY
Bryan ORROCK
[St George]
13 FR 13 Kevin HANSEN
 
    B 14 Neville BROGAN
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales City Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1954 - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1956 - vs. NSW Country Firsts
Out:
Gordon Willoughby (wing), Col Geelan (centre), John Hobbs (centre), Kevin Hole (wing), Johnny Dougherty (five-eighth), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Jim Evans (front row), Jack Rayner (second row), Les Cowie (lock)
In:
Noel Pidding (wing), Ray Thomas (centre), Greg Hawick (centre), Bill Bailey (wing), Rees Duncan (five-eighth), Bryan Orrock (front row), Ken Kearney (hooker), Henry Holloway (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)

New South Wales Country Firsts

Previous Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1954 - Game 1 vs. NSW City Firsts
Next Game:
City vs Country (Firsts) 1956 - vs. NSW City Firsts
Out:
Darcy Russell (fullback), Johnny Graves (wing), Geoff Hawkey (centre), Brian Carlson (wing), Kenneth Fitzgerald (front row), Len Johnson (hooker), Ron Potter (second row), Col Yarham (second row), Arthur Collinson (lock)
In:
Russ Naughton (fullback), Cliff Smailles (wing), Darcy Henry (centre), Don Adams (wing), Kevin Hansen (front row), Ken Fogarty (hooker), Doug Chapple (second row), Alan Hockley (second row), Albert Paul (lock), Neville Brogan (bench)

Match Notes

Harry Wells (Country Firsts) was concussed late in the first half following a high tackle by Greg Hawick (City Firsts) and did not continue. The doctor who tended to Wells ordered him off as a precautionary measure, but was quoted as saying "If the match had been a Test I would have permitted him to resume." Norm Brogan, who suffered an injury to his right eye which closed up by the end of the match, came on as Wells' replacement in the second half. Doug Cameron (Country Firsts) suffered a kick in the back in the first 10 minutes, while Frank Stanmore (Country Firsts) had a bruised shoulder, which left both players impeded for most of the match.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson