Kangaroos Tour 1953 Series

Game 1

West Coast NZ Firsts 11 lost to Australia 17

Kangaroos Tour 1953

West Coast NZ Firsts
11
17
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23143
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 24th June, 1953
Referee Wally Wilkinson
Venue Wingham Park (Greymouth)
Crowd 2,003
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 14
West Coast Scoresheet Australia
F HASSAN T Ferris ASHTON
      Brian CARLSON
      Ken McCAFFERY
      Noel PIDDING
      Harry WELLS
 
J SOSTER 4 G Noel PIDDING
West Coast Teams Australia
J SOSTER 1 FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
I KING 2 W 2 Brian CARLSON
W PASCOE 3 C 3 Harry WELLS
N KENNEDY 4 C 4 Ken McCAFFERY
I HAY 5 W 5 Noel PIDDING
[St George]
 
C McGOUGAN 6 FE 6 Bob BANKS
R PINN 7 HB 7 Greg HAWICK
[Souths]
 
F HASSAN 8 FR 8 Roy BULL
[Manly]
A WALTON 9 HK 9 Allan HORNERY
William McLENNAN 10 FR 10 Charlie GILL
Bob NEILSON (c) 11 2R 11 Brian DAVIES
Frank MULCARE 12 2R 12 Ferris ASHTON
[Eastern Suburbs]
L KERR 13 L 13 Les COWIE
[Souths]
   
 

Team Info

West Coast NZ Firsts

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 19 vs. France
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 22 vs. USA
Out:
Raymond Nuttall (fullback), Jack Forrest (centre), A Campbell (centre), George Menzies (wing), R Wright (five-eighth), GH Ord (halfback), Jack Newton (front row), Bob Aynsley (hooker), F Malloy (front row), Charlie McBride (second row)
In:
J Soster (fullback), I King (wing), W Pascoe (centre), N Kennedy (centre), I Hay (wing), R Pinn (halfback), F Hassan (front row), A Walton (hooker), William McLennan (front row), L Kerr (lock)
Changes:
C McGougan (wing to five-eighth), Bob Neilson (lock to second row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1952/53 - Game 40 vs. Selection du Midi
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1953 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Ron Willey (fullback), Rees Duncan (centre), Tommy Ryan (wing), Ken Kearney (hooker), Duncan Hall (front row), Albert Paul (lock)
In:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Brian Carlson (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Allan Hornery (hooker), Charlie Gill (front row), Les Cowie (lock)
Changes:
Greg Hawick (five-eighth to halfback), Ken McCaffery (halfback to centre)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson