Kangaroos Tour 1953 Series

Game 7

Auckland 4 lost to Australia 26

Kangaroos Tour 1953

Auckland
4
26
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23147
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 11th July, 1953
Referee G Kelly
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 8,556
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 9
Auckland Scoresheet Australia
    T 4 Noel PIDDING
      Roy BULL
      Bernie DREW
      Des McGOVERN
      Harry WELLS
 
Des WHITE 2 G Keith HOLMAN
Auckland Teams Australia
Des WHITE (c) 1 FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
D CHAPP 2 W 2 Noel PIDDING
[St George]
Tommy BAXTER 3 C 3 Harry WELLS
Cyril EASTLAKE 4 C 4 Alex WATSON
Vern BAKALICH 5 W 5 Des McGOVERN
 
William SORENSEN 6 FE 6 Greg HAWICK
[Souths]
Des BARCHARD 7 HB 7 Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
 
Joe WRIGHT 8 FR 8 Charlie GILL
G DAVIDSON 9 HK 9 Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
J MEATES 10 FR 10 Roy BULL
[Manly]
Henry MAXWELL 11 2R 11 Albert PAUL
Douglas RICHARD-JOLLY 12 2R 12 Bernie DREW
B SINGE 13 L 13 Harold CROCKER
   
 

Team Info

Auckland

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 23 vs. France
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 19 vs. USA
Out:
J Edwards (wing), Bevan Hough (wing), Bruce Robertson (five-eighth), Cliff Johnson (front row), Raymond Cranch (front row), Sandy Hurndell (second row), Alan Wiles (lock)
In:
D Chapp (wing), Vern Bakalich (wing), William Sorensen (five-eighth), Joe Wright (front row), J Meates (front row), Henry Maxwell (second row), B Singe (lock)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1953 - Game 6 vs. South Auckland
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1953 - Game 8 vs. Northland
Out:
Brian Carlson (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Allan Hornery (hooker), Ferris Ashton (second row), Les Cowie (lock)
In:
Noel Pidding (wing), Greg Hawick (five-eighth), Ken Kearney (hooker), Bernie Drew (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson