American All Stars Tour 1953 Series

Game 10

North Queensland Firsts 38 def. United States of America 17

American All Stars Tour 1953

North Queensland Firsts
38
17
United States of America
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31567
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 28th June, 1953
Referee R Allison
Venue T'ville Sports (Townsville)
Crowd 7,808
Match Stats
Halftime Score 13 12
Scrums 32 14
North QLD Scoresheet USA
Jack FIFIELD 2 T 2 Ted GROSSMAN
Kel O'SHEA 2   Harold HAN
P FARRELL      
K MARTIN      
M SHORT      
Trevor WHITEHEAD      
 
R QUINN 7 G 4 Gary KERKORIAN
North QLD Teams USA
R QUINN 1 FB 1 George KAUFFMAN
Jack FIFIELD 2 W 2 Robert BUCKLEY
Eric WEBSTER 3 C 3 Alvin E KIRKLAND
P FARRELL 4 C 4 Sol NAUMU
Bob BUCKLEY 5 W 5 Harold HAN
 
D O'CONNELL 6 FE 6 Gary KERKORIAN
M SHORT 7 HB 7 Ted GROSSMAN
 
Trevor WHITEHEAD (c) 8 FR 8 Vince JONES
K MARTIN 9 HK 9 Sydney WALKER
Kel O'SHEA 10 FR 10 Francis MANDULAY
A FARQUHAR 11 2R 11 Mike DIMITRO (c)
T TAVASCI 12 2R 12 Alfred D KIRKLAND
J DEAN 13 L 13 Steve DRAKULVICH
 
    B 14 Al ABAJIAN
   
 

Team Info

North Queensland Firsts

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1952 - Game 10 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 13 vs. Great Britain
Out:
F Gill (fullback), A Boundy (wing), F Fahey (centre), D Dines (centre), N Stokes (wing), N Wilson (five-eighth), Ron O'Connell (halfback), R Primrose (front row), E Kratzman (front row), K Geary (second row), H Robertson (second row)
In:
R Quinn (fullback), Jack Fifield (wing), Eric Webster (centre), P Farrell (centre), Bob Buckley (wing), D O'Connell (five-eighth), M Short (halfback), K Martin (hooker), A Farquhar (second row), T Tavasci (second row), J Dean (lock)
Changes:
Kel O'Shea (hooker to front row), Trevor Whitehead (lock to front row)

United States of America

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 9 vs. Far North QLD
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 11 vs. Central West QLD
Out:
Pat Henry (hooker), Jack Bonetti (lock), Bill Albans (bench)
In:
Gary Kerkorian (five-eighth), Vince Jones (front row), Sydney Walker (hooker)
Changes:
Ted Grossman (five-eighth to halfback), Al Abajian (halfback to bench), Mike Dimitro (front row to second row), Steve Drakulvich (second row to lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin