South African Tour 1963 Series

Game 11

South Island 12 def. South Africa 8

South African Tour 1963

South Island
12
8
South Africa
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39459
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 3rd August, 1963
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Earle Pilcher
Venue Lancaster (Christchurch)
South Island Scoresheet South Africa
C HIBBS 2 T Bart ERASMUS
      Ockert OOSTHUIZEN
 
Patrick WHITE 3 G Gert SMIT
South Island Teams South Africa
Bruce MANN 1 FB 1 Gert SMIT
Brian LANGTON 2 W 2 John GAYDON
C HIBBS 3 C 3 Bart ERASMUS
K HARDING 4 C 4 Johan PIETERSE
Patrick WHITE 5 W 5 Jan DE WAAL
 
Jim BOND 6 FE 6 Colin GREENWOOD (c)
Bob IRVINE 7 HB 7 Ontie ODENDAAL
 
J FISHER 8 FR 8 Ockert OOSTHUIZEN
F KENNEDY 9 HK 9 Fred ANDERSON
[Canterbury]
G COOPER 10 FR 10 Ken PELSER
Colin McMASTER 11 2R 11 Graham WILSON
[Newtown]
Mita MOHI 12 2R 12 Roelof PEACOCK
Mel COOKE (c) 13 L 13 Victor JACOBS
 
    HC   Dave BROWN
   
 

Team Info

South Island

Previous Game:
n/a
Next Game:
n/a

South Africa

Previous Game:
South African Tour 1963 - Game 10 vs. Wellington
Next Game:
South African Tour 1963 - Game 12 vs. Auckland
Out:
Fred Griffiths (centre), Natie Rens (five-eighth), Mannetjies Gericke (halfback), Harry Bennett (hooker), Gerry Van Zyl (second row), Martin Pelser (second row)
In:
Johan Pieterse (centre), Colin Greenwood (five-eighth), Ontie Odendaal (halfback), Fred Anderson (hooker), Graham Wilson (second row), Roelof Peacock (second row)

Match Notes

Fred Anderson and Graham Wilson were released by their respective clubs to line up for South Africa in this game and the next 2, after the manager of the South African team contacted the NSWRL requesting players to help the team cover for injuries and complete their tour.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson