Australia vs South Africa 1963 Series

Game 2

Australia 54 def. South Africa 21

Australia vs South Africa 1963

Australia
54
21
South Africa
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6873
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 27th July, 1963
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee Jack Bradley
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 16,995
Match Stats
Halftime Score 28 3
Scrums 18 11
Penalties 1 12
Australia Scoresheet South Africa
Ken IRVINE 2 T 2 Colin GREENWOOD
Graeme LANGLANDS 2   Mannetjies GERICKE
Ken THORNETT 2   Bunny OBERHOLZER
Peter GALLAGHER   Johan PIETERSE
Reg GASNIER      
Earl HARRISON      
Les JOHNS      
Barry MUIR      
John RAPER      
 
Les JOHNS 9 G 3 Fred GRIFFITHS
Australia Teams South Africa
Les JOHNS
[Canterbury]
1 FB 1 Gert SMIT
Ken IRVINE
[North Sydney]
2 W 2 Johan PIETERSE
Reg GASNIER (c)
[St George]
3 C 3 Fred GRIFFITHS
[North Sydney]
Ken THORNETT
[Parramatta]
4 C 4 Alan SKENE
[Souths]
Graeme LANGLANDS
[St George]
5 W 5 Bart ERASMUS
 
Earl HARRISON 6 FE 6 Colin GREENWOOD
Barry MUIR 7 HB 7 Mannetjies GERICKE
 
Peter GALLAGHER 8 FR 8 Bunny OBERHOLZER
Noel KELLY
[Western Suburbs]
9 HK 9 Jan VERWAY
Paul QUINN 10 FR 10 Willem VERMAAS
Dick THORNETT
[Parramatta]
11 2R 11 Victor JACOBS
Ken DAY 12 2R 12 Gerry VAN ZYL
John RAPER
[St George]
13 L 13 Dawie ACKERMANN (c)
 
    B 14 Harry BENNETT
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Dave BROWN
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs South Africa 1963 - Game 1 vs. South Africa
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1963/64 - Game 1 vs. Warrington
Out:
Eddie Lumsden (wing), Arthur Summons (halfback), Ian Walsh (hooker)
In:
Ken Thornett (centre), Barry Muir (halfback), Paul Quinn (front row)
Changes:
Graeme Langlands (centre to wing), Noel Kelly (front row to hooker)

South Africa

Previous Game:
South African Tour 1963 - Game 6 vs. South QLD Firsts
Next Game:
South African Tour 1963 - Game 8 vs. Newcastle (AU)
Out:
Jan de Waal (wing), Natie Rens (five-eighth), Ontie Odendaal (halfback), Ken Pelser (front row), Ockert Oosthuizen (front row)
In:
Gert Smit (fullback), Fred Griffiths (centre), Alan Skene (centre), Colin Greenwood (five-eighth), Bunny Oberholzer (front row), Jan Verway (hooker)
Changes:
Mannetjies Gericke (fullback to halfback), Victor Jacobs (wing to second row), Johan Pieterse (centre to wing), Bart Erasmus (centre to wing), Harry Bennett (hooker to bench), Willem Vermaas (second row to front row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson