Kangaroos Tour 1953 Series

Game 3

South Island 9 lost to Australia 66

Kangaroos Tour 1953

South Island
9
66
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23144
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 30th June, 1953
Referee Jim Griffin
Venue University Oval (Dunedin)
Crowd 2,956
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 31
Scrums 14 24
South Island Scoresheet Australia
I KING 2 T 4 Ken McCAFFERY
John BUTTERFIELD   4 Des McGOVERN
      2 Bernie DREW
      Clive CHURCHILL
      Charlie GILL
      Greg HAWICK
      Albert PAUL
      Noel PIDDING
      Alex WATSON
 
    G 5 Noel PIDDING
      3 Greg HAWICK
      Charlie GILL
South Island Teams Australia
K HENRY 1 FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
I KING 2 W 2 Noel PIDDING
[St George]
I HAY 3 C 3 Ken McCAFFERY
Cyril PASKELL 4 C 4 Alex WATSON
R BROOME 5 W 5 Des McGOVERN
 
S PARKES 6 FE 6 Greg HAWICK
[Souths]
R PINN 7 HB 7 Bob BANKS
 
F HASSAN 8 FR 8 Charlie GILL
Trevor KILKELLY 9 HK 9 Allan HORNERY
John BUTTERFIELD 10 FR 10 Brian DAVIES
E GUTBERLET 11 2R 11 Albert PAUL
R BROADHURST 12 2R 12 Bernie DREW
E MacDONALD (c) 13 L 13 Les COWIE
[Souths]
   
 

Team Info

South Island

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1949 - Game 4 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 24 vs. Great Britain
Out:
J Soster (fullback), W McKenzie (wing), P Callinan (centre), L Brown (centre), George Menzies (five-eighth), Jim Haig (halfback), Jack Newton (front row), Bob Aynsley (hooker), Patrick Smith (front row), F Blanchard (second row), Charlie McBride (second row), Alister Atkinson (lock), M Ord (bench)
In:
I King (wing), I Hay (centre), Cyril Paskell (centre), R Broome (wing), S Parkes (five-eighth), R Pinn (halfback), F Hassan (front row), Trevor Kilkelly (hooker), John Butterfield (front row), E Gutberlet (second row), R Broadhurst (second row), E MacDonald (lock)
Changes:
K Henry (wing to fullback)

Australia

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1953 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
New Zealand vs Australia 1953 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Brian Carlson (wing), Harry Wells (centre), Keith Holman (halfback), Roy Bull (front row), Ken Kearney (hooker), Ferris Ashton (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
In:
Alex Watson (centre), Des McGovern (wing), Greg Hawick (five-eighth), Allan Hornery (hooker), Albert Paul (second row), Bernie Drew (second row), Les Cowie (lock)
Changes:
Bob Banks (five-eighth to halfback), Brian Davies (second row to front row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson