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1953 NSW City vs Country Seconds

New South Wales City Seconds 31 def. New South Wales Country Seconds 13

1953 NSW City vs Country Seconds

New South Wales City Seconds
31
13
New South Wales Country Seconds
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/48844
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 16th May, 1953
Kick Off 1:40pm (local time)
Referee D Coheen
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 47,707
Match Stats
Halftime Score 16 6
NSW City Seconds Scoresheet NSW Country Seconds
Ben HASLAM 2 T Roley McDONNELL
Bob SULLIVAN 2      
Colin DE LORE      
Peter O'BRIEN      
Ron TAYLOR      
 
Ron TAYLOR 4 G 4 Bernie PURCELL
Barry STENHOUSE   Ray LAURIE
NSW City Seconds Teams NSW Country Seconds
Johnny SLADE
[Parramatta]
1 FB 1 W BEAZLEY
Barry STENHOUSE
[Canterbury]
2 W 2 H SIMMONS
Ron TAYLOR
[Eastern Suburbs]
3 C 3 Bill LONGHURST
Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
4 C 4 Roley McDONNELL
Tommy RYAN
[St George]
5 W 5 Ray LAURIE
 
Bob SULLIVAN (c)
[North Sydney]
6 FE 6 Ken O'REILLY
Col DONOHOE
[Eastern Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Lance THOMPSON
 
Les COWIE
[South Sydney]
8 L 8 Bernie PURCELL (c)
Ben HASLAM
[North Sydney]
9 2R 9 R PARTRIDGE
Norm PROVAN
[St George]
10 2R 10 Henry HOLLOWAY
Lloyd HUDSON
[North Sydney]
11 FR 11 Doug HAWKE
Norm STRONG
[North Sydney]
12 HK 12 Alf HARDMAN
Ted SCHELL
[Canterbury]
13 FR 13 Herb PEARSON
 
Peter O'BRIEN
[North Sydney]
14 B 14 P BURNS
Colin DE LORE
[Balmain]
15 B 15 John RYAN
Ken SLATTERY
[Parramatta]
16 B 16 Arthur HENDERSON
Tom TYRRELL
[Balmain]
17 B    
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales City Seconds

Previous Game:
1952 NSW City vs Country Seconds - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Seconds
Next Game:
1954 NSW City vs Country Seconds - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Seconds
Out:
Ron Willey (fullback), Ian Moir (wing), Frank Threlfo (centre), Kevin Woolfe (centre), Jack Lumsden (wing), Frank Stanmore (five-eighth), Jim Gillon (halfback), Kevin Hansen (front row), Ken Kearney (hooker), Denis Donoghue (front row), Arthur Collinson (second row), R Thomas (bench), Frank Burke (bench), Bernie Purcell (bench)
In:
Johnny Slade (fullback), Barry Stenhouse (wing), Ron Taylor (centre), Dick Poole (centre), Tommy Ryan (wing), Bob Sullivan (five-eighth), Ted Schell (front row), Norm Strong (hooker), Lloyd Hudson (front row), Norm Provan (second row), Ben Haslam (second row), Peter O'Brien (bench), Colin De Lore (bench), Ken Slattery (bench)
Changes:
Tom Tyrrell (second row to bench), Col Donohoe (bench to halfback)

New South Wales Country Seconds

Previous Game:
1952 NSW City vs Country Seconds - Game 1 vs. NSW City Seconds
Next Game:
1954 NSW City vs Country Seconds - Game 1 vs. NSW City Seconds
Out:
Johnny Slade (fullback), Alan Cripps (wing), Rees Duncan (centre), T Kerwick (centre), W Lind (wing), Carl Keogh (five-eighth), Barry O'Connell (halfback), Ted Curran (front row), F Hogan (front row), G Hartley (second row), Jack Perrin (second row), Max Bailey (lock), Chris O'Brien (bench), J Quinn (bench)
In:
W Beazley (fullback), H Simmons (wing), Bill Longhurst (centre), Roley McDonnell (centre), Ray Laurie (wing), Ken O'Reilly (five-eighth), Lance Thompson (halfback), Herb Pearson (front row), Doug Hawke (front row), Henry Holloway (second row), R Partridge (second row), Bernie Purcell (lock), P Burns (bench), John Ryan (bench), Arthur Henderson (bench)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash