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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 URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/48844
    StatusCompleted
    DateSaturday, 16th May, 1953
    Kick Off1:40pm (local time)
    RefereeD Coheen
    VenueSCG (Sydney)
    Crowd47,707
    Match Stats
    Halftime Score166
    NSW City SecondsScoresheetNSW Country Seconds
    Ben HASLAM2TRoley McDONNELL
    Bob SULLIVAN2   
    Colin DE LORE   
    Peter O'BRIEN   
    Ron TAYLOR   
     
    Ron TAYLOR4G4Bernie PURCELL
    Barry STENHOUSE Ray LAURIE
    NSW City SecondsTeamsNSW Country Seconds
    Johnny SLADE
    [Parramatta]
    1FB1W BEAZLEY
    Barry STENHOUSE
    [Canterbury]
    2W2H SIMMONS
    Ron TAYLOR
    [Eastern Suburbs]
    3C3Bill LONGHURST
    Dick POOLE
    [Newtown]
    4C4Roley McDONNELL
    Tommy RYAN
    [St George]
    5W5Ray LAURIE
     
    Bob SULLIVAN (c)
    [North Sydney]
    6FE6Ken O'REILLY
    Col DONOHOE
    [Eastern Suburbs]
    7HB7Lance THOMPSON
     
    Les COWIE
    [South Sydney]
    8L8Bernie PURCELL (c)
    Ben HASLAM
    [North Sydney]
    92R9R PARTRIDGE
    Norm PROVAN
    [St George]
    102R10Henry HOLLOWAY
    Lloyd HUDSON
    [North Sydney]
    11FR11Doug HAWKE
    Norm STRONG
    [North Sydney]
    12HK12Alf HARDMAN
    Ted SCHELL
    [Canterbury]
    13FR13Herb PEARSON
     
    Peter O'BRIEN
    [North Sydney]
    14B14Peter BURNS
    Colin DE LORE
    [Balmain]
    15B15John RYAN
    Ken SLATTERY
    [Parramatta]
    16B16Arthur HENDERSON
    Tom TYRRELL
    [Balmain]
    17B  
       
     

    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), Peter Burns (bench), John Ryan (bench), Arthur Henderson (bench)

    Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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    Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash