Game 1
New South Wales Firsts 18 def. Queensland Firsts 17
| 1952 Interstate Series Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17381 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 24th May, 1952 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | John Hoffman | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 55,467 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 12 | – | 10 | |||||
| Scrums | 27 | – | 14 | |||||
| Penalties | 12 | – | 25 | |||||
| NSW Firsts | Scoresheet | QLD Firsts | ||||||
| Ferris ASHTON | T | Cyril CONNELL JR | ||||||
| Kevin HANSEN | Denis FLANNERY | |||||||
| Ian MOIR | Noel HAZZARD | |||||||
| Noel PIDDING | ||||||||
| Noel PIDDING | 3/7 | G | 3/9 | Max HIGGINS | ||||
| 1/1 | Cyril CONNELL JR | |||||||
| NSW Firsts | Teams | QLD Firsts | ||||||
| Clive CHURCHILL [South Sydney] | 1 | FB | 1 | Max HIGGINS | ||||
| Noel PIDDING [St George] | 2 | W | 5 | Denis FLANNERY | ||||
| Colin DE LORE | 4 | C | 2 | Noel HAZZARD | ||||
| Harry WELLS | 3 | C | 4 | Athol HALPIN | ||||
| Ian MOIR [South Sydney] | 5 | W | 2 | Wally McDONALD | ||||
| Wally O'CONNELL (c) [Manly] | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob BANKS | ||||
| Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] | 7 | HB | 7 | Cyril CONNELL JR | ||||
| Peter DIVERSI [North Sydney] | 8 | L | 8 | Harold CROCKER | ||||
| Albert PAUL | 9 | 2R | 9 | Bernie DREW | ||||
| Ferris ASHTON [Eastern Suburbs] | 10 | 2R | 10 | Brian DAVIES | ||||
| Charlie GILL | 11 | FR | 13 | Duncan HALL (c) | ||||
| Kevin SCHUBERT [Manly] | 12 | HK | 12 | Ken FOGARTY | ||||
| Kevin HANSEN [Western Suburbs] | 13 | FR | 11 | Jack ROONEY | ||||
Team Info
New South Wales Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1951 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 16 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1952 Interstate Series - Game 2 vs. QLD Firsts
- Out:
- Johnny Hawke (centre), Col Cooper (centre), Ron Roberts (wing), Fred Brown (front row), Denis Donoghue (front row), Noel Mulligan (second row), Charlie Banks (second row), Les Cowie (lock)
- In:
- Colin De Lore (centre), Harry Wells (centre), Ian Moir (wing), Kevin Hansen (front row), Charlie Gill (front row), Ferris Ashton (second row), Albert Paul (second row), Peter Diversi (lock)
Queensland Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1951 Interstate Series - Game 3 vs. NSW Firsts
- Next Game:
- 1952 Interstate Series - Game 2 vs. NSW Firsts
- Out:
- Nev Linde (fullback), Rex McGlynn (centre), Des McGovern (wing), Harry Griffiths (five-eighth), Ken McCaffery (halfback), Alan Thompson (front row), Ron Griffiths (hooker)
- In:
- Max Higgins (fullback), Athol Halpin (centre), Wally McDonald (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Cyril Connell Jr (halfback), Jack Rooney (front row), Ken Fogarty (hooker)
Match Notes
Col Geelan and Roy bull were non-playing reserves for NSW.
Brian Dimmock, Des McGovern, Dev Dines, Ron Griffiths & Trevor Whitehead were non-playing reserves for Qld.
In Jim Mathers report of this game in the Truth on Sunday, May 25, 1952 he did say the Penalties were 24-12 Queensland's way yet in the statistics listed at the end of the report it listed the Penalties being 24-12 New South Wales way. While in Sunday Sun's report of this game they had the Penalties being 25-12 Queensland's way.
Also in the Truth's report of this game on Sunday, May 25, 1952 they had the Scrums being 29-16 New South Wales way. The Sunday Sun in their report of this game had the Scrums being 27-14 New South Wales way. While the Sunday Mail in their report of this game had the Scrums being 31-16 New South Wales way.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash
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