New South Wales City Firsts 27 lost to New South Wales Country Firsts 28
| 1953 NSW City vs Country Firsts | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22210 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 16th May, 1953 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Jack O'Brien | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 46,936 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 20 | – | 19 | |||||
| NSW City Firsts | Scoresheet | NSW Country Firsts | ||||||
| Noel PIDDING | 2 | T | 2 | Don SCHOFIELD | ||||
| Arthur COLLINSON | Ron BATTYE | |||||||
| Keith HOLMAN | Brian CARLSON | |||||||
| George MARTIN | ||||||||
| Noel PIDDING | 6 | G | 8 | Darcy RUSSELL | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | Teams | NSW Country Firsts | ||||||
| Clive CHURCHILL (c) [South Sydney] | 1 | FB | 1 | Darcy RUSSELL | ||||
| Noel PIDDING [St George] | 2 | W | 2 | Brian CARLSON | ||||
| Keith MIDDLETON [North Sydney] | 3 | C | 3 | Harry WELLS | ||||
| George MARTIN [North Sydney] | 4 | C | 4 | Bob BARTLETT (c) | ||||
| Ian MOIR [South Sydney] | 5 | W | 5 | Jack LUMSDEN | ||||
| Col GEELAN [Newtown] | 6 | FE | 6 | Rees DUNCAN | ||||
| Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] | 7 | HB | 7 | Noel HILL | ||||
| Peter DIVERSI [North Sydney] | 8 | L | 8 | Ron BATTYE | ||||
| Ken MACREADIE [South Sydney] | 9 | 2R | 9 | Albert PAUL | ||||
| Arthur COLLINSON [Western Suburbs] | 10 | 2R | 10 | Don SCHOFIELD | ||||
| Roy BULL [Manly] | 11 | FR | 11 | Charlie GILL | ||||
| Ken KEARNEY [St George] | 12 | HK | 12 | Ernie HAMMERTON [South Sydney] | ||||
| Kevin HANSEN [Western Suburbs] | 13 | FR | 13 | Bryan ORROCK | ||||
Team Info
New South Wales City Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1952 NSW City vs Country Firsts - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
- Next Game:
- 1954 NSW City vs Country Firsts - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Firsts
- Out:
- Col Ratcliff (centre), Tommy Ryan (wing), Wally O'Connell (five-eighth), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Fred Brown (front row), Ben Haslam (second row), Ferris Ashton (second row)
- In:
- Keith Middleton (centre), George Martin (centre), Ian Moir (wing), Kevin Hansen (front row), Ken Kearney (hooker), Arthur Collinson (second row), Ken Macreadie (second row)
- Changes:
- Col Geelan (centre to five-eighth)
New South Wales Country Firsts
- Previous Game:
- - vs. Sydney Firsts
- Next Game:
- 1953 American All Stars Tour I - Game 4 vs. USA
- Out:
- O Ratcliffe (fullback), Ron Roberts (wing), Doug McRitchie (centre), Neil Kingsmill (wing), Laurie Burke (five-eighth), Ted Curran (front row), Harry Gibbs (hooker), Noel Hall (front row), Bruce Smith (second row), Jack Perrin (second row), Max Bailey (lock), Chris O'Brien (bench), N Flynn (bench)
- In:
- Darcy Russell (fullback), Brian Carlson (wing), Harry Wells (centre), Bob Bartlett (centre), Jack Lumsden (wing), Bryan Orrock (front row), Ernie Hammerton (hooker), Charlie Gill (front row), Don Schofield (second row), Albert Paul (second row), Ron Battye (lock)
- Changes:
- Rees Duncan (centre to five-eighth)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson
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