Kangaroos Tour 1953 Series

Game 6

South Auckland 11 lost to Australia 63

Kangaroos Tour 1953

South Auckland
11
63
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23146
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 8th July, 1953
Referee E Munro
Venue Davies Park (Huntly)
Crowd 1,044
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 29
South Auckland Scoresheet Australia
Albert HAMBLETON T 5 Des McGOVERN
      3 Alex WATSON
      3 Harry WELLS
      2 Brian CARLSON
      Ferris ASHTON
      Bob BANKS
      Roy BULL
      Keith HOLMAN
 
? PEARSON 4 G 2 Ferris ASHTON
      2 Brian CARLSON
      Bob BANKS
      Alex WATSON
South Auckland Teams Australia
? PEARSON 1 FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
? TURNER 2 W 2 Brian CARLSON
Andrew BERRYMAN 3 C 3 Harry WELLS
? SOLOMON 4 C 4 Alex WATSON
? MUIR 5 W 5 Des McGOVERN
 
Leslie McNICOL 6 FE 6 Bob BANKS
A AOAKI 7 HB 7 Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
 
? THOMAS 8 FR 8 Charlie GILL
? BURKE 9 HK 9 Allan HORNERY
Albert HAMBLETON 10 FR 10 Roy BULL
[Manly]
Graham BURGOYNE 11 2R 11 Albert PAUL
? DUNN 12 2R 12 Ferris ASHTON
[Eastern Suburbs]
Travers HARDWICK (c) 13 L 13 Les COWIE
[Souths]
   
 

Team Info

South Auckland

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 24 vs. France
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 26 vs. USA
Out:
? O'Callaghan (wing), ? Smith (centre), ? Parsonage (centre), ? Carrigan (wing), ? Seddon (five-eighth), ? Oake (halfback), D Dow (hooker), R Rogers (front row), ? Moyes (second row), F Williams (second row)
In:
? Turner (wing), Andrew Berryman (centre), ? Solomon (centre), ? Muir (wing), Leslie McNicol (five-eighth), A Aoaki (halfback), ? Thomas (front row), ? Burke (hooker), Graham Burgoyne (second row), ? Dunn (second row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1953 - Game 5 vs. Taranaki
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1953 - Game 7 vs. Auckland
Out:
Noel Pidding (fullback), Greg Hawick (halfback), Brian Davies (front row), Bernie Drew (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
In:
Bob Banks (five-eighth), Keith Holman (halfback), Charlie Gill (front row), Roy Bull (front row), Les Cowie (lock)
Changes:
Clive Churchill (five-eighth to fullback), Ferris Ashton (front row to second row)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson