American All Stars Tour 1953 Series

Game 18

New South Wales Firsts 27 def. United States of America 18

American All Stars Tour 1953

New South Wales Firsts
27
18
United States of America
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/30643
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 25th July, 1953
Referee Aub Oxford (Sydney)
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 19,686
Match Stats
Halftime Score 16 15
NSW Firsts Scoresheet USA
Ferris ASHTON T Bill ALBANS
Brian CARLSON   Brian DAVIES
Noel PIDDING   Alfred D KIRKLAND
Johnny ROUSE   Ken McCAFFERY
Harry WELLS      
 
Noel PIDDING 6 G 3 Gary KERKORIAN
NSW Firsts Teams USA
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
1 FB 1 Sol NAUMU
Noel PIDDING
[St George]
2 W 2 Robert BUCKLEY
Johnny ROUSE
[Parramatta]
3 C 3 Alvin E KIRKLAND
Harry WELLS 4 C 4 Ken McCAFFERY (c)
Brian CARLSON 5 W 5 Bill ALBANS
 
Col GEELAN
[Newtown]
6 FE 6 Gary KERKORIAN
Noel HILL 7 HB 7 Ted GROSSMAN
 
Charlie GILL 8 FR 8 Francis MANDULAY
Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
9 HK 9 Allan HORNERY
Roy BULL
[Manly]
10 FR 10 Vince JONES
Ferris ASHTON
[Eastern Suburbs]
11 2R 11 Brian DAVIES
Jack GIBSON
[Eastern Suburbs]
12 2R 12 Alfred D KIRKLAND
Jack WHITE
[Canterbury]
13 L 13 Harold CROCKER
 
    B 14 Mike DIMITRO
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1953 - Game 4 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1954 - Game 1 vs. QLD Firsts
Out:
Rees Duncan (centre), Barry Stenhouse (wing), Greg Hawick (five-eighth), Keith Holman (halfback), Ernie Hammerton (hooker), Arthur Collinson (second row), Don Schofield (second row), Les Cowie (lock)
In:
Noel Pidding (wing), Johnny Rouse (centre), Col Geelan (five-eighth), Noel Hill (halfback), Ken Kearney (hooker), Ferris Ashton (second row), Jack Gibson (second row), Jack White (lock)

United States of America

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 17 vs. Riverina
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 19 vs. Auckland
Out:
George Kauffman (fullback), Ed Demirjian (wing), Sydney Walker (hooker), Steve Drakulvich (lock)
In:
Robert Buckley (wing), Ken McCaffery (centre), Allan Hornery (hooker), Brian Davies (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
Changes:
Sol Naumu (centre to fullback), Mike Dimitro (second row to bench)

Match Notes

The American team included 4 Queenslanders: Crocker, Davies, Hornery & McCaffery.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson