American All Stars Tour 1953 Series

Game 8

Queensland Firsts 39 def. United States of America 36

American All Stars Tour 1953

Queensland Firsts
39
36
United States of America
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/30644
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 20th June, 1953
Referee Frank Ballard
Venue The Gabba (Brisbane)
Crowd 24,397
Match Stats
Halftime Score 19 26
QLD Firsts Scoresheet USA
Bob BUCKLEY 4 T 2 Vince JONES
Kel O'SHEA 2   Jack BONETTI
A SMITH   Ted GROSSMAN
Neil TEYS   George KAUFFMAN
Tom TYQUIN   Alfred D KIRKLAND
 
Norm POPE 6 G 9 Gary KERKORIAN
QLD Firsts Teams USA
Norm POPE 1 FB 1 George KAUFFMAN
Denis FLANNERY 2 W 2 Robert BUCKLEY
T COONEY 3 C 3 Alvin E KIRKLAND
Len BLAIK 4 C 4 Sol NAUMU
Bob BUCKLEY 5 W 5 Harold HAN
 
D O'CONNELL 6 FE 6 Gary KERKORIAN
M SHORT 7 HB 7 Ted GROSSMAN
 
Jack VEIVERS 8 FR 8 Pat HENRY
Kevin BOSHAMMER 9 HK 9 Sydney WALKER
Neil TEYS 10 FR 10 Vince JONES
Tom TYQUIN 11 2R 11 Steve DRAKULVICH
Kel O'SHEA 12 2R 12 Alfred D KIRKLAND
A SMITH 13 L 13 Jack BONETTI
   
 

Team Info

Queensland Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1953 - Game 4 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1954 - Game 1 vs. NSW Firsts
Out:
Alex Watson (centre), Ken McCaffery (centre), Des McGovern (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Cyril Connell Jr (halfback), Brian Davies (front row), Allan Hornery (hooker), Bernie Drew (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
In:
T Cooney (centre), Len Blaik (centre), Bob Buckley (wing), D O'Connell (five-eighth), M Short (halfback), Kevin Boshammer (hooker), Neil Teys (front row), Tom Tyquin (second row), A Smith (lock)

United States of America

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 7 vs. Northern Div/N.Coast
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 9 vs. Far North QLD
Out:
Bill Albans (fullback), Ed Demirjian (wing), Al Abajian (halfback), Francis Mandulay (front row), Mike Dimitro (second row)
In:
Alvin E Kirkland (centre), Ted Grossman (halfback), Pat Henry (front row), Steve Drakulvich (second row)
Changes:
Harold Han (centre to wing), George Kauffman (bench to fullback)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson