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1953 American All Stars Tour I Series

Game 6

Newcastle Firsts (AU) 10 lost to United States of America 19

1953 American All Stars Tour I
Game 6

Newcastle Firsts (AU)		 10
–
19
United States of America
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31564
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 13th June, 1953
Referee Aub Oxford (Sydney)
Venue Newcastle Sports (Newcastle)
Crowd 14,160
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 – 12
Scrums 30 – 17
Penalties 6 – 11
Newcastle (AU) Scoresheet USA
B PEAD T 2 Harold HAN
William SHANKS   Gary KERKORIAN
 
Darcy RUSSELL 2 G 5 Gary KERKORIAN
Newcastle (AU) Teams USA
Darcy RUSSELL 1 FB 1 George KAUFFMAN
William SHANKS 2 W 2 Robert BUCKLEY
Lester BATEY 3 C 3 Harold HAN
B PEAD 4 C 4 Sol NAUMU
Bill SMITH 5 W 5 Ed DEMIRJIAN
 
Warren FOLEY 6 FE 6 Gary KERKORIAN
Noel HILL (c) 7 HB 7 Ted GROSSMAN
 
Herb PEARSON 8 FR 8 Pat HENRY
K McKIERNAN 9 HK 9 Sydney WALKER
Doug HAWKE 10 FR 10 Vince JONES (c)
G HARLEY 11 2R 11 Francis MANDULAY
Henry HOLLOWAY 12 2R 12 Alfred D KIRKLAND
Barry LEVIDO 13 L 13 Jack BONETTI
 
    B 14 Al ABAJIAN
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
1953 Country Carnival - Game 7 vs. North Sydney
Next Game:
1954 Country Carnival - Game 2 vs. South Sydney
Out:
Brian Carlson (wing), Rees Duncan (centre), Max Bailey (centre), Don Adams (wing), Bill Hilliard (hooker), Charlie Gill (front row), T Anderson (second row), Don Schofield (second row), Albert Paul (lock)
In:
William Shanks (wing), Lester Batey (centre), B Pead (centre), Bill Smith (wing), K McKiernan (hooker), Doug Hawke (front row), G Harley (second row), Henry Holloway (second row), Barry Levido (lock)

United States of America

Previous Game:
1953 American All Stars Tour I - Game 5 vs. Western Division
Next Game:
1953 American All Stars Tour I - Game 7 vs. Northern Div/N.Coast
Out:
Xavier Mena (second row), Steve Drakulvich (second row), Ray Terry (bench)
In:
Alfred D Kirkland (second row)
Changes:
Sol Naumu (fullback to centre), Gary Kerkorian (centre to five-eighth), Ted Grossman (five-eighth to halfback), Al Abajian (halfback to bench), Sydney Walker (front row to hooker), Pat Henry (hooker to front row), Francis Mandulay (front row to second row), George Kauffman (bench to fullback), Vince Jones (bench to front row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash