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1953 NSW City vs Country Seconds

New South Wales City Seconds 31 def. New South Wales Country Seconds 13

1953 NSW City vs Country Seconds

New South Wales City Seconds
31
13
New South Wales Country Seconds
Match Info
Match URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/48844
StatusCompleted
DateSaturday, 16th May, 1953
Kick Off1:40pm (local time)
RefereeD Coheen
VenueSCG (Sydney)
Crowd47,707
Match Stats
Halftime Score166
NSW City SecondsScoresheetNSW Country Seconds
Ben HASLAM2TRoley McDONNELL
Bob SULLIVAN2   
Colin DE LORE   
Peter O'BRIEN   
Ron TAYLOR   
 
Ron TAYLOR4G4Bernie PURCELL
Barry STENHOUSE Ray LAURIE
NSW City SecondsTeamsNSW Country Seconds
Johnny SLADE
[Parramatta]
1FB1W BEAZLEY
Barry STENHOUSE
[Canterbury]
2W2H SIMMONS
Ron TAYLOR
[Eastern Suburbs]
3C3Bill LONGHURST
Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
4C4Roley McDONNELL
Tommy RYAN
[St George]
5W5Ray LAURIE
 
Bob SULLIVAN (c)
[North Sydney]
6FE6Ken O'REILLY
Col DONOHOE
[Eastern Suburbs]
7HB7Lance THOMPSON
 
Les COWIE
[South Sydney]
8L8Bernie PURCELL (c)
Ben HASLAM
[North Sydney]
92R9R PARTRIDGE
Norm PROVAN
[St George]
102R10Henry HOLLOWAY
Lloyd HUDSON
[North Sydney]
11FR11Doug HAWKE
Norm STRONG
[North Sydney]
12HK12Alf HARDMAN
Ted SCHELL
[Canterbury]
13FR13Herb PEARSON
 
Peter O'BRIEN
[North Sydney]
14B14Peter BURNS
Colin DE LORE
[Balmain]
15B15John RYAN
Ken SLATTERY
[Parramatta]
16B16Arthur HENDERSON
Tom TYRRELL
[Balmain]
17B  
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales City Seconds

Previous Game:
1952 NSW City vs Country Seconds - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Seconds
Next Game:
1954 NSW City vs Country Seconds - Game 1 vs. NSW Country Seconds
Out:
Ron Willey (fullback), Ian Moir (wing), Frank Threlfo (centre), Kevin Woolfe (centre), Jack Lumsden (wing), Frank Stanmore (five-eighth), Jim Gillon (halfback), Kevin Hansen (front row), Ken Kearney (hooker), Denis Donoghue (front row), Arthur Collinson (second row), R Thomas (bench), Frank Burke (bench), Bernie Purcell (bench)
In:
Johnny Slade (fullback), Barry Stenhouse (wing), Ron Taylor (centre), Dick Poole (centre), Tommy Ryan (wing), Bob Sullivan (five-eighth), Ted Schell (front row), Norm Strong (hooker), Lloyd Hudson (front row), Norm Provan (second row), Ben Haslam (second row), Peter O'Brien (bench), Colin De Lore (bench), Ken Slattery (bench)
Changes:
Tom Tyrrell (second row to bench), Col Donohoe (bench to halfback)

New South Wales Country Seconds

Previous Game:
1952 NSW City vs Country Seconds - Game 1 vs. NSW City Seconds
Next Game:
1954 NSW City vs Country Seconds - Game 1 vs. NSW City Seconds
Out:
Johnny Slade (fullback), Alan Cripps (wing), Rees Duncan (centre), T Kerwick (centre), W Lind (wing), Carl Keogh (five-eighth), Barry O'Connell (halfback), Ted Curran (front row), F Hogan (front row), G Hartley (second row), Jack Perrin (second row), Max Bailey (lock), Chris O'Brien (bench), J Quinn (bench)
In:
W Beazley (fullback), H Simmons (wing), Bill Longhurst (centre), Roley McDonnell (centre), Ray Laurie (wing), Ken O'Reilly (five-eighth), Lance Thompson (halfback), Herb Pearson (front row), Doug Hawke (front row), Henry Holloway (second row), R Partridge (second row), Bernie Purcell (lock), Peter Burns (bench), John Ryan (bench), Arthur Henderson (bench)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash