Game 5
South Sydney Rabbitohs 61 def. Riverina 5
| 1952 Country Carnival Game 5 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/49005 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 10th May, 1952 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Col Pearce (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 16,132 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 23 | – | 2 | |||||
| Scrums | 37 | – | 12 | |||||
| Penalties | 15 | – | 9 | |||||
| South Sydney | Scoresheet | Riverina | ||||||
| Johnny GRAVES | 3 | T | Harry GIBBS | |||||
| Frank THRELFO | 3 | |||||||
| Ian MOIR | 2 | |||||||
| Kevin WOOLFE | 2 | |||||||
| Les COWIE | ||||||||
| Greg HAWICK | ||||||||
| Bryan ORROCK | ||||||||
| Johnny GRAVES | 2 | G | Les KOCH | |||||
| Frank THRELFO | 2 | |||||||
| Kevin WOOLFE | 2 | |||||||
| Ken BROGAN | ||||||||
| Les COWIE | ||||||||
| Ernie HAMMERTON | ||||||||
| Greg HAWICK | ||||||||
| Bryan ORROCK | ||||||||
| South Sydney | Teams | Riverina | ||||||
| Clive CHURCHILL | 13 | FB | 1 | Les KOCH | ||||
| Johnny GRAVES | 12 | W | 2 | Peter QUIRK | ||||
| Kevin WOOLFE | 11 | C | 3 | Neil KINGSMILL | ||||
| Frank THRELFO | 10 | C | 4 | Neville BROGAN | ||||
| Ian MOIR | 9 | W | 5 | Laurie McMAHON | ||||
| Norm SPILLANE | 21 | FE | 6 | Jack McINTOSH | ||||
| Ken BROGAN | 22 | HB | 7 | John RYAN | ||||
| Les COWIE | 6 | L | 8 | Peter O'CONNOR | ||||
| Jack RAYNER (c) | 4 | 2R | 9 | Ken DEAN | ||||
| Bernie PURCELL | 5 | 2R | 10 | Ray GREEN | ||||
| Denis DONOGHUE | 1 | FR | 11 | Ted CURRAN | ||||
| Ernie HAMMERTON | 2 | HK | 12 | Harry GIBBS | ||||
| Bryan ORROCK | 3 | FR | 13 | Alan JAMES | ||||
| Greg HAWICK | 8 | B | 14 | Bob ISAAC | ||||
| Ken MACREADIE | 25 | B | ||||||
| Jack RAYNER | HC | |||||||
Team Info
South Sydney
- Previous Game:
- Round 7 vs. Canterbury
- Next Game:
- - vs. Toowoomba
- In:
- Ken Brogan (halfback), Bernie Purcell (second row)
- Changes:
- Greg Hawick (halfback to bench), Ken Macreadie (second row to bench)
Riverina
- Previous Game:
- 1951 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 5 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1953 Country Carnival - Game 9 vs. South Sydney
- Out:
- Bruce Powdery (centre), N Bruce (centre), John Biscaya (wing), Roley McDonnell (five-eighth), Jim Scott (halfback), N Milton (front row), Peter Copeland (hooker), Nevyl Hand (front row), D Piper (second row), Ken Green (second row)
- In:
- Peter Quirk (wing), Neville Brogan (centre), Laurie McMahon (wing), Jack McIntosh (five-eighth), John Ryan (halfback), Alan James (front row), Harry Gibbs (hooker), Ted Curran (front row), Ray Green (second row), Ken Dean (second row), Bob Isaac (bench)
- Changes:
- Neil Kingsmill (wing to centre)
Match Notes
The Truth newspaper reported the scrums to Souths 29-14 while the Sunday Sun and the SSR Almanac site reported as 37-12 to Souths.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter
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