American All Stars Tour 1953 Series

Game 10

North Queensland Firsts 38 def. United States of America 17

American All Stars Tour 1953 -

North Queensland Firsts
38
17
United States of America
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31567
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 28th June, 1953
Referee R Allison
Venue T'ville Sports (Townsville)
Crowd 7,808
Match Stats
Halftime Score 13 12
Scrums 32 14
North QLD Scoresheet USA
Jack FIFIELD 2 T 2 Ted GROSSMAN
Kel O'SHEA 2   Harold HAN
P FARRELL      
K MARTIN      
M SHORT      
Trevor WHITEHEAD      
 
R QUINN 7 G 4 Gary KERKORIAN
North QLD Teams USA
R QUINN 1 FB 1 George KAUFFMAN
Jack FIFIELD 2 W 2 Robert BUCKLEY
Eric WEBSTER 3 C 3 Alvin E KIRKLAND
P FARRELL 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
 
Trevor WHITEHEAD (c) 8 FR 8 Vince JONES
K MARTIN 9 HK 9 Sydney WALKER
Kel O'SHEA 10 FR 10 Francis MANDULAY
A FARQUHAR 11 2R 11 Mike DIMITRO (c)
T TAVASCI 12 2R 12 Alfred D KIRKLAND
J DEAN 13 L 13 Steve DRAKULVICH
 
    B 14 Al ABAJIAN
   
 

Team Info

North Queensland Firsts

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1952 - Game 10 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 13 vs. Great Britain
Out:
F Gill (fullback), A Boundy (wing), F Fahey (centre), D Dines (centre), N Stokes (wing), N Wilson (five-eighth), Ron O'Connell (halfback), R Primrose (front row), E Kratzman (front row), K Geary (second row), H Robertson (second row)
In:
R Quinn (fullback), Jack Fifield (wing), Eric Webster (centre), P Farrell (centre), Bob Buckley (wing), D O'Connell (five-eighth), M Short (halfback), K Martin (hooker), A Farquhar (second row), T Tavasci (second row), J Dean (lock)
Changes:
Kel O'Shea (hooker to front row), Trevor Whitehead (lock to front row)

United States of America

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 9 vs. Far North QLD
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 11 vs. Central West QLD
Out:
Pat Henry (hooker), Jack Bonetti (lock), Bill Albans (bench)
In:
Gary Kerkorian (five-eighth), Vince Jones (front row), Sydney Walker (hooker)
Changes:
Ted Grossman (five-eighth to halfback), Al Abajian (halfback to bench), Mike Dimitro (front row to second row), Steve Drakulvich (second row to lock)

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin