American All Stars Tour 1953 Series

Game

Ipswich Firsts 15 lost to United States of America 16

Match URL
www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31572
Date
Friday, 17th July, 1953
Status
Completed
Kick Off
3:00 PM (local time)
Referee
L McMahon
Venue
North Ipswich Reserve (Ipswich)
Crowd
3,155

Ipswich Firsts 		15 – 16
United States of America

Match Stats

Halftime Score 6 – 13

Match Scoresheet

Jim PEGG 2 T Al ABAJIAN
Gary PARCELL   Bill ALBANS
      Gary KERKORIAN
      Alvin E KIRKLAND
 
E METEYARD 2 G 2 Gary KERKORIAN
 
E METEYARD FG    

Teams

E METEYARD 1 FB 1 George KAUFFMAN
T MOLONEY 2 W 2 Bill ALBANS
K KELLY 3 C 3 Alvin E KIRKLAND
T DOYLE (c) 4 C 4 Sol NAUMU
Jim PEGG 5 W 5 Harold HAN
 
J WARD 6 FE 6 Gary KERKORIAN
E PORTER 7 HB 7 Ted GROSSMAN
 
T PARRY 8 FR 8 Francis MANDULAY
R GRICE 9 HK 9 Sydney WALKER
S PANKOFF 10 FR 10 Jack HURRELL
Gary PARCELL 11 2R 11 Mike DIMITRO
B RASHLEIGH 12 2R 12 Don LOWTH
Don MEEHAN 13 L 13 Vince JONES (c)
 
    B 14 Al ABAJIAN
 

Match Notes

Rugby Union player Jack Hurrell played under the false name 'Jack Harold' while Don Lowth played under the false name 'Pat Henry'. Jack Harold was the name of an American living in Brisbane, while Pat Henry was an actual member of the American side, however he was injured and still in hospital.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson