American All Stars Tour 1953 Series

Game 18

New South Wales Firsts 27 def. United States of America 18

American All Stars Tour 1953 -

New South Wales Firsts
27
18
United States of America
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/30643
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 25th July, 1953
Referee Aub Oxford
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 19,686
Match Stats
Halftime Score 16 15
NSW Firsts Scoresheet USA
Ferris ASHTON T Bill ALBANS
Brian CARLSON   Brian DAVIES
Noel PIDDING   Alfred D KIRKLAND
Johnny ROUSE   Ken McCAFFERY
Harry WELLS      
 
Noel PIDDING 6 G 3 Gary KERKORIAN
NSW Firsts Teams USA
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
1 FB 1 Sol NAUMU
Noel PIDDING
[St George]
2 W 2 Robert BUCKLEY
Johnny ROUSE
[Parramatta]
3 C 3 Alvin E KIRKLAND
Harry WELLS 4 C 4 Ken McCAFFERY (c)
Brian CARLSON 5 W 5 Bill ALBANS
 
Col GEELAN
[Newtown]
6 FE 6 Gary KERKORIAN
Noel HILL 7 HB 7 Ted GROSSMAN
 
Charlie GILL 8 FR 8 Francis MANDULAY
Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
9 HK 9 Alan HORNERY
Roy BULL
[Manly]
10 FR 10 Vince JONES
Ferris ASHTON
[Eastern Suburbs]
11 2R 11 Brian DAVIES
Jack GIBSON
[Eastern Suburbs]
12 2R 12 Alfred D KIRKLAND
Jack WHITE
[Canterbury]
13 L 13 Harold CROCKER
 
    B 14 Mike DIMITRO
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales Firsts

Previous Game:
Interstate Series 1953 - Game 4 vs. QLD Firsts
Next Game:
Interstate Series 1954 - Game 1 vs. QLD Firsts
Out:
Rees Duncan (centre), Barry Stenhouse (wing), Greg Hawick (five-eighth), Keith Holman (halfback), Ernie Hammerton (hooker), Arthur Collinson (second row), Don Schofield (second row), Les Cowie (lock)
In:
Noel Pidding (wing), Johnny Rouse (centre), Col Geelan (five-eighth), Noel Hill (halfback), Ken Kearney (hooker), Ferris Ashton (second row), Jack Gibson (second row), Jack White (lock)

United States of America

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 17 vs. Riverina
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 19 vs. Auckland
Out:
George Kauffman (fullback), Ed Demirjian (wing), Sydney Walker (hooker), Steve Drakulvich (lock)
In:
Robert Buckley (wing), Ken McCaffery (centre), Alan Hornery (hooker), Brian Davies (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
Changes:
Sol Naumu (centre to fullback), Mike Dimitro (second row to bench)

Match Notes

The American team included 4 Queenslanders: Crocker, Davies, Hornery & McCaffery.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson