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American All Stars Tour 1953 Series

Game 23

Canterbury (NZ) 39 def. United States of America 8

American All Stars Tour 1953

Canterbury (NZ)		 39
–
8
United States of America
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31579
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 15th August, 1953
Kick Off 3:00pm (local time)
Referee Wally Wilkinson
Venue Christchurch (Christchurch)
Crowd 5,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 20 – 2
Canterbury Scoresheet USA
Alister ATKINSON 4 T Ted GROSSMAN
C ATKINSON   Vince JONES
John BUTTERFIELD      
K HENRY      
S PARKES      
Cyril PASKELL      
 
Cyril PASKELL 6 G Sol NAUMU
Canterbury Teams USA
K HENRY 1 FB 1 Sol NAUMU
G McSEVENEY 2 W 2 Al ABAJIAN
Cyril PASKELL 3 C 3 Alvin E KIRKLAND
M JOHNSTONE 4 C 4 Alfred D KIRKLAND
C ATKINSON 5 W 5 Ed DEMIRJIAN
 
S PARKES 6 FE 6 Ted GROSSMAN
Jim HAIG 7 HB 7 Des BARCHARD
 
Lory BLANCHARD 8 FR 8 Vince JONES
John BUTTERFIELD 9 HK 9 Roy ROFF
R BROADHURST 10 FR 10 Pat HENRY
John BOND 11 2R 11 Frank MULCARE
Trevor KILKELLY 12 2R 12 Mike DIMITRO
Alister ATKINSON 13 L 13 Travers HARDWICK
   
 

Team Info

Canterbury (NZ)

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 20 vs. France
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 25 vs. Great Britain
Out:
W McKenzie (wing), G Neiman (centre), B Stapley (wing), I Pimley (front row), Joseph Curtain (second row), J Crofts (second row)
In:
G McSeveney (wing), M Johnstone (centre), C Atkinson (wing), John Butterfield (hooker), R Broadhurst (front row), Trevor Kilkelly (second row)
Changes:
Lory Blanchard (hooker to front row), John Bond (front row to second row)

United States of America

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 22 vs. West Coast
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 24 vs. North Auckland

Match Notes

The US All Stars were again strengthened by the inclusion 4 New Zealand players Barchard, Hardwick, Mulcare & Roff.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash