Game 1
New South Wales Firsts 26 def. Queensland Firsts 23
| 1954 Interstate Series Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17388 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 15th May, 1954 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Frank Ballard | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 47,673 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 14 | – | 10 | |||||
| Scrums | 22 | – | 10 | |||||
| Penalties | 7 | – | 18 | |||||
| NSW Firsts | Scoresheet | QLD Firsts | ||||||
| Noel PIDDING | 2 | T | 2 | Bob BUCKLEY | ||||
| Johnny DOUGHERTY | Cyril CONNELL JR | |||||||
| Col GEELAN | Duncan HALL | |||||||
| Alex WATSON | ||||||||
| Noel PIDDING | 6/9 | G | 4/8 | Norm POPE | ||||
| Clive CHURCHILL | FG | |||||||
| NSW Firsts | Teams | QLD Firsts | ||||||
| Clive CHURCHILL (c) [South Sydney] | 1 | FB | 1 | Norm POPE | ||||
| Gordon WILLOUGHBY [Manly] | 2 | W | 2 | Wally McDONALD | ||||
| Col GEELAN [Newtown] | 3 | C | 3 | Ken McCAFFERY (c) | ||||
| Harry WELLS | 4 | C | 4 | Alex WATSON | ||||
| Noel PIDDING | 5 | W | 5 | Bob BUCKLEY | ||||
| Johnny DOUGHERTY [South Sydney] | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob BANKS | ||||
| Col DONOHOE | 7 | HB | 7 | Cyril CONNELL JR | ||||
| Les COWIE [South Sydney] | 8 | L | 8 | Ron TEYS | ||||
| Jack RAYNER [South Sydney] | 9 | 2R | 9 | Bernie DREW | ||||
| Norm PROVAN [St George] | 10 | 2R | 10 | Kel O'SHEA | ||||
| Roy BULL [Manly] | 11 | FR | 11 | Duncan HALL | ||||
| Kevin SCHUBERT [Manly] | 12 | HK | 12 | Leo JOHNSON | ||||
| Jim EVANS [Newtown] | 13 | FR | 13 | Brian DAVIES | ||||
| Vic HEY | HC | Duncan THOMPSON | ||||||
Team Info
New South Wales Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1953 American All Stars Tour I - Game 18 vs. USA
- Next Game:
- 1954 Interstate Series - Game 2 vs. QLD Firsts
- Out:
- Johnny Rouse (centre), Brian Carlson (wing), Noel Hill (halfback), Charlie Gill (front row), Ken Kearney (hooker), Ferris Ashton (second row), Jack Gibson (second row), Jack White (lock)
- In:
- Gordon Willoughby (wing), Johnny Dougherty (five-eighth), Col Donohoe (halfback), Jim Evans (front row), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Norm Provan (second row), Jack Rayner (second row), Les Cowie (lock)
- Changes:
- Col Geelan (five-eighth to centre)
Queensland Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1953 American All Stars Tour I - Game 8 vs. USA
- Next Game:
- 1954 Interstate Series - Game 2 vs. NSW Firsts
- Out:
- Denis Flannery (wing), Tom Cooney (centre), Len Blaik (centre), D O'Connell (five-eighth), M Short (halfback), Jack Veivers (front row), Kevin Boshammer (hooker), Neale Teys (front row), Tom Tyquin (second row), A Smith (lock)
- In:
- Wally McDonald (wing), Ken McCaffery (centre), Alex Watson (centre), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Cyril Connell Jr (halfback), Brian Davies (front row), Leo Johnson (hooker), Duncan Hall (front row), Bernie Drew (second row), Ron Teys (lock)
Match Notes
The Truth newspaper reported the scrum to NSW 21-7, the Sunday Telegraph to NSW 24-10 and the Sun-Herald & Sunday Mail both 22-10 to NSW.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash
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