Game 8
Northland 7 lost to Australia 98
| 1953 Kangaroos Tour Game 8 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23148 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 15th July, 1953 | |||||||
| Referee | C Swensson | |||||||
| Venue | Okara Park (Whangarei) | |||||||
| Crowd | 1,330 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 5 | – | 53 | |||||
| Northland | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| J SOWTER | T | 9 | Brian CARLSON | |||||
| 4 | Bernie DREW | |||||||
| 3 | Des McGOVERN | |||||||
| 2 | Bob BANKS | |||||||
| Ferris ASHTON | ||||||||
| Brian DAVIES | ||||||||
| Keith HOLMAN | ||||||||
| Ken McCAFFERY | ||||||||
| Noel PIDDING | ||||||||
| Alex WATSON | ||||||||
| M TAYLOR | 2 | G | 6 | Noel PIDDING | ||||
| 2 | Brian CARLSON | |||||||
| Ferris ASHTON | ||||||||
| Bob BANKS | ||||||||
| Bernie DREW | ||||||||
| Keith HOLMAN | ||||||||
| Allan HORNERY | ||||||||
| Northland | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| M TAYLOR | 1 | FB | 1 | Noel PIDDING [St George] | ||||
| D BROWN | 2 | W | 2 | Brian CARLSON | ||||
| R GOODHUE | 3 | C | 3 | Ken McCAFFERY (c) | ||||
| C DAVENPORT | 4 | C | 4 | Alex WATSON | ||||
| G CARTER | 5 | W | 5 | Des McGOVERN | ||||
| J SOWTER | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob BANKS | ||||
| N ROSS | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| G FREER | 8 | FR | 8 | Ferris ASHTON [Eastern Suburbs] | ||||
| A DOIDGE | 9 | HK | 9 | Allan HORNERY | ||||
| T WEDGE | 10 | FR | 10 | Brian DAVIES | ||||
| C LANGRIDGE | 11 | 2R | 11 | Albert PAUL | ||||
| A LATIMER | 12 | 2R | 12 | Bernie DREW | ||||
| W CAIRNS | 13 | L | 13 | Les COWIE [South Sydney] | ||||
Team Info
Northland
- Previous Game:
- n/a
- Next Game:
- n/a
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1953 Kangaroos Tour - Game 7 vs. Auckland
- Next Game:
- 1953 New Zealand vs Australia - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Clive Churchill (fullback), Harry Wells (centre), Greg Hawick (five-eighth), Charlie Gill (front row), Ken Kearney (hooker), Roy Bull (front row), Harold Crocker (lock)
- In:
- Brian Carlson (wing), Ken McCaffery (centre), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Ferris Ashton (front row), Allan Hornery (hooker), Brian Davies (front row), Les Cowie (lock)
- Changes:
- Noel Pidding (wing to fullback)
Match Notes
The game was stopped 10 minutes early due to the score.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, Greg Fiveash
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