Game 1
Australia 25 def. New Zealand 5
| World Cup 1957 Game 1 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14200 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 15th June, 1957 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00 PM (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Vic Belsham (Auckland) | |||||||
| Venue | The Gabba (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 28,765 | |||||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Brian CARLSON | T | Cliff JOHNSON | ||||||
| Ian MOIR | ||||||||
| Kel O'SHEA | ||||||||
| Norm PROVAN | ||||||||
| Harry WELLS | ||||||||
| Keith BARNES | 5/11 | G | William SORENSEN | |||||
| Australia | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Keith BARNES [Balmain] |
1 | FB | 1 | Pat CREEDY | ||||
| Ian MOIR [South Sydney] |
2 | W | 2 | Vern BAKALICH | ||||
| Harry WELLS [Western Suburbs] |
3 | C | 3 | William SORENSEN | ||||
| Dick POOLE (c) [Newtown] |
4 | C | 4 | Ron ACKLAND | ||||
| Brian CARLSON [North Sydney] |
5 | W | 5 | Tom HADFIELD | ||||
| Greg HAWICK | 6 | FE | 6 | George MENZIES | ||||
| Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] |
7 | HB | 7 | Sel BELSHAM | ||||
| Bill MARSH [Balmain] |
8 | FR | 8 | William McLENNAN | ||||
| Ken KEARNEY [St George] |
9 | HK | 9 | John BUTTERFIELD | ||||
| Brian DAVIES | 10 | FR | 10 | Henry MAXWELL | ||||
| Kel O'SHEA [Western Suburbs] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Cliff JOHNSON (c) | ||||
| Norm PROVAN [St George] |
12 | 2R | 12 | John YATES | ||||
| Brian CLAY [St George] |
13 | L | 13 | Rex PERCY | ||||
| Dick POOLE | HC | William TELFORD | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 28 vs. RC Marseille
- Next Game:
- World Cup 1957 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- Kiwis Tour 1956 - Game 15 vs. Southern NSW
- Next Game:
- World Cup 1957 - Game 2 vs. France
- Out:
- Des White (fullback), Arnold Green (centre), Reece Griffiths (wing), Joe Murray (front row), Duncan MacRae (front row), Jim Riddell (second row)
- In:
- Pat Creedy (fullback), Vern Bakalich (wing), Ron Ackland (centre), William McLennan (front row), Henry Maxwell (front row), John Yates (second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash