Game 6
South Auckland 11 lost to Australia 63
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23146 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 8th July, 1953 | |||||||
| Referee | E Munro | |||||||
| Venue | Davies Park (Huntly) | |||||||
| Crowd | 1,044 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 29 | |||||
| South Auckland | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Albert HAMBLETON | T | 5 | Des McGOVERN | |||||
| 3 | Alex WATSON | |||||||
| 3 | Harry WELLS | |||||||
| 2 | Brian CARLSON | |||||||
| Ferris ASHTON | ||||||||
| Bob BANKS | ||||||||
| Roy BULL | ||||||||
| Keith HOLMAN | ||||||||
| ? PEARSON | 4 | G | 2 | Ferris ASHTON | ||||
| 2 | Brian CARLSON | |||||||
| Bob BANKS | ||||||||
| Alex WATSON | ||||||||
| South Auckland | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| ? PEARSON | 1 | FB | 1 | Clive CHURCHILL (c) [South Sydney] |
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| ? TURNER | 2 | W | 2 | Brian CARLSON | ||||
| Andrew BERRYMAN | 3 | C | 3 | Harry WELLS | ||||
| ? SOLOMON | 4 | C | 4 | Alex WATSON | ||||
| ? MUIR | 5 | W | 5 | Des McGOVERN | ||||
| Leslie McNICOL | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob BANKS | ||||
| A AOAKI | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] |
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| ? THOMAS | 8 | FR | 8 | Charlie GILL | ||||
| ? BURKE | 9 | HK | 9 | Allan HORNERY | ||||
| Albert HAMBLETON | 10 | FR | 10 | Roy BULL [Manly] |
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| Graham BURGOYNE | 11 | 2R | 11 | Albert PAUL | ||||
| ? DUNN | 12 | 2R | 12 | Ferris ASHTON [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Travers HARDWICK (c) | 13 | L | 13 | Les COWIE [South Sydney] |
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Team Info
South Auckland
- Previous Game:
- Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 24 vs. France
- Next Game:
- American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 26 vs. USA
- Out:
- ? O'Callaghan (wing), ? Smith (centre), ? Parsonage (centre), ? Carrigan (wing), ? Seddon (five-eighth), ? Oake (halfback), D Dow (hooker), R Rogers (front row), ? Moyes (second row), F Williams (second row)
- In:
- ? Turner (wing), Andrew Berryman (centre), ? Solomon (centre), ? Muir (wing), Leslie McNicol (five-eighth), A Aoaki (halfback), ? Thomas (front row), ? Burke (hooker), Graham Burgoyne (second row), ? Dunn (second row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1953 - Game 5 vs. Taranaki
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1953 - Game 7 vs. Auckland
- Out:
- Noel Pidding (fullback), Greg Hawick (halfback), Brian Davies (front row), Bernie Drew (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
- In:
- Bob Banks (five-eighth), Keith Holman (halfback), Charlie Gill (front row), Roy Bull (front row), Les Cowie (lock)
- Changes:
- Clive Churchill (five-eighth to fullback), Ferris Ashton (front row to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates, Greg Fiveash

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