Game 13
Brisbane Firsts 39 def. United States of America 26
| American All Stars Tour 1953 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31570 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Tuesday, 7th July, 1953 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Vic Lynagh | |||||||
| Venue | The Gabba (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 7,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 18 | – | 11 | |||||
| Brisbane Firsts | Scoresheet | USA | ||||||
| George HAYES | 3 | T | Al ABAJIAN | |||||
| Len BLAIK | 2 | Harold HAN | ||||||
| N MUNDT | 2 | Alfred D KIRKLAND | ||||||
| Tom TYQUIN | Francis MANDULAY | |||||||
| Jack VEIVERS | ||||||||
| Norm POPE | 6 | G | 7 | Gary KERKORIAN | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | Teams | USA | ||||||
| Norm POPE | 1 | FB | 1 | George KAUFFMAN | ||||
| George HAYES | 2 | W | 2 | Bill ALBANS | ||||
| Len BLAIK | 3 | C | 3 | Alvin E KIRKLAND | ||||
| Peter McINTOSH | 4 | C | 4 | Ed DEMIRJIAN | ||||
| N MUNDT | 5 | W | 5 | Harold HAN | ||||
| Maurie ROBERTSON | 6 | FE | 6 | Gary KERKORIAN | ||||
| Norm McLEAN | 7 | HB | 7 | Ted GROSSMAN | ||||
| Don DAVEY | 8 | FR | 8 | Steve DRAKULVICH | ||||
| Charles MARTIN | 9 | HK | 9 | Sydney WALKER | ||||
| Jack VEIVERS | 10 | FR | 10 | Xavier MENA | ||||
| Harry MELVILLE | 11 | 2R | 11 | Mike DIMITRO | ||||
| Dick TURNER | 12 | 2R | 12 | Alfred D KIRKLAND | ||||
| Tom TYQUIN | 13 | L | 13 | Francis MANDULAY | ||||
| B | 14 | Al ABAJIAN | ||||||
Team Info
Brisbane Firsts
- Previous Game:
- Bulimba Cup 1953 - Game 3 vs. Ipswich
- Next Game:
- Bulimba Cup 1953 - Game 4 vs. Ipswich
- Out:
- Don Baker (wing), Garry Barnett (wing), Keith Brown (five-eighth), Allan Hornery (hooker), Brian Davies (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
- In:
- George Hayes (wing), N Mundt (wing), Maurie Robertson (five-eighth), Charles Martin (hooker), Harry Melville (second row), Dick Turner (second row)
- Changes:
- Tom Tyquin (second row to lock)
United States of America
- Previous Game:
- American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 12 vs. Central QLD
- Next Game:
- American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 14 vs. Toowoomba
- Out:
- Robert Buckley (wing), Vince Jones (front row)
- In:
- Ed Demirjian (centre), Francis Mandulay (lock)
- Changes:
- Harold Han (centre to wing), Steve Drakulvich (lock to front row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash

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