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South African Tour 1963 Series

Game 1

Northern Division 10 lost to South Africa 20

South African Tour 1963

Northern Division
10
20
South Africa
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39451
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 7th July, 1963
Kick Off 2:45pm (local time)
Referee Keith Lyons
Venue Tamworth Oval (Tamworth)
Crowd 5,750
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 5
Scrums 9 11
Northern Division Scoresheet South Africa
Bill PROSSER 2 T 2 Martin PELSER
      Ken PELSER
      Johan PIETERSE
 
W CROWE 2 G 4 Fred GRIFFITHS
Northern Division Teams South Africa
W CROWE 1 FB 1 Fred GRIFFITHS
[North Sydney]
David BURNS 2 W 2 Gert COETZER
Bill PROSSER 3 C 3 Johan PIETERSE
William SORENSEN 4 C 4 Colin GREENWOOD
Graham O'TOOLE 5 W 5 John GAYDON
 
Trevor BARNES 6 FE 6 Natie RENS
Laurie IRWIN 7 HB 7 Mannetjies GERICKE
 
John GARTSHORE 8 FR 8 Ken PELSER
W CRONIN 9 HK 9 Jan VERWAY
D BROWN 10 FR 10 Willem VERMAAS
Geoff HAMPSON 11 2R 11 Martin PELSER
Harry MARCELLOS 12 2R 12 Bunny OBERHOLZER
Jim PAYNE 13 L 13 Victor JACOBS
 
William SORENSEN   HC   Dave BROWN
   
 

Team Info

Northern Division

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1962 - Game 21 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
State Cup 1964 - Round 1 vs. North Sydney
Out:
B Weissel (fullback), C Callaghan (wing), M Smith (centre), W Presser (centre), R Rowlings (wing), M Apps (five-eighth), Don Burge (halfback), Dick Hemmings (front row), Ross Warner (hooker), Ken Hatch (front row), A Bramley (second row), Fred Strutt (lock)
In:
W Crowe (fullback), David Burns (wing), Bill Prosser (centre), William Sorensen (centre), Graham O'Toole (wing), Trevor Barnes (five-eighth), Laurie Irwin (halfback), John Gartshore (front row), W Cronin (hooker), D Brown (front row), Geoff Hampson (second row), Harry Marcellos (second row)
Changes:
Jim Payne (second row to lock)

South Africa

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1962 - Game 33 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
South African Tour 1963 - Game 2 vs. Monaro
In:
Fred Griffiths (fullback), Gert Coetzer (wing), Johan Pieterse (centre), Colin Greenwood (centre), John Gaydon (wing), Natie Rens (five-eighth), Mannetjies Gericke (halfback), Ken Pelser (front row), Jan Verway (hooker), Willem Vermaas (front row), Martin Pelser (second row), Bunny Oberholzer (second row), Victor Jacobs (lock)

Match Notes

Paul Hassab was a late withdrawal for ND and was replaced by Harry Marcellos.

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash