American All Stars Tour 1953 Series

Game 19

Auckland 54 def. United States of America 28

American All Stars Tour 1953

Auckland		 54
–
28
United States of America
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31575
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 1st August, 1953
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Match Stats
Halftime Score 28 – 12
Auckland Scoresheet USA
Tommy BAXTER 2 T 2 Alfred D KIRKLAND
G DAVIDSON 2   2 Alvin E KIRKLAND
Cyril EASTLAKE 2   Travers HARDWICK
J EDWARDS 2   Frank MULCARE
K GRAHAM      
Douglas RICHARDS-JOLLEY      
Jim RIDDELL      
Des WHITE      
 
Des WHITE 9 G 5 Sol NAUMU
Auckland Teams USA
Des WHITE 1 FB 1 Sol NAUMU
J EDWARDS 2 W 2 Al ABAJIAN
Tommy BAXTER 3 C 3 Alvin E KIRKLAND
Cyril EASTLAKE 4 C 4 Alfred D KIRKLAND
Vern BAKALICH 5 W 5 Ed DEMIRJIAN
 
William SORENSEN 6 FE 6 Ted GROSSMAN
K GRAHAM 7 HB 7 Des BARCHARD
 
Henry MAXWELL 8 FR 8 Steve DRAKULVICH
G DAVIDSON 9 HK 9 Roy ROFF
J MEATES 10 FR 10 Pat HENRY
Jim RIDDELL 11 2R 11 Frank MULCARE
Douglas RICHARDS-JOLLEY 12 2R 12 Mike DIMITRO
W GOULIN 13 L 13 Travers HARDWICK
   
 

Team Info

Auckland

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1953 - Game 7 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 29 vs. Great Britain
Out:
D Chapp (wing), Des Barchard (halfback), Joe Wright (front row), B Singe (lock)
In:
J Edwards (wing), K Graham (halfback), Jim Riddell (second row), W Goulin (lock)
Changes:
Henry Maxwell (second row to front row)

United States of America

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 18 vs. NSW Firsts
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 20 vs. Taranaki
Out:
Robert Buckley (wing), Ken McCaffery (centre), Bill Albans (wing), Gary Kerkorian (five-eighth), Francis Mandulay (front row), Allan Hornery (hooker), Vince Jones (front row), Brian Davies (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
In:
Al Abajian (wing), Ed Demirjian (wing), Des Barchard (halfback), Steve Drakulvich (front row), Roy Roff (hooker), Pat Henry (front row), Frank Mulcare (second row), Travers Hardwick (lock)
Changes:
Ted Grossman (halfback to five-eighth), Alfred D Kirkland (second row to centre), Mike Dimitro (bench to second row)

Match Notes

The US All Stars were strengthened by the inclusion 4 New Zealand players Barchard, Hardwick, Mulcare & Roff.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash