Australia vs New Zealand 1952 Series

Game 2

Australia 25 lost to New Zealand 49

Australia vs New Zealand 1952

Australia
25
49
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6789
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 28th June, 1952
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee George Bishop (Goulburn)
Venue The Gabba (Brisbane)
Crowd 29,243
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 19
Australia Scoresheet New Zealand
Col GEELAN 3 T 2 Alister ATKINSON
Ferris ASHTON   2 Ron McKAY
Keith HOLMAN   Tommy BAXTER
      George DAVIDSON
      Cyril EASTLAKE
      Jim EDWARDS
      Frank MULCARE
 
Noel PIDDING 5 G 11 Des WHITE
Australia Teams New Zealand
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[South Sydney]
1 FB 1 Des WHITE
Denis FLANNERY 2 W 2 Cyril EASTLAKE
Noel HAZZARD 3 C 3 Ron McKAY
Gordon WILLOUGHBY
[Manly]
4 C 4 Tommy BAXTER
Noel PIDDING
[St George]
5 W 5 Jim EDWARDS
 
Col GEELAN
[Newtown]
6 FE 6 George MENZIES
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Jim HAIG
 
Kevin HANSEN
[Western Suburbs]
8 FR 8 William McLENNAN
Kevin SCHUBERT
[Manly]
9 HK 9 George DAVIDSON
Charlie GILL 10 FR 10 Lory BLANCHARD
Brian DAVIES 11 2R 11 Frank MULCARE
Ferris ASHTON
[Eastern Suburbs]
12 2R 12 Alister ATKINSON
Albert PAUL 13 L 13 Travers HARDWICK (c)
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Jim AMOS
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1952 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1952 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Rees Duncan (centre), Jack Rooney (front row)
In:
Gordon Willoughby (centre), Kevin Hansen (front row)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1952 - Game 11 vs. Toowoomba
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1952 - Game 3 vs. Australia
Out:
Roy Moore (fullback), Bill McKenzie (wing), AA Riechelmann (centre), Clifford Harris (wing), Jack Russell-green (halfback), RA O'Donnell (front row), Roy Roff (hooker), Harvey Kreyl (front row), Joe Rātima (second row), Bob Neilson (second row)
In:
Des White (fullback), Tommy Baxter (centre), Jim Edwards (wing), George Menzies (five-eighth), Jim Haig (halfback), William McLennan (front row), George Davidson (hooker), Lory Blanchard (front row), Frank Mulcare (second row), Alister Atkinson (second row)
Changes:
Cyril Eastlake (centre to wing), Ron McKay (five-eighth to centre)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson