NSWRFL 1953

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Newtown

Order by: First appearance, Number of appearances, Player name (alphabetical), Most used players by position, Most successful lineup

Legend: FB = Fullback; C = Centre; W = Winger; FE = Five-Eighth; HB = Half-back; FR = Front Row; H = Hooker; 2R = Back Row; L = Lock; B = Bench.

Season Player Summary

Note: Hold the mouse over the game number to see the date and opponent for that match.

Player	1	2	3	4	5	7	6 CC	6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Gordon CLIFFORD	FB	FB	FB								FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Ray PRESTON	W	W	W	W	W	W	C			W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Dick POOLE	C	C	C	C	C	C	W	C	C	C			C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Col GEELAN	C	C	C	C		FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	C	C	HB	C	FE	FE	C	FE	FE
Kevin CLARKE	W																W	W
Fred MAXWELL	FE		FE	FB	FB
Bobby WHITTON	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB		HB		HB	FE	HB	HB
Jim EVANS	FR	2R			2R	2R	2R	2R	FR	FR			FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Frank JOHNSON	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
John LIGHTFOOT	FR	FR	FR	FR
Vic CARTER	2R	2R
Bob GODFREY	2R								2R	2R
Rex ELVIN	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L			2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R			2R
Doug PASSLOW		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W			C
Ron SMITH		FE			FE										HB		HB
Frank FARRINGTON		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR						FR
Ron CURRIE			2R	2R							FR	FR		2R	FR	2R	2R	2R	2R
Galvin CLEARY			2R	2R
Bob BENNETT				FE
Laurie McMAHON					C	C	C	C	C	C	W	W	W		C	C			W
Ern ANDERSON					FR	FR	FR	FR	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R				2R	2R
Peter RYAN					2R	2R	2R	2R	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L		L
Maurie HALL						FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Horrie KESSEY								W	W
Ken WATSON										W
Bill EDGE										HB
Kevin CONSIDINE											C		C	W	W	W		C
Brian DONOVAN											FE	FE	FE	FE
Don STAIT														FR	2R	FR	FR	FR	FR
Don SOLAH																		L
Brian CLAY																			C

List of Matches

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Competition	Round	Opposition		Score			FB	W	C	C	W	FE	HB	L	2R	2R	FR	HK	FR
NSWRFL	Round 1	Balmain	L	12	-	38	Clifford   3G	Preston   1T	Poole	Geelan	Clarke   1T	Maxwell	Whitton	Elvin	Godfrey	Carter	Lightfoot	Johnson	Evans	>
NSWRFL	Round 2	Souths	W	24	-	12	Clifford   6G	Preston   3T	Poole   1T	Geelan	Passlow	Smith	Whitton	Elvin	Evans	Carter	Lightfoot	Johnson	Farrington	>
NSWRFL	Round 3	Western Suburbs	W	22	-	10	Clifford   5G	Preston   2T	Poole   1T	Geelan	Passlow   1T	Maxwell	Whitton	Elvin	Cleary	Currie	Lightfoot	Johnson	Farrington	>
NSWRFL	Round 4	Eastern Suburbs	L	10	-	19	Maxwell   1G	Preston	Poole	Geelan	Passlow   2T	Bennett   1G	Whitton	Elvin	Cleary	Currie	Lightfoot	Johnson	Farrington	>
NSWRFL	Round 5	Manly	L	14	-	17	Maxwell   4G	Preston   1T	Poole	McMahon	Passlow	Smith	Whitton	Elvin	Ryan   1T	Evans	Anderson	Johnson	Farrington	>
NSWRFL	Round 7	Canterbury	W	12	-	9	Hall	Preston	Poole	McMahon   3G	Passlow	Geelan   2T	Whitton	Elvin	Ryan	Evans	Anderson	Johnson	Farrington	>
Country Carnival	Game 6	Coalfields	L	15	-	26	Hall	Poole	Preston   1T	McMahon   1T 3G	Passlow	Geelan	Whitton	Elvin   1T	Ryan	Evans	Anderson	Johnson	Farrington	>
NSWRFL	Round 6	St George	L	20	-	25	Hall	Kessey   2T	Poole	McMahon   1T 4G	Passlow	Geelan   1T	Whitton	Elvin	Ryan	Evans	Anderson	Johnson	Farrington	>
NSWRFL	Round 8	North Sydney	W	15	-	13	Hall	Kessey	Poole   1T	McMahon   3G	Passlow	Geelan	Whitton   1T	Ryan   1T	Anderson	Godfrey	Evans	Johnson	Farrington	>
NSWRFL	Round 9	Parramatta	L	4	-	19	Hall	Watson	Poole	McMahon   2G	Preston	Geelan	Edge	Ryan	Anderson	Godfrey	Evans	Johnson	Farrington	>
NSWRFL	Round 10	Balmain	W	28	-	18	Clifford	Preston   3T	Considine	Geelan	McMahon   3T 5G	Donovan	Whitton	Ryan	Anderson	Elvin	Currie	Johnson	Farrington	>
NSWRFL	Round 11	Souths	D	5	-	5	Clifford   1G	Preston	Passlow   1T	Geelan	McMahon	Donovan	Whitton	Ryan	Anderson	Elvin	Currie	Johnson	Farrington	>
NSWRFL	Round 12	Western Suburbs	W	19	-	9	Clifford   5G	Preston   1T	Considine	Poole   2T	McMahon	Donovan	Geelan	Ryan	Anderson▮	Elvin	Evans	Johnson	Farrington▮	>
NSWRFL	Round 13	Eastern Suburbs	W	18	-	12	Clifford   6G	Preston	Geelan   1T	Poole	Considine	Donovan	Whitton	Ryan	Currie   1T	Elvin	Evans	Johnson	Stait	>
NSWRFL	Round 14	Manly	W	35	-	4	Clifford   3G	Preston   4T	McMahon   1T 1G	Poole   2T	Considine   1T	Geelan   1T	Smith	Ryan	Stait	Elvin	Evans	Johnson	Currie	>
NSWRFL	Round 15	St George	L	16	-	20	Clifford   5G	Preston	McMahon	Poole	Considine	Geelan   2T	Whitton	Ryan	Currie	Elvin▮	Evans	Johnson	Stait	>
NSWRFL	Round 16	Canterbury	D	12	-	12	Clifford   3G	Preston   2T	Geelan	Poole	Clarke	Whitton	Smith	Ryan	Currie	Anderson	Evans	Johnson	Stait	>
NSWRFL	Round 17	North Sydney	L	7	-	21	Clifford   2G	Preston	Considine	Poole	Clarke	Geelan   1T	Whitton	Solah	Currie	Anderson	Evans	Johnson	Stait	>
NSWRFL	Round 18	Parramatta	W	19	-	5	Clifford   5G	Preston   1T	Clay	Poole	McMahon   1T	Geelan	Whitton	Ryan	Currie	Elvin   1T	Farrington	Johnson	Stait	>

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter