Australia vs New Zealand 1952 Series

Game 1

Australia 25 def. New Zealand 13

Australia vs New Zealand 1952

Australia
25
13
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6788
Status Completed
Date Monday, 9th June, 1952
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee George Bishop (Goulburn)
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 56,326
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 8
Australia Scoresheet New Zealand
Denis FLANNERY 2 T Alister ATKINSON
Noel PIDDING 2   Tommy BAXTER
Albert PAUL   Jim EDWARDS
 
Noel PIDDING 5 G 2 Des WHITE
Australia Teams New Zealand
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[South Sydney]
1 FB 1 Des WHITE
Noel PIDDING
[St George]
2 W 2 Jim EDWARDS
Noel HAZZARD 3 C 3 Ron McKAY
Rees DUNCAN 4 C 4 Tommy BAXTER
Denis FLANNERY 5 W 5 Bill McKENZIE
 
Col GEELAN
[Newtown]
6 FE 6 Cyril EASTLAKE
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Jim HAIG
 
Jack ROONEY 8 FR 8 Lory BLANCHARD
Kevin SCHUBERT
[Manly]
9 HK 9 George DAVIDSON
Charlie GILL 10 FR 10 William McLENNAN
Ferris ASHTON
[Eastern Suburbs]
11 2R 11 Alister ATKINSON
Brian DAVIES 12 2R 12 Frank MULCARE
Albert PAUL 13 L 13 Travers HARDWICK (c)
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Jim AMOS
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs France 1951 - Game 3 vs. France
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1952 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Johnny Hawke (centre), Wally O'Connell (five-eighth), Denis Donoghue (front row), Duncan Hall (front row), Bernie Drew (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
In:
Rees Duncan (centre), Col Geelan (five-eighth), Jack Rooney (front row), Charlie Gill (front row), Ferris Ashton (second row), Albert Paul (lock)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1952 - Game 4 vs. Newcastle (AU)
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1952 - Game 6 vs. Northern Div/N.Coast
Out:
Roy Moore (fullback), Bevan Hough (wing), AA Riechelmann (centre), George Menzies (five-eighth), Jack Russell-green (halfback), Roy Roff (hooker), RA O'Donnell (front row), Joe Rātima (second row), Harvey Kreyl (second row), Bob Neilson (lock)
In:
Des White (fullback), Jim Edwards (wing), Ron McKay (centre), Cyril Eastlake (five-eighth), Jim Haig (halfback), Lory Blanchard (front row), George Davidson (hooker), Alister Atkinson (second row), Frank Mulcare (second row), Travers Hardwick (lock)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson