Game 23
Canterbury (NZ) 39 def. United States of America 8
| American All Stars Tour I 1953 Game 23 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31579 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 15th August, 1953 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Wally Wilkinson | |||||||
| Venue | Christchurch (Christchurch) | |||||||
| Crowd | 5,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 20 | – | 2 | |||||
| Canterbury | Scoresheet | USA | ||||||
| Alister ATKINSON | 4 | T | Ted GROSSMAN | |||||
| C ATKINSON | Vince JONES | |||||||
| John BUTTERFIELD | ||||||||
| K HENRY | ||||||||
| S PARKES | ||||||||
| Cyril PASKELL | ||||||||
| Cyril PASKELL | 6 | G | Sol NAUMU | |||||
| Canterbury | Teams | USA | ||||||
| K HENRY | 1 | FB | 1 | Sol NAUMU | ||||
| G McSEVENEY | 2 | W | 2 | Al ABAJIAN | ||||
| Cyril PASKELL | 3 | C | 3 | Alvin E KIRKLAND | ||||
| M JOHNSTONE | 4 | C | 4 | Alfred D KIRKLAND | ||||
| C ATKINSON | 5 | W | 5 | Ed DEMIRJIAN | ||||
| S PARKES | 6 | FE | 6 | Ted GROSSMAN | ||||
| Jim HAIG | 7 | HB | 7 | Des BARCHARD | ||||
| Lory BLANCHARD | 8 | FR | 8 | Vince JONES | ||||
| John BUTTERFIELD | 9 | HK | 9 | Roy ROFF | ||||
| Raymond BROADHURST | 10 | FR | 10 | Pat HENRY | ||||
| John BOND | 11 | 2R | 11 | Frank MULCARE | ||||
| Trevor KILKELLY | 12 | 2R | 12 | Mike DIMITRO | ||||
| Alister ATKINSON | 13 | L | 13 | Travers HARDWICK | ||||
Team Info
Canterbury (NZ)
- Previous Game:
- Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 20 vs. France
- Next Game:
- Lions Tour 1954 - Game 25 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- W McKenzie (wing), G Neiman (centre), B Stapley (wing), I Pimley (front row), Joseph Curtain (second row), J Crofts (second row)
- In:
- G McSeveney (wing), M Johnstone (centre), C Atkinson (wing), John Butterfield (hooker), Raymond Broadhurst (front row), Trevor Kilkelly (second row)
- Changes:
- Lory Blanchard (hooker to front row), John Bond (front row to second row)
United States of America
Match Notes
The US All Stars were again strengthened by the inclusion 4 New Zealand players Barchard, Hardwick, Mulcare & Roff.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Tim Costello
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