Round 15
St George Dragons 20 def. Newtown 16
| NSWRFL 1953 Round 15 |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
– |
|
||||||
| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/11085 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 1st August, 1953 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Col Pearce (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 16,517 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 7 | – | 8 | |||||
| St George | Scoresheet | Newtown | ||||||
| Kevin HOLE | T | 2 | Col GEELAN | |||||
| Ross KITE | ||||||||
| Noel PIDDING | ||||||||
| Tommy RYAN | ||||||||
| Noel PIDDING | 4 | G | 5 | Gordon CLIFFORD | ||||
| Barry PASSFIELD | OFF | Rex ELVIN | ||||||
| St George | Teams | Newtown | ||||||
| Noel PIDDING (c) | 1 | FB | 1 | Gordon CLIFFORD | ||||
| Ross KITE | 2 | W | 2 | Ray PRESTON | ||||
| Tommy RYAN | 3 | C | 3 | Laurie McMAHON | ||||
| Alan STAUNTON | 4 | C | 4 | Dick POOLE | ||||
| Kevin HOLE | 5 | W | 5 | Kevin CONSIDINE | ||||
| Peter CARROLL | 6 | FE | 6 | Col GEELAN | ||||
| Peter BRACKEN | 7 | HB | 7 | Bobby WHITTON | ||||
| Billy WILSON | 8 | L | 8 | Peter RYAN | ||||
| Barry PASSFIELD | 9 | 2R | 9 | Ron CURRIE | ||||
| Norm PROVAN | 10 | 2R | 10 | Rex ELVIN | ||||
| Bob BOWER | 11 | FR | 11 | Jim EVANS | ||||
| Ken KEARNEY | 12 | HK | 12 | Frank JOHNSON (c) | ||||
| Kevin BROWN | 13 | FR | 13 | Don STAIT | ||||
| Norm TIPPING | HC | Frank JOHNSTON | ||||||
Team Info
St George
- Previous Game:
- Round 14 vs. South Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 16 vs. Eastern Suburbs
- Out:
- Doug Fleming (fullback), Merv Lees (centre), Len Johnson (hooker), Frank Narvo (lock)
- In:
- Noel Pidding (fullback), Kevin Hole (wing), Ken Kearney (hooker), Billy Wilson (lock)
- Changes:
- Tommy Ryan (wing to centre)
Newtown
- Previous Game:
- Round 14 vs. Manly
- Next Game:
- Round 16 vs. Canterbury
- Out:
- Ron Smith (halfback)
- In:
- Bobby Whitton (halfback)
- Changes:
- Ron Currie (front row to second row), Don Stait (second row to front row)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

Your Say
Want to have your say? Add a comment.