American All Stars Tour 1953 Series

Game 14

Toowoomba 29 def. United States of America 15

American All Stars Tour 1953

Toowoomba
29
15
United States of America
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/31571
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 15th July, 1953
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Vic Vercoe
Venue Clive Berghofer (Toowoomba)
Crowd 5,778
Match Stats
Halftime Score 11 13
Toowoomba Scoresheet USA
Max HIGGINS 3 T Al ABAJIAN
Russell BROWN 2   Bill ALBANS
J CONNELLY   Xavier MENA
Doug McMURTRIE      
 
Max HIGGINS 3 G 3 Gary KERKORIAN
Cyril CONNELL JR      
Toowoomba Teams USA
Bevan HOYLE 1 FB 1 George KAUFFMAN
Max HIGGINS 2 W 2 Bill ALBANS
Russell BROWN 3 C 3 Alvin E KIRKLAND
M HAUFF 4 C 4 Sol NAUMU
Ernie ASHMAN 5 W 5 Harold HAN
 
Doug McMURTRIE 6 FE 6 Gary KERKORIAN
Cyril CONNELL JR (c) 7 HB 7 Al ABAJIAN
 
Neil TEYS 8 FR 8 Francis MANDULAY
Kevin BOSHAMMER 9 HK 9 Sydney WALKER
N FRANKE 10 FR 10 Xavier MENA
W BEARDSWORTH 11 2R 11 Mike DIMITRO
Don FURNER 12 2R 12 Alfred D KIRKLAND
J CONNELLY 13 L 13 Vince JONES
 
Bill GREEN 14 B    
 
Duncan THOMPSON   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Toowoomba

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1952 - Game 11 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 15 vs. Great Britain
Out:
K Cronin (fullback), Sammy Hunter (wing), Athol Halpin (centre), J Allen (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Ken McCaffery (halfback), Vince Soorley (front row), Gordon Teys (second row), Roy Teys (lock)
In:
Bevan Hoyle (fullback), Max Higgins (wing), M Hauff (centre), Ernie Ashman (wing), Doug McMurtrie (five-eighth), Cyril Connell Jr (halfback), N Franke (front row), Don Furner (second row), J Connelly (lock), Bill Green (bench)

United States of America

Previous Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 13 vs. Brisbane Firsts
Next Game:
American All Stars Tour 1953 - Game 15 vs. Ipswich
Out:
Ed Demirjian (centre), Ted Grossman (halfback), Steve Drakulvich (front row)
In:
Sol Naumu (centre), Vince Jones (lock)
Changes:
Francis Mandulay (lock to front row), Al Abajian (bench to halfback)

Match Notes

Bill Green replaced an injured Don Furner just before halftime.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin