Maori Tour 1956 Series

Game 5

Wide Bay 6 lost to New Zealand Maori 31

Maori Tour 1956

Wide Bay
6
31
New Zealand Maori
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39383
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 12th August, 1956
Kick Off 3:10 PM (local time)
Referee Vic Vercoe
Venue Salter (Bundaberg)
Crowd 2,630
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 8
Scrums 11 23
Wide Bay Scoresheet NZ Maori
Kevin LOHMAN 2 T 3 George TURNER
      Joe MURRAY
      Vic PIRIHI
      Bill TAURU
      Joe WRIGHT
 
    G 3 Ted PENNEY
      2 Ron GOODIN
Wide Bay Teams NZ Maori
Fred GILBERT 1 FB 1 Ron GOODIN
Kevin LOHMAN 2 W 2 Vic PIRIHI
Bill BECK 3 C 3 George TURNER
Rex McGLYNN (c) 4 C 4 Ted PENNEY
C NEUNDORF 5 W 5 Barry MADDIGAN
 
B SHERWOOD 6 FE 6 Jack TE KAWA
Barry NORRIS 7 HB 7 Joe WRIGHT
 
M ZEIBATH 8 FR 8 Joe MURRAY
K SCHULTZ 9 HK 9 Kingi TAMATI
C SCHAFFVEROUS 10 FR 10 Joe RÄ€TIMA
Col WEIER 11 2R 11 Bill TAURU
Roy EGGMOLESSE 12 2R 12 Denis HANSEN
Tom DRYSDALE 13 L 13 Darby DIAMOND
 
    HC   Travers HARDWICK
   
 

Team Info

Wide Bay

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1956 - Game 11 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1958 - Game 12 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Allan Brunke (fullback), Laurie Kavanagh (wing), P Clarke (centre), Bill Hannan (wing), G Norris (halfback), M Ziebath (front row), K Weston (hooker), R King (front row), R Marles (second row), L Hooper (lock)
In:
Fred Gilbert (fullback), Kevin Lohman (wing), Rex McGlynn (centre), C Neundorf (wing), Barry Norris (halfback), M Zeibath (front row), K Schultz (hooker), C Schaffverous (front row), Col Weier (second row), Roy Eggmolesse (second row)
Changes:
Tom Drysdale (second row to lock)

New Zealand Maori

Previous Game:
Maori Tour 1956 - Game 4 vs. Ipswich
Next Game:
Maori Tour 1956 - Game 6 vs. Northern Division
Out:
Andrew Berryman (fullback), Hugh McKinnon (wing), Jim Cassidy (front row), Ted Cook (hooker), Simon Yates (second row), Bill Paki (lock)
In:
Ron Goodin (fullback), Vic Pirihi (wing), Kingi Tamati (hooker), Bill Tauru (second row), Denis Hansen (second row), Darby Diamond (lock)
Changes:
Joe Murray (second row to front row)

Match Notes

H Gilbert was to referee the game but had to withdraw due to an injury and was replaced by Vic Vercoe.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson