Country Carnival 1955

Game 4

South Sydney Rabbitohs 25 def. Newcastle Firsts (AU) 14

Country Carnival 1955
Game 4
South Sydney
Rabbitohs
25
14
Newcastle Firsts (AU)
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/49507
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 7th May, 1955
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Darcy Lawler
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 18,476
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 4
South Sydney Scoresheet Newcastle (AU)
Les BRENNAN T Don ADAMS
Les COWIE   Lester BATEY
Martin GALLAGHER      
Ian MOIR      
Jack RAYNER      
 
Greg HAWICK 5 G 4 Russ NAUGHTON
South Sydney Teams Newcastle (AU)
Clive CHURCHILL 1 FB 1 Russ NAUGHTON
Les BRENNAN 2 W 2 Don ADAMS
Martin GALLAGHER 3 C 3 Frank THRELFO
Bob HONEYSETT 4 C 4 John CHAPPLE
Ian MOIR 5 W 5 Lester BATEY
 
Greg HAWICK 6 FE 6 Bob BANKS (c)
Col DONOHOE 7 HB 7 Bob BANKS
 
Les COWIE 8 L 8 Gus GRAY
Jack RAYNER (c) 9 2R 9 Don SCHOFIELD
Bob SAIT 10 2R 10 P ANDERSON
Denis DONOGHUE 11 FR 11 Fred BROWN
Ernie HAMMERTON 12 HK 12 Harry GIBB
Jim RICHARDS 13 FR 13 Doug HAWKE
 
Jack RAYNER   HC    
   
 

Team Info

South Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 4 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Round 5 vs. Parramatta
Out:
Frank Lloyd (centre)
In:
Martin Gallagher (centre)

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1954 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1955 - Game 21 vs. France
Out:
Dave Parkinson (fullback), Bill Callinan (wing), Geoff Hawkey (centre), M Walters (five-eighth), Bob Crane (hooker), Doug Chapple (second row), Barry Levido (lock)
In:
Russ Naughton (fullback), John Chapple (centre), Lester Batey (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Harry Gibb (hooker), P Anderson (second row), Gus Gray (lock)

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin