1953 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand
1953 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand | |||||
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Manager | Duncan F. Locke George McLeod | ||||
Coach(es) | Clive Churchill | ||||
Tour captain(s) | Clive Churchill | ||||
Top point scorer(s) | Noel Pidding 63 | ||||
Top try scorer(s) | Des McGovern 19 | ||||
Top test point scorer(s) | Noel Pidding 13 ![]() | ||||
Top test try scorer(s) | Ken McCaffery 2 Harry Wells 2 ![]() | ||||
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Previous tour | ![]() ![]() 1952 ![]() ![]() 1952-53 to ![]() ![]() | ||||
Next tour | 1956 ![]() ![]() 1952-53 to ![]() ![]() 1961 ![]() ![]() |
The 1953 Kangaroo Tour of New Zealand was a mid-season tour of New Zealand by the Australia national rugby league team. The Australians played nine matches on tour, including three tests against the New Zealand national rugby league team. The tour began on 24 June and finished on 18 July.[1]
Leadership[]
Clive Churchill was both the captain and the coach of the touring side. He appeared in eight of the nine matches.
In the one game in which Churchill was absent, against Northland, Ken McCaffery captained the Australian team.
The team was managed by Dudley Locke of Wollongong and George McLeod of Maryborough.[2]
Touring squad[]
The Rugby League News published the touring team including the players' ages and weights.[3] Match details - listing surnames of both teams and the point scorers - were included in E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Yearbook, as was a summary of the players' point-scoring.[4]
Crocker, Davies, Drew, Hornery, Banks, McCaffery, McGovern and Watson were selected from Queensland clubs. Carlson, Gill and Paul were selected from clubs in New South Wales Country areas. The balance of the squad had played for Sydney based clubs during the 1953 season.
Player | Position | Age | Weight | Club | Tests on Tour |
Games | Tries | Goals | FG | Points |
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Ferris Ashton | Second-row | 26 | 14 st. 8 lb. (93 kg) | ![]() |
1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
Roy Bull | Prop | 23 | 14 st. 4 lb. (91 kg) | ![]() |
3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
Brian Carlson | Wing | 20 | 13 st. 3 lb. (84 kg) | ![]() |
2 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 58 | |
Clive Churchill | Fullback | 26 | 11 st. 7 lb. (73 kg) | ![]() |
3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Les Cowie | Lock | 28 | 13 st. 4 lb. (84 kg) | ![]() |
1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harold Crocker | Lock | 24 | 15 st. 0 lb. (95 kg) | ![]() |
3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Davies | Prop | 22 | 15 st. 0 lb. (95 kg) | ![]() |
3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Bernie Drew | Second-row | 24 | 13 st. 7 lb. (86 kg) | ![]() |
1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
Charlie Gill | Prop | 30 | 13 st. 12 lb. (88 kg) | ![]() |
3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Greg Hawick | Five-eighth | 21 | 13 st. 0 lb. (83 kg) | ![]() |
2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Keith Holman | Halfback | 25 | 11 st. 9 lb. (74 kg) | ![]() |
1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
Alan Hornery | Hooker | 27 | 13 st. 6 lb. (85 kg) | ![]() |
0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Ken Kearney | Hooker | 27 | 14 st. 2 lb. (90 kg) | ![]() |
3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Banks | Five-eighth | 22 | 12 st. 6 lb. (79 kg) | ![]() |
3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
Ken McCaffery | Centre | 23 | 13 st. 0 lb. (83 kg) | ![]() |
3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Des McGovern | Wing | 24 | 13 st. 4 lb. (84 kg) | ![]() |
1 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 59 |
Albert Paul | Second-row | 25 | 14 st. 2 lb. (90 kg) | ![]() |
0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Noel Pidding | Wing | 26 | 12 st. 6 lb. (79 kg) | ![]() |
3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 63 |
Alex Watson | Centre | 20 | 13 st. 4 lb. (84 kg) | ![]() |
0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
Harry Wells | Centre | 21 | 14 st. 2 lb. (90 kg) | ![]() |
3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Tour[]
The Australians played nine matches on the tour, winning seven matches and losing two, both being tests against the Kiwis.
First test[]
Saturday 27 June
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25 – 5 | ![]() |
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Tries: Ron McKay (2) Jimmy Edwards Des White Goals: Des White (4/4) John Bond (1/1) |
[6] | Tries: Ferris Ashton Goals: Noel Pidding (1/1) |
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Second test[]
Saturday 4 July
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12 – 11 | ![]() |
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Tries: Ron McKay Bob Neilson Goals: Des White (3/3) |
[8] | Tries: Ken McCaffery Brian Carlson Goals: Noel Pidding (1/2) |
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Third test[]
Saturday 18 July
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16 – 18 | ![]() |
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Tries: Jimmy Edwards Frank Mulcare Bob Neilson Des White Goals: Des White (2/4) |
[13] | Tries: Harry Wells (2) Bob Banks Noel Pidding Goals: Noel Pidding (3/4) |
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References[]
- ^ "Kangaroos Tour 1953 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "Manager For N.Z." The Rugby League news. Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League (Vol. 34 No. 5 (18 April 1953)). nla.obj-643706177. Retrieved 17 Jan 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ New South Wales Rugby Football League. (1920). "Sound Side For N.Z." The Rugby League news. Sydney: N.S.W. Rugby Football League (Vol. 34 No. 16 (20 June 1953)). nla.obj-643864189. Retrieved 16 Jan 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ E.E.Christensen (1954). "Players' Records in N.Z.". E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Yearbook. Sydney: E.E.Christensen (Vol. 8).
- ^ 1953 West Coast vs Australia – Rugby League Project
- ^ 1953 New Zealand vs Australia – Rugby League Project
- ^ 1953 South Island vs Australia – Rugby League Project
- ^ 1953 New Zealand vs Australia – Rugby League Project
- ^ 1953 Taranaki vs Australia – Rugby League Project
- ^ 1953 South Auckland vs Australia – Rugby League Project
- ^ 1953 Auckland vs Australia – Rugby League Project
- ^ 1953 Northland vs Australia – Rugby League Project
- ^ 1953 New Zealand vs Australia – Rugby League Project
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