1953 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa

1953 rugby union tour March 2014 April 2026 __FORCETOC__ Australia 1953 27 17 1 9 4 1 0 3 ZAF 1928 4 1 0 3 The 1953 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia was a series of 27 rugby union matches played by "Wallabies" in 1953, between June and October. The test series was won by the Springboks with three test wins to one. Touring party right|thumb|200px |Wallaby captain Solomon chaired by the Springboks 1953 Of the team of 30 players, 25 were from Sydney; 1 from Newcastle – Cyril Burke; and 4 from Queensland – Tom Sweeney, Garth Jones, Gavan Horsley and Colin Forbes. The touring party consisted of: Manager: John 'Wylie' Breckenbridge Assistant Manager-Coach: A.C. 'Johnnie' Wallace Captain: John Solomon Vice-captain: Nick Shehadie Playing squad: Full-backs: Ray Colbert, Tom Sweeney (Qld) Wingers: Eddie Stapleton, Garth Jones (Qld), Jim Phipps, Gavan Horsley (Qld) Centres: Herb Barker, Jack Blomley, John Solomon, Saxon White Fly-halves: Spencer Brown, Murray Tate Half-backs: Cyril Burke (Newcastle), John Bosler Locks: Brian Johnson, Mac Hughes Breakaways: Keith Cross, Bob Outterside, Colin Windon, David Brockhoff Second Row: Nick Shehadie, Ned Morey, Alan Cameron, Tony Miller, Colin Forbes (Qld), Front Row: Bob Davidson, Jack Carroll, Max Elliott Hookers: Jim Walsh, John Bain. Matches Scores and results list Australia's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue StatusNatal141520 June 1953DurbanTour MatchComb. Northern University221424 June 1953PretoriaTour MatchTransvaal 2nd XV201827 June 1953JohannesburgTour MatchOrange Free State3281 July 1953KroonstadTour MatchEastern Transvaal15124 July 1953SpringsTour MatchRhodesia18158 July 1953SalisburyTour MatchRhodesia8811 July 1953KitweTour MatchRhodesia311115 July 1953BulawayoTour MatchTransvaal142018 July 1953Newlands, Cape TownTour MatchGriqualand West31322 July 1953KimberleyTour MatchWestern Province131125 July 1953Newlands, Cape TownTour MatchSW District341129 July 1953Tour MatchEastern Province16111 August 1953Boet Erasmus, Port ElizabethTour MatchEastern Districts2565 August 1953BurgersdorpTour MatchBorder968 August 1953East LondonTour MatchWestern Transvaal501212 August 1953PotchefstroomTour MatchNorthern Transvaal112715 August 1953Loftus Versfeld, PretoriaTour MatchSouth Africa32522 August 1953Ellis Park, JohannesburgTest MatchGriqualand West11626 August 1953KimberleyTour MatchBoland141329 August 1953WellingtonTour MatchUniversities5242 September 1953Cape TownTour MatchSouth Africa18145 September 1953Cape TownTest MatchBorder24139 September 1953QueenstownTour MatchOrange Free State28312 September 1953BloemfonteinTour MatchSouth Africa81819 September 1953DurbanTest MatchEastern Province391723 September 1953Port ElizabethTour MatchSouth Africa92226 September 1953Port ElizabethTest Match Bibliography Vivian Jenkins Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1979–80 1979 Rothmans Publications Ltd 0-354-09087-9 All found on http://trove.nla.gov.au Townsville Daily Bulletin, Monday 11 May 1953 p 3 The Canberra Times, Monday 11 May 1953 p 3 Queensland Times (Ipswich), Tuesday 9 June 1953 p 3 Category:Australia national rugby union team tours of South Africa Tour Tour