1953 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa

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1953 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa
Summary
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Total
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Test match
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Opponent
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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.

Contents

The test series was won by the Springboks with three test wins to one.

Touring party

Wallaby captain Solomon chaired by the Springboks 1953 Solomon chaired 1953.jpg
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:

Playing squad:

Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing TeamForAgainstDateVenueStatus
Natal 141520 June 1953 Durban Tour Match
Comb. Northern University221424 June 1953 Pretoria Tour Match
Transvaal 2nd XV201827 June 1953 Johannesburg Tour Match
Orange Free State 3281 July 1953 Kroonstad Tour Match
Eastern Transvaal 15124 July 1953 Springs Tour Match
Rhodesia 18158 July 1953 Salisbury Tour Match
Rhodesia 8811 July 1953 Kitwe Tour Match
Rhodesia 311115 July 1953 Bulawayo Tour Match
Transvaal 142018 July 1953 Newlands, Cape TownTour Match
Griqualand West 31322 July 1953 Kimberley Tour Match
Western Province 131125 July 1953 Newlands, Cape TownTour Match
SW District341129 July 1953Tour Match
Eastern Province 16111 August 1953 Boet Erasmus, Port ElizabethTour Match
Eastern Districts2565 August 1953 Burgersdorp Tour Match
Border 968 August 1953 East London Tour Match
Western Transvaal501212 August 1953 Potchefstroom Tour Match
Northern Transvaal 112715 August 1953 Loftus Versfeld, PretoriaTour Match
South Africa 32522 August 1953 Ellis Park, JohannesburgTest Match
Griqualand West 11626 August 1953 Kimberley Tour Match
Boland 141329 August 1953 Wellington Tour Match
Universities5242 September 1953 Cape Town Tour Match
South Africa 18145 September 1953 Cape Town Test Match
Border 24139 September 1953 Queenstown Tour Match
Orange Free State 28312 September 1953 Bloemfontein Tour Match
South Africa 81819 September 1953 Durban Test Match
Eastern Province 391723 September 1953 Port Elizabeth Tour Match
South Africa 92226 September 1953 Port Elizabeth Test Match

Bibliography

All found on http://trove.nla.gov.au

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