1953 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa

1953 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa
Summary	P W D L
Total	27 17 01 09
Test match	04 01 00 03
Opponent	P W D L
South Africa	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

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.

Bibliography

• Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1979). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1979–80. Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-354-09087-9.

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

• [1] Townsville Daily Bulletin, Monday 11 May 1953 p 3
• [2] The Canberra Times, Monday 11 May 1953 p 3
• [3] Queensland Times (Ipswich), Tuesday 9 June 1953 p 3