1953 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

27	17	1	9

Test match

4	1	0	3

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

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), John 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, Norman '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	Status
Natal	14	15	20 June 1953	Durban	Tour Match
Comb. Northern University	22	14	24 June 1953	Pretoria	Tour Match
Transvaal 2nd XV	20	18	27 June 1953	Johannesburg	Tour Match
Orange Free State	3	28	1 July 1953	Kroonstad	Tour Match
Eastern Transvaal	15	12	4 July 1953	Springs	Tour Match
Rhodesia	18	15	8 July 1953	Salisbury	Tour Match
Rhodesia	8	8	11 July 1953	Kitwe	Tour Match
Rhodesia	31	11	15 July 1953	Bulawayo	Tour Match
Transvaal	14	20	18 July 1953	Newlands, Cape Town	Tour Match
Griqualand West	3	13	22 July 1953	Kimberley	Tour Match
Western Province	13	11	25 July 1953	Newlands, Cape Town	Tour Match
SW District	34	11	29 July 1953		Tour Match
Eastern Province	16	11	1 August 1953	Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth	Tour Match
Eastern Districts	25	6	5 August 1953	Burgersdorp	Tour Match
Border	9	6	8 August 1953	East London	Tour Match
Western Transvaal	50	12	12 August 1953	Potchefstroom	Tour Match
Northern Transvaal	11	27	15 August 1953	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Tour Match
South Africa	3	25	22 August 1953	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Test Match
Griqualand West	11	6	26 August 1953	Kimberley	Tour Match
Boland	14	13	29 August 1953	Wellington	Tour Match
Universities	5	24	2 September 1953	Cape Town	Tour Match
South Africa	18	14	5 September 1953	Cape Town	Test Match
Border	24	13	9 September 1953	Queenstown	Tour Match
Orange Free State	28	3	12 September 1953	Bloemfontein	Tour Match
South Africa	8	18	19 September 1953	Durban	Test Match
Eastern Province	39	17	23 September 1953	Port Elizabeth	Tour Match
South Africa	9	22	26 September 1953	Port Elizabeth	Test Match

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

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

Australia rugby union tours

Argentina	1979 1987 1997 2002

New Zealand	1905 1913 1921 1923 1925 1928 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1967 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991

South Africa	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992

British Isles	1908–09 1927–28 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1988 1992 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013

France	1928 1948 1958 1967 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008

Italy	1973 1976 1983 1988 1996 2002 2006 2008 2009 2013

Spain	2001

North America	1909 1912 1928 1948 1958 1967 1976 1989 1993

Fiji	1972 1980 1984

Hong Kong	2008 2010

Rugby union tours of South Africa

British and Irish Lions	1891 1896 1903 1910 1924 1938 1955 1962 1968 1974 1980 1997 2009

New Zealand	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996

Australia	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992

Argentina	1965 (no test) 1971 (no test) 1994 2002 2003

England	1972 1984 1994 1998 2000 2007 2012

France	1958 1964 1967 1971 1975 1980 1993 2001 2005 2006

Ireland	1961 1981 1998 2004 2016

Italy	1973 (no test) 1999 2001 2008

Scotland	1999 (no test) 2003 2006

Wales	1964 1995 1998 2002 2004 2008 2014

Fiji	1996

Samoa	2003 (no test) 2007

Tonga	1997

Various selections	1978 (American Cougars) 1980 (S.A.Jaguars) 1982 (S.A.Jaguars) 1985 (Cavaliers) 1987 (South Sea Barbarians) 1989 (World XV)

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