{"id":432,"date":"2013-09-25T11:20:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T23:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westcoastrfu.wordpress.com\/?p=432"},"modified":"2013-09-25T11:20:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T23:20:34","slug":"west-coast-rugby-football-union-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoast.retrorugby.net\/index.php\/2013\/09\/25\/west-coast-rugby-football-union-1955\/","title":{"rendered":"WEST COAST RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION – 1955"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0Back to Year by Year Index click here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Acknowledgments to the NZ Rugby Almanack Franchise:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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1955 Season<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

WEST COAST COLOURS: RED AND WHITE HOOPS<\/strong>
\n(Founded, 1890; Affiliated, 1893)
\nSelector: Mr.B.Watkin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A small programme provided West Coast with little opportunity to develop into a side fit to tackle the Ranfurly Shield , and when in addition there was a gap of over two month between the previous game and the Shield challenge, the isolation of the Coast is emphasized. West Coast played its Seddon Shield challenge on July 23, and its next fixture was the match at Christchurch on September 27. Another difficulty was that 34 players were called on for the five games, and 15 of them were making their first appearance in representative Rugby. The only old reps. to appear regularly were Gugich, Bird and A.Dawson in all games, Williams and Foster in four games, and Ross and Nelson in three. J. H. Lindbom, Walker and Mathieson reappeared after a year\u2019s break, whilst Krakosky had last represented in 1951<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

McEnaney was a member of the New Zealand Colts touring team. A. J. Lindbom, Williams, Bird, Foster and Egerton were members of the West Coast and Buller Combined XV which played the Australians at Greymouth. R.R.Eastgate, of the 1954<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> team, had moved to Auckland.<\/span><\/p>\n

1955 Squad<\/strong>
\nK.J.Brown (Hokitika St.Mary\u2019s O.B.)
\nJ.H.Lindbom (Cobden)
\nA.A.McNabb (Hokitika Excelsior)
\nA.J.McEnaney (Blaketown)
\nF.W.Gugich (Hokitika Excelsior)
\nJ.E.Gillan (Greymouth United)
\nC.W.Thorpe (Hokitika Excelsior)
\nA.J.Lindbom (Greymouth Star)
\nA.G.Dawson (Blaketown)
\nE.G.Walker (Hokitika Excelsior)
\nN.K.Williams (Greymouth United)
\nA.W.Negri (Blaketown)
\nL.E.Stratford (Greymouth Star)
\nJ.R.Steel (Blaketown)
\nGordon Richardson (Blaketown)
\nJ.A.Dawson (Greymouth United)
\nG.S.Coleman (Hokitika Excelsior)
\nT.A.Bird (Blaketown)
\nT.I.Egerton (Cobden)
\nS.M.Richards (Greymouth Star)
\nR.N.Inkster {Blaketown)
\nK.C.Foster (Hokitika St.Mary\u2019s O.B.)
\nG.W.Nelson (Greymouth Star)
\nRalph Richardson (Greymouth Star)
\nG.M.Mooney (Greymouth M.B.O.B.)
\nG.A.Fyall (Greymouth Star)
\nLawrence Burling (Hokitika St.Mary\u2019s O.B.)
\nC.J.P.McPherson (Greymouth United)
\nG.T.Mathieison (Blaketown)
\nB.L.Ross (Hokitika Excelsior)
\nK.P.Henderson (Hokitika St.Mary\u2019s O.B.)
\nA.J.Krakosky (Cobden)
\nL.B.De Goldi (Cobden)
\nG.O.Ferguson (Hokitika Excelsior)<\/span><\/p>\n

MATCH RECORD<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Played 5; Lost, 5 ; Points: For 31 ; Against 75<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

June 6 v CANTERBURY at Rugby Park, Greymouth Lost 0 to 17<\/strong>
\nReferee: Mr.A.V.O\u2019Brien (West Coast)<\/p>\n

June 18 v BULLER at Cass Square, Hokitika Lost 3 to 15
\nJ.H.Lindbom, penalty goal<\/strong>
\nReferee: Mr.J.B.Hugh (Buller)<\/span><\/p>\n

July 2 v BULLER at Westport Lost 6 to 9<\/strong>
\nC.Thorpe, try
\nJ.H.Lindbom, penalty goal<\/span><\/p>\n

July 23 v NELSON (Seddon Shield) at Nelson Lost 11 to 14<\/strong>
\nN.K.Williams, try
\nK.J.Brown and A.G.Dawson penalty goals
\nK.J.Brown, conversion<\/span><\/p>\n

September 27 v CANTERBURY (Ranfurly Shield) Christchurch Lost 11 to 20<\/strong>
\nF.W.Gugich and R.N.Inkster tries
\nA.A.McNabb, penalty goal and conversion<\/span><\/p>\n

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WEST COAST-BULLER XV<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Colours : RED & BLUE Hoops
\nSelectors: Messrs. B. Watkin (West Coast) and Robt.Dickson (Buller)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Partners on many occasions, these two Unions met the visiting Australians in difficult conditions. There was no scoring after halftime, the local pack dominating the play.<\/span><\/p>\n

MATCH RECORD<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

August 27, v. AUSTRALIA, at Rugby Park, Greymouth Lost 3 to 13<\/strong>
\nT.A.Bird, try
\nReferee: Mr.E.W.T.Tindall (Wellington)<\/span><\/p>\n

The side was:<\/strong>
\nD.Peter Mumm (Buller)
\nJ.Ross Burrow (Buller)
\nJ.R.McArthur (Buller)
\nA. J. Lindbom (West Coast)
\nN.K.Williams (West Coast)<\/strong>
\nCampbell Stewart(Buller)
\nBrinley Tyler (Buller)
\nT.A.Bird (West Coast)
\nK.C.Foster (West Coast)<\/strong>
\nJ.E.Cockfield (Buller)
\nT.I.Egerton (West Coast)<\/strong>
\nG.Anderson (Buller)
\nJ.B.Shaw (Buller)
\nJ.H.Duncan (Buller)
\nW.J.Mumm (Buller)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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