Funny I should've seen this: I'm American & just finished watching the 1957 WC Final (GB v Aus) today sent by a kind Aussie. CHEERS, ROGER! I too wondered why possession wasn't given after the 4th tackle (in those days), but now you've explained it for me. Also explains why defenders kept kicking at the ball during the offense's PTB & why players reallu kicked the ball farther back to teammates. Yes, the game seemed much more rough & tumble than today ... & a lot more fun, IMHO.
Actually, before the late 1950s rugby league was a very different game in which, as Brian Hambly said in 1994: “we used to mark man on man, like basketballers today, and in attack used to do nothing more than beat the players who was doing the marking”. “Straight-across-the-field defence”, which we take for granted now, emerged in the 1950s and severely cramped wingers so that try tallies like those of 1954 were almost impossible.
Thanks the the Nazis and the regime they installed in occupied France, the Vici Regime. They took all the money from those clubs and promoted rugby union.
You keep saying that it was boring but as my Dad points out in 1954 4 wingers 2 from Newtown and 2 from Souths who names escape me now scored 100 tries between them,can you recall when there were a 100 tries scored by 4 wingers in a season? So the ball must ve gone along these backlines a lot or were these wingers that big they just barged over the line??? And most of the fans from his era all tend to say the same thing about the 51 Frogs throw the ball anywhere and there was someone to catch it
They had to, really. I can't speak for the Australians, I assume it will be somewhat the same, but in England most of League(well off players typically play Union here) players were working men with families to feed, and the large number of games(of which tourists tended to take most of the gate) was so that tourists could make enough money to feed the family back home, as well as the massive costs of flying all the way to Australia and having to find accomodation. If they went, had a couple of matches then come home, they'd've been well out of pocket.
Then they whinged that it wasnt fair, or some crap, and whinged to get back in. Result: one of the original teams in Sydney when our teams started, North Sydney, were kicked out, and all the Sydney teams that had stuck to their word to Ken Arthurson, and didnt go like a pack of traitors, with whingeing brisbane, were amalgamated to make hybrid teams. Havent been to a game since. I was at footie games from the age of 8, with my dad and brothers. R.I.P football, as it was in its heyday
The forwards were numbered in reverse order, the backs were numbered as currently, and there were no replacements until the middle 1960s. The pass which Bishop ruled forward in the 1952 Grand Final actually looked forward to me, though I often feel suspicious when I say this.
Now that was footie, not the bloody stupid game that is played today. Super league stuffed everything up, that and the bloody whingeing brisbane league. We had a good league, brisbane had its own parochial little football team, but jealousy for new south wales, stuffed the game up too. The day they were signed to our game, was the day football died, as it was. First they whinged to get in, then they whinged to get out, when super league came in and some teams broke away.
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0:26 'Drew a record crowd of 70, 419 to the SCG.'
Bloody hell, mate.
Funny I should've seen this: I'm American & just finished watching the 1957 WC Final (GB v Aus) today sent by a kind Aussie. CHEERS, ROGER! I too wondered why possession wasn't given after the 4th tackle (in those days), but now you've explained it for me. Also explains why defenders kept kicking at the ball during the offense's PTB & why players reallu kicked the ball farther back to teammates. Yes, the game seemed much more rough & tumble than today ... & a lot more fun, IMHO.
"There's a body or two lyin' about..makes the job a bit more interesting.." 16.02 tough buggers those Northerners!
i have found len brown playing for castleford tigers 1950
from paul brown
The French team in 51 was the best in French Rugby League Story!!!
In a parallel universe, what would rugby league look like if Union and Government didn’t ban kids from playing league.
So, an American football team agreed to play a rugby League game. There's any footage of that. That would be very interesting to watch.
I highly suggest reading the book. American All Stars. SOO good!!!!
The Americans made a full tour, and look up the book No pads or helmets required. One of them, Al E Kirkland, played a season with Parramatta
That is like deadset my pop as a baby!
Vince Karalius: "The first tackle God bless it" classic!!
@M You really need to get a life. For what it's worth, soccer, or as most call it football, is my favourite sport. Now, go and troll elsewhere.
@@AnthonyKiyola Agreed Anthony he,s toss off
@M obsessed 😂😂😂
Were rectangular pitches marked on all the oval grounds?
Money killed it.
Actually, before the late 1950s rugby league was a very different game in which, as Brian Hambly said in 1994: “we used to mark man on man, like basketballers today, and in attack used to do nothing more than beat the players who was doing the marking”. “Straight-across-the-field defence”, which we take for granted now, emerged in the 1950s and severely cramped wingers so that try tallies like those of 1954 were almost impossible.
22:30 fair enough 😂
Sad to see how French Rugby League has gone, esp given how they recovered after the war.
Thanks the the Nazis and the regime they installed in occupied France, the Vici Regime. They took all the money from those clubs and promoted rugby union.
@@ybros6926 yep, shameful
You keep saying that it was boring but as my Dad points out in 1954 4 wingers 2 from Newtown and 2 from Souths who names escape me now scored 100 tries between them,can you recall when there were a 100 tries scored by 4 wingers in a season? So the ball must ve gone along these backlines a lot or were these wingers that big they just barged over the line??? And most of the fans from his era all tend to say the same thing about the 51 Frogs throw the ball anywhere and there was someone to catch it
Aussie rugby league was not the powerhouse back then that it is now.
What the...I didn't know there were games where GB and Kangaroo's had to vs each other 40 times...imagine that happening today.
They had to, really. I can't speak for the Australians, I assume it will be somewhat the same, but in England most of League(well off players typically play Union here) players were working men with families to feed, and the large number of games(of which tourists tended to take most of the gate) was so that tourists could make enough money to feed the family back home, as well as the massive costs of flying all the way to Australia and having to find accomodation. If they went, had a couple of matches then come home, they'd've been well out of pocket.
hes in my hall of fame,graham roberts
ron roberts will ever be in the kangaroos hall of fame
Then they whinged that it wasnt fair, or some crap, and whinged to get back in. Result: one of the original teams in Sydney when our teams started, North Sydney, were kicked out, and all the Sydney teams that had stuck to their word to Ken Arthurson, and didnt go like a pack of traitors, with whingeing brisbane, were amalgamated to make hybrid teams. Havent been to a game since. I was at footie games from the age of 8, with my dad and brothers. R.I.P football, as it was in its heyday
how did they number the players in the old days?
The forwards were numbered in reverse order, the backs were numbered as currently, and there were no replacements until the middle 1960s. The pass which Bishop ruled forward in the 1952 Grand Final actually looked forward to me, though I often feel suspicious when I say this.
Good video; however, the loud, annoying and totally unnecessary background music spoils what could have been a great video.
Bloody refs always cheats
Now that was footie, not the bloody stupid game that is played today. Super league stuffed everything up, that and the bloody whingeing brisbane league. We had a good league, brisbane had its own parochial little football team, but jealousy for new south wales, stuffed the game up too. The day they were signed to our game, was the day football died, as it was. First they whinged to get in, then they whinged to get out, when super league came in and some teams broke away.
@KalvinKorff see my reply above