Metropolis v Rapid Vienna

Metropolis v Rapid Vienna (AUT)

Written by Alan Garside.


The Austrian club side Rapid Vienna toured Australia in 1955.
Played : Wednesday July 6 1955 Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Metropolis
Ron Lord, Len Stedman, Bob McLelland, Frank Sands, Bob Madden, Archie McAllister, Tom Rowles, Jim Moore, Bruce Young, Ray Neal, Bill Murphy
Goals : Rowles, Young, Neal, Sands
4 - 9 Rapid Vienna (AUT)
W Gartner, Paul Halla, Karl Honig, Gerhard Hanappi, Robert Kaffka, Karl Giesser, Robert Korner, Johann Riegler, Robert Dienst, Bruno Mehsarosch, Alfred Korner
Goals : A Korner x3, Mehsarosch x2, R Korner, Hanappi, Riegler, Giesser
Referee : Les McDonald
Linesmen : W.Charlton
Attendance : 6,989
Coaches : Dennis Harrington (NSW) - Franz Wagner (Rapid Vienna)