Game 1
France 8 lost to Australia 15
| France vs Australia 1956/57 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6844 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Thursday, 1st November, 1956 | |||||||
| Referee | P Ribas | |||||||
| Venue | Princes (Paris) | |||||||
| Crowd | 10,789 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 10 | |||||
| France | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Jacques MERQUEY | T | 2 | Keith HOLMAN | |||||
| Augustine PARENT | Des McGOVERN | |||||||
| André AUDY | G | 2 | Clive CHURCHILL | |||||
| Keith HOLMAN | ||||||||
| France | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| André AUDY | 1 | FB | 1 | Clive CHURCHILL [South Sydney] |
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| Maurice VORON | 2 | W | 2 | Denis FLANNERY | ||||
| Roger REY | 3 | C | 3 | Dick POOLE [Newtown] |
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| Jacques MERQUEY (c) | 4 | C | 4 | Alex WATSON | ||||
| André SAVONNE | 5 | W | 5 | Des McGOVERN | ||||
| Auguste AMBERT | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob BANKS | ||||
| Guy LUCIA | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] |
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| François RINALDI | 8 | FR | 8 | Roy BULL [Manly] |
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| Antranick APELIAN | 9 | HK | 9 | Ken KEARNEY (c) [St George] |
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| François MONTRUCOLIS | 10 | FR | 10 | Brian DAVIES | ||||
| Robert MÉDUS | 11 | 2R | 11 | Tom TYQUIN | ||||
| Augustine PARENT | 12 | 2R | 12 | Norm PROVAN [St George] |
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| Jean ROUQUEIROL | 13 | L | 13 | Kel O'SHEA [Western Suburbs] |
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| HC | Ken KEARNEY | |||||||
Team Info
France
- Previous Game:
- [no comp] - vs. English League
- Next Game:
- France vs Australia 1956/57 - Game 2 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Gilbert Alberti (centre), Christian Duple (halfback)
- In:
- Jacques Merquey (centre), Guy Lucia (halfback)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 8 vs. English League
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 10 vs. York
- Out:
- Gordon Clifford (fullback), Tom Payne (centre), Cyril Connell Jr (halfback)
- In:
- Clive Churchill (fullback), Dick Poole (centre), Keith Holman (halfback)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Jason Ganter, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin
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