Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 Series

Game 2

Newcastle Firsts (AU) 8 lost to France 12

Les Chanticleers Tour 1951

Newcastle Firsts (AU)
8
12
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26462
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 26th May, 1951
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Harold Gillard
Venue Newcastle Sports (Newcastle)
Crowd 21,480
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 8
Newcastle (AU) Scoresheet France
Brian CARLSON T Raoul PEREZ
Frank THRELFO   Francois RINALDI
 
Frank THRELFO G 3 Gaston COMES
Newcastle (AU) Teams France
L MILNE 1 FB 1 Maurice ANDRE
Jack BRADLEY
[Canterbury]
2 W 2 Raymond CONTRASTIN
Rees DUNCAN 3 C 3 Jacques MERQUEY
Frank THRELFO 4 C 4 Gaston COMES
Brian CARLSON 5 W 5 Vincent CANTONI
 
L BROWN 6 FE 6 Maurice BELLAN
E LONG 7 HB 7 Robert CAILLOU (c)
 
Charlie GILL (c) 8 FR 8 Francois RINALDI
J GORDON 9 HK 9 Jean AUDOUBERT
Jim EVANS 10 FR 10 Louis MAZON
Albert PAUL 11 2R 11 François MONTRUCOLIS
Don SCHOFIELD 12 2R 12 Guy DELAYE
Ben HASLAM 13 L 13 Raoul PEREZ
 
    HC   Bob SAMATAN
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
Lions Tour 1950 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Country Carnival 1952 - Game 9 vs. Manly
Out:
George Neader (fullback), Billy Bunt (wing), Viv Madge (centre), Bill Bower (centre), Jack Lumsden (wing), Horace Banks (five-eighth), Jim Scoular (halfback), Ramsey Buckley (front row), Bob Crane (hooker), Gavin Stevenson (front row), Bob Alexander (second row), Jack Hutchinson (lock)
In:
L Milne (fullback), Jack Bradley (wing), Rees Duncan (centre), Frank Threlfo (centre), Brian Carlson (wing), L Brown (five-eighth), E Long (halfback), Charlie Gill (front row), J Gordon (hooker), Albert Paul (second row), Don Schofield (second row), Ben Haslam (lock)
Changes:
Jim Evans (second row to front row)

France

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 1 vs. Monaro
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 3 vs. Western Division
Out:
Puig Aubert (fullback), Ode Lespes (wing), Jean Dop (halfback), Paul Bartoletti (front row), Gabriel Genoud (hooker), Andre Beraud (front row), Michel Lopez (second row), Élie Brousse (second row), Gaston Calixte (lock)
In:
Jacques Merquey (centre), Vincent Cantoni (wing), Maurice Bellan (five-eighth), Francois Rinaldi (front row), Jean Audoubert (hooker), Louis Mazon (front row), François Montrucolis (second row), Guy Delaye (second row), Raoul Perez (lock)
Changes:
Maurice Andre (centre to fullback), Robert Caillou (five-eighth to halfback)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson