Australia vs New Zealand 1956 Series

Game 3

Australia 31 def. New Zealand 14

Australia vs New Zealand 1956

Australia
31
14
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6796
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 30th June, 1956
Referee Darcy Lawler
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 46,735
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 9
Scrums 15 19
Penalties 2 6
Australia Scoresheet New Zealand
Don ADAMS 3 T Vern BAKALICH
Alex WATSON 2   Cliff JOHNSON
Darcy HENRY      
Keith HOLMAN      
 
Norm POPE 5 G 4 Des WHITE
Australia Teams New Zealand
Norm POPE 1 FB 1 Des WHITE
Don ADAMS 2 W 3 Vern BAKALICH
Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
3 C 7 Tommy BAXTER (c)
Alex WATSON 4 C 8 William SORENSEN
Des McGOVERN 5 W 10 Cyril EASTLAKE
 
Darcy HENRY
[Western Suburbs]
6 FE 11 George MENZIES
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 13 Sel BELSHAM
 
Brian DAVIES 13 FR 15 Henry MAXWELL
Ken KEARNEY (c)
[St George]
12 HK 19 John BUTTERFIELD
Roy BULL
[Manly]
11 FR 18 Duncan MacRAE
Kel O'SHEA
[Western Suburbs]
10 2R 23 Jim RIDDELL
Ignatius TYQUIN 9 2R 24 Cliff JOHNSON
Ian DOYLE 8 L 26 Frank MULCARE
 
Ken KEARNEY   HC   William TELFORD
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1956 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 1 vs. Liverpool
Out:
Gordon Clifford (fullback), Cyril Connell Jr (five-eighth)
In:
Norm Pope (fullback), Darcy Henry (five-eighth)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1956 - Game 12 vs. Northern Division
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1956 - Game 14 vs. Southern Division
Out:
Gordon Moncur (fullback), Reece Griffiths (centre), Tom Hadfield (centre), Arnold Green (wing), Keith Roberts (halfback), John Lasher (hooker), Joe Murray (front row), Osmond Butt (second row), John Bond (second row), Rex Percy (lock)
In:
Des White (fullback), Vern Bakalich (wing), Tommy Baxter (centre), George Menzies (five-eighth), Sel Belsham (halfback), John Butterfield (hooker), Duncan MacRae (front row), Jim Riddell (second row), Cliff Johnson (second row), Frank Mulcare (lock)
Changes:
William Sorensen (five-eighth to centre)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash