Australia vs France 1951 Series

Game 3

Australia 14 lost to France 35

Australia vs France 1951

Australia
14
35
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6837
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 21st July, 1951
Kick Off 2:45 PM (local time)
Referee Tom McMahon Jnr
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 67,009
Match Stats
Halftime Score 4 20
Australia Scoresheet France
Brian DAVIES T 3 Joseph CRESPO
Duncan HALL   2 Raymond CONTRASTIN
      Élie BROUSSE
      Gaston COMES
 
Noel PIDDING 4 G 7 Puig AUBERT
Australia Teams France
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
1 FB 1 Puig AUBERT (c)
Noel PIDDING
[St George]
2 W 5 Vincent CANTONI
Noel HAZZARD 3 C 27 Joseph CRESPO
Johnny HAWKE
[St George]
4 C 3 Gaston COMES
Denis FLANNERY 5 W 15 Raymond CONTRASTIN
 
Wally O'CONNELL
[Manly]
6 FE 4 Jacques MERQUEY
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Jean DOP
 
Denis DONOGHUE
[Souths]
8 FR 14 Rene DUFFORT
Kevin SCHUBERT
[Manly]
9 HK 12 Edouard PONSINET
Duncan HALL 10 FR 11 Élie BROUSSE
Brian DAVIES 11 2R 8 Louis MAZON
Bernie DREW 12 2R 25 Gabriel GENOUD
Harold CROCKER 13 L 23 Paul BARTOLETTI
 
Vic HEY   HC   Bob SAMATAN
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs France 1951 - Game 2 vs. France
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1952 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Col Geelan (centre), Frank Stanmore (five-eighth), Alan Thompson (front row), Ernie Hammerton (hooker)
In:
Johnny Hawke (centre), Wally O'Connell (five-eighth), Denis Donoghue (front row), Kevin Schubert (hooker)

France

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 17 vs. Southern Division
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 19 vs. West Coast
Out:
Raoul Perez (wing), Maurice Bellan (centre), Ode Lespes (wing), Robert Caillou (five-eighth), Jean Audoubert (hooker), Andre Beraud (front row), Guy Delaye (second row), Michel Lopez (second row), François Montrucolis (lock)
In:
Puig Aubert (fullback), Vincent Cantoni (wing), Joseph Crespo (centre), Raymond Contrastin (wing), Jacques Merquey (five-eighth), Edouard Ponsinet (hooker), Élie Brousse (front row), Louis Mazon (second row), Gabriel Genoud (second row)
Changes:
Gaston Comes (fullback to centre), Rene Duffort (centre to front row), Paul Bartoletti (front row to lock)

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Contributions: Gary Neale, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson