Ashes Series 1956 Series

Game 1

Great Britain 21 def. Australia 10

1956/57 Ashes Series

Lions
21
10
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7929
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 17th November, 1956
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Norman Railton
Venue Central Park (Wigan)
Crowd 22,473
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 5
Great Britain Scoresheet Australia
Billy BOSTON 2 T Ian MOIR
Alan DAVIES   Dick POOLE
Jack GRUNDY      
Mick SULLIVAN      
 
Frank MORTIMER 3 G 2 Keith HOLMAN
Great Britain Teams Australia
Frank MORTIMER 1 FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL
[South Sydney]
Billy BOSTON 2 W 2 Ian MOIR
[South Sydney]
Phil JACKSON 3 C 3 Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
Alan DAVIES 4 C 4 Alex WATSON
Mick SULLIVAN 5 W 5 Don ADAMS
 
Ray PRICE 6 FE 6 Bob BANKS
Jeffrey STEVENSON 7 HB 7 Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
 
Alan PRESCOTT (c) 8 FR 8 Brian DAVIES
Tommy HARRIS 9 HK 9 Ken KEARNEY (c)
[St George]
Brian SHAW 10 FR 10 Roy BULL
[Manly]
Jack GRUNDY 11 2R 11 Ignatius TYQUIN
Don ROBINSON 12 2R 12 Bill MARSH
Edgar DAWSON 13 L 13 Kel O'SHEA
[Western Suburbs]
 
    HC   Ken KEARNEY
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Next Game:
1956/57 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
Out:
John McKeown (fullback), Ike Southward (wing), Albert Naughton (centre), Keith Holliday (five-eighth), Don Fox (halfback), John Thorley (front row), Stan Smith (hooker), Robert Kelly (front row), Brian Briggs (second row), Gordon Haynes (lock)
In:
Frank Mortimer (fullback), Billy Boston (wing), Phil Jackson (centre), Ray Price (five-eighth), Jeffrey Stevenson (halfback), Alan Prescott (front row), Tommy Harris (hooker), Brian Shaw (front row), Jack Grundy (second row), Edgar Dawson (lock)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 12 vs. Huddersfield
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 14 vs. Hunslet
Out:
Gordon Clifford (fullback), Norm Provan (second row)
In:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Kel O'Shea (lock)
Changes:
Ignatius Tyquin (lock to second row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson