Game 3
France 15 def. Australia 5
| World Cup 1954 Game 3 |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14197 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Thursday, 11th November, 1954 | |||||||
| Referee | Charles Appleton | |||||||
| Venue | Marcel-Saupin (Nantes) | |||||||
| Crowd | 13,000 | |||||||
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| Halftime Score | 10 | – | 5 | |||||
| France | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Vincent CANTONI | T | Kel O'SHEA | ||||||
| Raymond CONTRASTIN | ||||||||
| Jacques MERQUEY | ||||||||
| Puig AUBERT | 3 | G | Noel PIDDING | |||||
| France | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Puig AUBERT (c) | 1 | FB | 1 | Clive CHURCHILL (c) [Souths] |
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| Vincent CANTONI | 2 | W | 2 | Noel PIDDING | ||||
| Jacques MERQUEY | 3 | C | 3 | Alex WATSON | ||||
| Claude TEISSEIRE | 4 | C | 4 | Greg HAWICK [Souths] |
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| Raymond CONTRASTIN | 5 | W | 5 | Denis FLANNERY | ||||
| Antoine JIMINEZ | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob BANKS | ||||
| Joseph CRESPO | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] |
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| Francois RINALDI | 8 | FR | 8 | Roy BULL [Manly] |
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| Jean AUDOUBERT | 9 | HK | 9 | Ken KEARNEY [St George] |
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| Joseph KRAWZYCK | 10 | FR | 10 | Brian DAVIES | ||||
| Guy DELAYE | 11 | 2R | 11 | Kel O'SHEA | ||||
| Jean PAMBRUN | 12 | 2R | 12 | Harold CROCKER [Parramatta] |
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| Gilbert VERDIÉ | 13 | L | 13 | Peter DIVERSI [North Sydney] |
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| Rene DUFFORT | HC | Vic HEY | ||||||
| Jean DUHAU | ||||||||
Team Info
France
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1954 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- World Cup 1954 - Final vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Gilbert Benausse (five-eighth), Roger Guilhem (lock)
- In:
- Claude Teisseire (centre), Gilbert Verdié (lock)
- Changes:
- Antoine Jiminez (centre to five-eighth)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1954 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- [no comp] - vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Harry Wells (centre)
- In:
- Keith Holman (halfback)
- Changes:
- Greg Hawick (halfback to centre)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson