New Zealand vs France 1951

New Zealand 16 def. France 15

New Zealand vs France 1951

New Zealand
16
15
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14413
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 4th August, 1951
Referee Jim Griffin
Venue Carlaw (Auckland)
Crowd 19,229
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 7
New Zealand Scoresheet France
Tommy BAXTER T 2 Vincent CANTONI
George MENZIES   Edouard PONSINET
 
Des WHITE 5 G 3 Puig AUBERT
 
    OFF Martin MARTIN
New Zealand Teams France
Des WHITE 1 FB 1 Puig AUBERT (c)
Bevan HOUGH 2 W 2 Vincent CANTONI
Tommy BAXTER 3 C 3 Gaston COMES
Maurie ROBERTSON 4 C 4 Jacques MERQUEY
Jack FORREST 5 W 5 Raymond CONTRASTIN
 
George MENZIES 6 FE 6 Rene DUFFORT
Jim HAIG (c) 7 HB 7 Joseph CRESPO
 
Ken ENGLISH 8 FR 8 François MONTRUCOLIS
George DAVIDSON 9 HK 9 Edouard PONSINET
Cliff JOHNSON 10 FR 10 Élie BROUSSE
Douglas RICHARD-JOLLY 11 2R 11 Louis MAZON
Charlie McBRIDE 12 2R 12 Martin MARTIN
Travers HARDWICK 13 L 13 Paul BARTOLETTI
 
    HC   Bob SAMATAN
   
 

Team Info

New Zealand

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1950 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1951/52 - Game 1 vs. Rochdale
Out:
Des Barchard (five-eighth), Jack Newton (front row), Sandy Hurndell (second row)
In:
George Menzies (five-eighth), Ken English (front row), Douglas Richard-Jolly (second row)

France

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 21 vs. Wellington
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 23 vs. Auckland
Out:
Jean Dop (fullback), Robert Caillou (five-eighth), Michel Lopez (front row), Andre Beraud (second row)
In:
Puig Aubert (fullback), Rene Duffort (five-eighth), Edouard Ponsinet (hooker), Paul Bartoletti (lock)
Changes:
Louis Mazon (front row to second row), Martin Martin (hooker to second row), Élie Brousse (second row to front row), François Montrucolis (lock to front row)

Match Notes

The Canberra Times Reports:
"A sensation occurred after half time when the referee order French forward Martin off the field for throwing mud at him. He had objected to a penalty being awarded against the Frenchman."

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson