Great Britain 45 def. France 12
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14786 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 26th January, 1957 | |||||||
| Referee | Frank Gelder | |||||||
| Venue | Headingley (Leeds) | |||||||
| Crowd | 20,221 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 19 | – | 2 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | France | ||||||
| Derek TURNER | 2 | T | Christian DUPLE | |||||
| Dave BOLTON | Jacques MERQUEY | |||||||
| Billy BOSTON | ||||||||
| Geoff GUNNEY | ||||||||
| Lewis JONES | ||||||||
| Sid LITTLE | ||||||||
| Alan PRESCOTT | ||||||||
| Mick SULLIVAN | ||||||||
| Lewis JONES | 9 | G | 3 | Gilbert BENAUSSE | ||||
| Great Britain | Teams | France | ||||||
| Glyn MOSES | 1 | FB | 1 | André RIVES | ||||
| Billy BOSTON | 2 | W | 2 | Jean NEDOREZOFF | ||||
| Phil JACKSON | 3 | C | 3 | Roger REY | ||||
| Lewis JONES | 4 | C | 4 | Jacques MERQUEY | ||||
| Mick SULLIVAN | 5 | W | 5 | Andre SAVONNE | ||||
| Dave BOLTON | 6 | FE | 6 | Gilbert BENAUSSE | ||||
| Jeffrey STEVENSON | 7 | HB | 7 | Claude TEISSEIRE | ||||
| Alan PRESCOTT (c) | 8 | FR | 8 | François MONTRUCOLIS | ||||
| Tommy HARRIS | 9 | HK | 9 | Louis MICHEL | ||||
| Sid LITTLE | 10 | FR | 10 | Henri DELHOSTE | ||||
| Jack GRUNDY | 11 | 2R | 11 | Augustin PARENT | ||||
| Geoff GUNNEY | 12 | 2R | 12 | Jean PAMBRUN | ||||
| Derek TURNER | 13 | L | 13 | Christian DUPLE | ||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1956/57 Ashes Series - Game 3 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- [no comp] - vs. France
- Out:
- Alan Davies (centre), Ray Price (five-eighth)
- In:
- Lewis Jones (centre), Dave Bolton (five-eighth)
France
- Previous Game:
- 1956/57 France vs. Australia - Game 3 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- [no comp] - vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Antoine Jiminez (centre), Jacques Fabre (front row), Guy Berthomieu (second row)
- In:
- Gilbert Benausse (five-eighth), François Montrucolis (front row), Jean Pambrun (second row)
- Changes:
- Jacques Merquey (five-eighth to centre)
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson