European Championship 1946

Game 6

England 5 def. France 2

European Championship 1946/47
Game 6

England
5
2
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14841
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 17th May, 1947
Referee Charles Appleton
Venue Headingley (Leeds)
Crowd 21,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 2
England Scoresheet France
Joe EGAN T    
 
Ernest WARD G Puig AUBERT
England Teams France
Jim LEDGARD 1 FB 1 Puig AUBERT (c)
Russ PEPPERELL 2 W 2 Robert CASSE
Ernest WARD (c) 3 C 3 Henri SORONDO
Jim STOTT 4 C 4 Gaston COMES
Albert JOHNSON 5 W 5 Ode LESPES
 
Willie HORNE 6 FE 6 Rene DUFFORT
Tommy BRADSHAW 7 HB 7 Pierre TAILLANTOU
 
Ken GEE 8 FR 8 Raoul PEREZ
Joe EGAN 9 HK 9 Gabriel BERTHOMIEU
George CURRAN 10 FR 10 Élie BROUSSE
Les WHITE 11 2R 11 Ambroise ULMA
Bill HUDSON 12 2R 12 Raymond DETCHART
Alec DOCKAR 13 L 13 Henri GIBERT
 
? ETTY 14 B 14 Henri RIU
William IVISON 15 B 15 Andre BERAUD
   
 

Team Info

England

Previous Game:
European Championship 1946/47 - Game 3 vs. France
Next Game:
European Championship 1947/48 - Game 1 vs. Wales
Out:
Martin Ryan (fullback), Eric Batten (wing), Bryn Knowelden (bench), Bob Nicholson (bench)
In:
Jim Ledgard (fullback), Russ Pepperell (wing), ? Etty (bench), William Ivison (bench)

France

Previous Game:
European Championship 1946/47 - Game 5 vs. Wales
Next Game:
European Championship 1947/48 - Game 1 vs. England
Out:
Fredo Trescazes (wing), Joseph Maso (centre), Robert Caillou (five-eighth), Gaston Combes (halfback), Gaston Calixte (front row), Martin Martin (second row)
In:
Robert Casse (wing), Henri Sorondo (centre), Rene Duffort (five-eighth), Pierre Taillantou (halfback), Raoul Perez (front row), Raymond Detchart (second row), Henri Riu (bench), Andre Beraud (bench)
Changes:
Henri Gibert (second row to lock), Ambroise Ulma (lock to second row)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson