Game 5
France 31 def. United States of America 0
| American Tour of France 1953/54 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14903 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 9th January, 1954 | |||||||
| Referee | Charles Appleton | |||||||
| Venue | Princes (Paris) | |||||||
| Crowd | 20,000 | |||||||
| France | Scoresheet | USA | ||||||
| Gilbert BENAUSSE | 2 | T | ||||||
| Armand SAVE | 2 | |||||||
| Vincent CANTONI | ||||||||
| Jean PAMBRUN | ||||||||
| Claude TEISSEIRE | ||||||||
| Puig AUBERT | 5 | G | ||||||
| France | Teams | USA | ||||||
| Puig AUBERT | 1 | FB | 1 | Bob LAMPSHIRE | ||||
| Raymond CONTRASTIN | 2 | W | 2 | Bob FERGUSON | ||||
| Roger REY | 3 | C | 3 | Don LENT | ||||
| Antoine JIMINEZ | 4 | C | 4 | Leon SELLERS | ||||
| Vincent CANTONI | 5 | W | 5 | Larry MARINO | ||||
| Gilbert BENAUSSE | 6 | FE | 6 | Landon EXLEY | ||||
| Claude TEISSEIRE | 7 | HB | 7 | Ted GROSSMAN | ||||
| René BERNARD | 8 | FR | 8 | Pat BANDY | ||||
| Jean AUDOUBERT | 9 | HK | 9 | Tony RAPPA | ||||
| Louis MAZON | 10 | FR | 10 | Harry TAYLOR | ||||
| Jean PAMBRUN | 11 | 2R | 11 | Xavier MENA | ||||
| Armand SAVE | 12 | 2R | 12 | Willie RICHARDSON | ||||
| Roger GUILHEM | 13 | L | 13 | Mike DIMITRO (c) | ||||
| B | 14 | Virgil ELWESS | ||||||
| B | 15 | Calvin HILGENBERG | ||||||
| B | 16 | Erwin CHELDIN | ||||||
Team Info
France
- Previous Game:
- European Representative Games 1953/54 - Game 1 vs. Comb. Nations
- Next Game:
- Test Matches 1954 - vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Gerard Bastianelli (wing), A Lecuyer (centre), Joseph Crespo (halfback), Paul Bartoletti (front row), Serge Tonus (second row), René Duffort (lock)
- In:
- Raymond Contrastin (wing), Gilbert Benausse (five-eighth), Claude Teisseire (halfback), Louis Mazon (front row), Jean Pambrun (second row), Roger Guilhem (lock)
- Changes:
- Antoine Jiminez (five-eighth to centre)
United States of America
- Previous Game:
- American Tour of France 1953/54 - Game 4 vs. Provence
- Next Game:
- n/a
Match Notes
Thanks to Mike Rylance for providing details of this game.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson

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