American Tour of France 1953 Series

Game 5

France 31 def. United States of America 0

American Tour of France 1953/54

France
31
0
United States of America
Match Info
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
 
Rene 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:
[no comp] - vs. Comb. Nations
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. Great Britain
Out:
G Bastianelli (wing), A Lecuyer (centre), Joseph Crespo (halfback), Paul Bartoletti (front row), Serge Tonus (second row), Rene 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