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1953/54 European Championship

Game 4

England 7 def. France 5

1953/54 European Championship
Game 4

England
7
5
France
Match Info
Match URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/15510
StatusCompleted
DateSaturday, 7th November, 1953
RefereeM Ribas
VenueOdsal (Bradford)
Crowd10,659
Match Stats
Halftime Score25
EnglandScoresheetFrance
Stan KIELTYTAndré CARRERE
 
Peter METCALFE2GPuig AUBERT
EnglandTeamsFrance
Ted CAHILL1FB1Puig AUBERT
Dick CRACKNELL2W2Vincent CANTONI
Albert NAUGHTON3C3André CARRERE
Don FROGGETT4C4Roger REY
Stan McCORMICK5W5André SAVONNE
 
Peter METCALFE6FE6Antoine JIMINEZ
Stan KIELTY7HB7Roger GUILHEM
 
Alan PRESCOTT8FR8Joseph KRAWZYK
Alvin ACKERLEY9HK9Jean AUDOUBERT
Jim BOWDEN10FR10André CARRERE
Charlie PAWSEY112R11Jean PAMBRUN
Harry MARKHAM122R12François RINALDI
Harry STREET13L13René DUFFORT
   
 

Team Info

England

Previous Game:
1953/54 European Championship - Game 1 vs. Wales
Next Game:
1953/54 European Championship - Game 5 vs. Other
Out:
Jim Ledgard (fullback), Doug Greenall (centre), Alan Davies (centre), Willie Horne (five-eighth), Mick Scott (front row), John Henderson (front row), Nat Silcock (second row), Ken Traill (lock)
In:
Ted Cahill (fullback), Albert Naughton (centre), Don Froggett (centre), Peter Metcalfe (five-eighth), Alan Prescott (front row), Jim Bowden (front row), Harry Markham (second row), Harry Street (lock)

France

Previous Game:
1953/54 European Championship - Game 3 vs. Other
Next Game:
1953/54 European Championship - Game 6 vs. Wales
Out:
Maurice Voron (wing), Claude Teisseire (centre), Raymond Contrastin (wing), Jacques Merquey (five-eighth), Joseph Crespo (halfback), René Bernard (second row), Edouard Ponsinet (second row)
In:
Vincent Cantoni (wing), Roger Rey (centre), André Savonne (wing), Antoine Jiminez (five-eighth), Joseph Krawzyk (front row), Jean Pambrun (second row), René Duffort (lock)
Changes:
François Rinaldi (front row to second row), Roger Guilhem (lock to halfback)

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