Game 1
Liverpool City 12 lost to Australia 40
| 1956/57 Kangaroos Tour Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23149 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 10th October, 1956 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Charles Appleton | |||||||
| Venue | Knotty Ash (Liverpool) | |||||||
| Crowd | 4,712 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 7 | – | 24 | |||||
| Liverpool | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| ? GREENHOUGH | T | 4 | Don ADAMS | |||||
| ? HUNT | 3 | Denis FLANNERY | ||||||
| Bob BANKS | ||||||||
| Keith HOLMAN | ||||||||
| Kel O'SHEA | ||||||||
| ? WOOD | 3 | G | 4 | Clive CHURCHILL | ||||
| Brian DAVIES | ||||||||
| OFF | Brian DAVIES | |||||||
| Liverpool | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| ? WOOD (c) | 1 | FB | 1 | Clive CHURCHILL [South Sydney] | ||||
| ? CURRAN | 2 | W | 2 | Don ADAMS | ||||
| ? HUNT | 3 | C | 3 | Dick POOLE [Newtown] | ||||
| Ray ASHBY | 4 | C | 4 | Alex WATSON | ||||
| ? WALSH | 5 | W | 5 | Denis FLANNERY | ||||
| ? BROWN | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob BANKS | ||||
| ? PARKES | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| ? CROSBY | 8 | FR | 8 | Brian DAVIES | ||||
| Ike FISHWICK | 9 | HK | 9 | Ken KEARNEY (c) [St George] | ||||
| ? PEARSON | 10 | FR | 10 | Roy BULL [Manly] | ||||
| Ray HOCKENHULL | 11 | 2R | 11 | Norm PROVAN [St George] | ||||
| ? GREENHOUGH | 12 | 2R | 12 | Kel O'SHEA [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| ? TEGGIN | 13 | L | 13 | Ian DOYLE | ||||
| HC | Ken KEARNEY | |||||||
Team Info
Liverpool
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 7 vs. St Helens
- Next Game:
- Match Day 8 vs. Hull KR
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1956 Australia vs New Zealand - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
- Next Game:
- 1956/57 Kangaroos Tour - Game 2 vs. Leeds
- Out:
- Norm Pope (fullback), Des McGovern (wing), Darcy Henry (five-eighth), Tom Tyquin (second row)
- In:
- Clive Churchill (fullback), Denis Flannery (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Norm Provan (second row)
Match Notes
Davies was sent off 6 mins before fulltime for kicking in the scrum after being cautioned for another incident immediately before the scrum he was not suspended.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash
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