Game 17
Halifax 6 def. Australia 3
| 1956/57 Kangaroos Tour Game 17 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23162 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 5th December, 1956 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | J Clapham | |||||||
| Venue | Thrum (Halifax) | |||||||
| Crowd | 2,254 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 3 | |||||
| Halifax | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| T | Ian MOIR | |||||||
| Garfield OWEN | 3/6 | G | 0/5 | Bernie PURCELL | ||||
| Halifax | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Garfield OWEN | 1 | FB | 1 | Clive CHURCHILL (c) [South Sydney] | ||||
| Ron ASQUITH | 2 | W | 2 | Don ADAMS | ||||
| Billy MATHER | 3 | C | 3 | Tom PAYNE | ||||
| Geoff PALMER | 4 | C | 4 | Kevin O'BRIEN [St George] | ||||
| Johnny FREEMAN | 5 | W | 5 | Ian MOIR [South Sydney] | ||||
| Ken DEAN | 6 | FE | 6 | Ian JOHNSTON [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Stan KIELTY | 7 | HB | 7 | Cyril CONNELL JR | ||||
| John THORLEY | 8 | FR | 8 | Brian DAVIES | ||||
| Alvin ACKERLEY | 9 | HK | 9 | Ernie HAMMERTON [South Sydney] | ||||
| John HENDERSON | 10 | FR | 10 | Bryan ORROCK [St George] | ||||
| Les PEARCE | 11 | 2R | 11 | Tom TYQUIN | ||||
| Jack MARCHANT | 12 | 2R | 12 | Bernie PURCELL [South Sydney] | ||||
| Ken TRAILL | 13 | L | 13 | Ian DOYLE | ||||
| HC | Ken KEARNEY | |||||||
Team Info
Halifax
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 15 vs. Blackpool
- Next Game:
- Match Day 16 vs. Featherstone
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1956/57 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 1956/57 Kangaroos Tour - Game 18 vs. Wigan
- Out:
- Gordon Clifford (fullback), Denis Flannery (wing), Alex Watson (centre), Dick Poole (centre), Des McGovern (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Keith Holman (halfback), Ken Kearney (hooker), Roy Bull (front row), Kel O'Shea (second row), Don Furner (second row)
- In:
- Clive Churchill (fullback), Don Adams (wing), Tom Payne (centre), Kevin O'Brien (centre), Ian Moir (wing), Ian Johnston (five-eighth), Cyril Connell Jr (halfback), Ernie Hammerton (hooker), Bryan Orrock (front row), Tom Tyquin (second row), Bernie Purcell (second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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