Kangaroos Tour 1956 Series

Game 27

Sporting Olympique Avignon XIII 11 lost to Australia 38

Kangaroos Tour 1956/57

Sporting Olympique Avignon XIII
11
38
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23169
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 6th January, 1957
Venue Parc des Sports (Avignon)
Crowd 5,061
SO Avignon Scoresheet Australia
    T 2 Don ADAMS
      2 Ian JOHNSTON
      2 Ian MOIR
      2 Norm PROVAN
      Cyril CONNELL JR
      Bill MARSH
 
    G 4 Cyril CONNELL JR
 
    OFF Clive CHURCHILL
SO Avignon Teams Australia
    FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL
[Souths]
    W 2 Don ADAMS
    C 3 Ian JOHNSTON
[Western Suburbs]
    C 4 Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
    W 5 Ian MOIR
[Souths]
 
    FE 6 Cyril CONNELL JR
    HB 7 Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
 
    FR 8 Roy BULL
[Manly]
    HK 9 Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
    FR 10 Bill MARSH
    2R 11 Norm PROVAN
[St George]
    2R 12 Bernie PURCELL
[Souths]
    L 13 Ignatius TYQUIN
   
 

Team Info

Sporting Olympique Avignon XIII

Previous Game:
n/a
Next Game:
n/a

Australia

Previous Game:
1956/57 France vs. Australia - Game 3 vs. France
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 28 vs. RC Marseille
Out:
Gordon Clifford (fullback), Denis Flannery (wing), Tom Payne (centre), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Kel O'Shea (second row), Ian Doyle (lock)
In:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Don Adams (wing), Ian Johnston (centre), Cyril Connell Jr (five-eighth), Bernie Purcell (second row), Ignatius Tyquin (lock)

Match Notes

Clive Churchill was sent off for 5 minutes

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson