Les Chanticleers Tour 1955 Series

Game 1

Western Australia 6 lost to France 31

Les Chanticleers Tour 1955

Western Australia
6
31
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26485
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 15th May, 1955
Kick Off 3:15 PM (local time)
Referee Roger Utting
Venue Belmont Oval (Perth)
Crowd 15,000
WA Firsts Scoresheet France
R O'BRIEN T 3 Raymond CONTRASTIN
Merv WELLS   3 Armand SAVE
      2 Andre DUCASSE
      Christian DUPLE
 
    G 2 Armand SAVE
WA Firsts Teams France
R WILLIAMS 1 FB 1 Jean DOP (c)
R WILLIAMS 2 W 2 Andre DUCASSE
Merv WELLS 3 C 3 Christian DUPLE
Bob QUINLAN 4 C 4 Victor LARROUDE
Norm PLESTER 5 W 5 Raymond CONTRASTIN
 
R O'BRIEN 6 FE 6 Antoine JIMINEZ
Martin DICKHART 7 HB 7 Francis LEVY
 
Ken KENNEDY 8 FR 8 Andre CARRERE
Peter ROBSON 9 HK 9 Rene MOULIS
Les CARR 10 FR 10 Gabriel BERTHOMIEU
J BOWLER 11 2R 11 Guy DELAYE
A CAHILL 12 2R 12 Jean PAMBRUN
Bill HILLIER 13 L 13 Armand SAVE
   
 

Team Info

Western Australia

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 28 vs. France
Next Game:
Lions Tour 1958 - Game 30 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Joe McGuinness (fullback), R Sampson (wing), W Nicholson (centre), Stan Saxon (five-eighth), L Leavy (halfback), G Volles (front row), Ken Allen (hooker), R Robinson (front row), J Stewart (second row), Robert Patching (second row), F Sullivan (lock)
In:
R Williams (fullback), R Williams (wing), Merv Wells (centre), R O'Brien (five-eighth), Martin Dickhart (halfback), Ken Kennedy (front row), Peter Robson (hooker), Les Carr (front row), J Bowler (second row), A Cahill (second row), Bill Hillier (lock)
Changes:
Norm Plester (centre to wing), Bob Quinlan (wing to centre)

France

Previous Game:
World Cup 1954 - Final vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1955 - Game 2 vs. SA Firsts
Out:
Puig Aubert (fullback), Vincent Cantoni (wing), Claude Teisseire (centre), Jacques Merquey (centre), Joseph Crespo (halfback), Joseph Krawzyck (front row), Jean Audoubert (hooker), Francois Rinaldi (front row), Gilbert VerdiƩ (lock)
In:
Jean Dop (fullback), Andre Ducasse (wing), Christian Duple (centre), Victor Larroude (centre), Francis Levy (halfback), Andre Carrere (front row), Rene Moulis (hooker), Gabriel Berthomieu (front row), Guy Delaye (second row)
Changes:
Armand Save (second row to lock)

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash