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1955 Les Chanticleers Tour Series

Game 21

Newcastle Firsts (AU) 17 def. France 15

1955 Les Chanticleers Tour
Game 21

Newcastle Firsts (AU)		 17
–
15
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/26503
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 9th July, 1955
Kick Off 2:45pm (local time)
Referee Eric McIlhatton
Venue Newcastle Sports (Newcastle)
Crowd 20,824
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 – 14
Newcastle (AU) Scoresheet France
Lester BATEY 2 T Fernand CANTONI
Colin CURRY 2   Raymond CONTRASTIN
Doug HAWKE   Jacques FABRE
 
Russ NAUGHTON G 3 Gilbert BENAUSSE
Newcastle (AU) Teams France
Russ NAUGHTON 1 FB 1 Jean DOP
Lester BATEY 2 W 2 Raymond CONTRASTIN
Warren FOLEY 3 C 3 Roger REY
John CHAPPLE 4 C 4 Antoine JIMINEZ
Don ADAMS 5 W 5 Fernand CANTONI
 
Bob BANKS (c) 6 FE 6 Gilbert BENAUSSE (c)
Bill SNEDDON 7 HB 7 Francis LEVY
 
Doug HAWKE 8 FR 8 Joseph VANEL
Harry GIBB 9 HK 9 Rene MOULIS
Colin CURRY 10 FR 10 Jacques FABRE
Don SCHOFIELD 11 2R 11 Jean JAMMES
F LENNARD 12 2R 12 François MONTRUCOLIS
Gus GRAY 13 L 13 Christian DUPLE
   
 

Team Info

Newcastle Firsts (AU)

Previous Game:
1955 Country Carnival - Game 4 vs. South Sydney
Next Game:
1956 Country Carnival - Game 2 vs. South Sydney
Out:
Frank Threlfo (centre), Bob Banks (halfback), Fred Brown (front row), P Anderson (second row)
In:
Warren Foley (centre), Bill Sneddon (halfback), Colin Curry (front row), F Lennard (second row)

France

Previous Game:
1955 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 20 vs. Ipswich
Next Game:
1955 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 22 vs. Sydney Colts
Out:
André Ducasse (wing), André Delpoux (centre), Jacques Merquey (centre), Sylvain Menichelli (halfback), Jean Audoubert (hooker), Jean Pambrun (front row), Gabriel Berthomieu (second row)
In:
Jean Dop (fullback), Raymond Contrastin (wing), Roger Rey (centre), Francis Levy (halfback), Joseph Vanel (front row), Rene Moulis (hooker), François Montrucolis (second row)
Changes:
Gilbert Benausse (fullback to five-eighth), Antoine Jiminez (five-eighth to centre)

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