Game 1
Great Britain 61 def. France 41
| 1957 Other Internationals Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/45012 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 20th July, 1957 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | T Jacketts | |||||||
| Venue | Willowmore Park (Johannesburg) | |||||||
| Crowd | 13,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 23 | – | 26 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | France | ||||||
| Lewis JONES | 3 | T | 5 | Maurice VORON | ||||
| Austin RHODES | 3 | 2 | Antoine JIMINEZ | |||||
| Mick SULLIVAN | 3 | 2 | Jacques MERQUEY | |||||
| Eric ASHTON | 2 | |||||||
| Jack GRUNDY | ||||||||
| John WHITELEY | ||||||||
| Lewis JONES | 11 | G | 7 | André RIVES | ||||
| Great Britain | Teams | France | ||||||
| Glyn MOSES | 1 | FB | 1 | André RIVES | ||||
| Geoff GUNNEY | 2 | W | 2 | Maurice VORON | ||||
| Lewis JONES | 3 | C | 3 | Jacques MERQUEY | ||||
| Eric ASHTON | 4 | C | 4 | Antoine JIMINEZ | ||||
| Mick SULLIVAN | 5 | W | 5 | Guy HUSSON | ||||
| Austin RHODES | 6 | FE | 6 | Gilbert BENAUSSE | ||||
| Jeffrey STEVENSON | 7 | HB | 7 | Rene JEAN | ||||
| Alan PRESCOTT | 8 | FR | 8 | Robert MÉDUS | ||||
| Tommy HARRIS | 9 | HK | 9 | Rene FERRERO | ||||
| Sid LITTLE | 10 | FR | 10 | Henri DELHOSTE | ||||
| Jack GRUNDY | 11 | 2R | 11 | Armand SAVE | ||||
| John WHITELEY | 12 | 2R | 12 | Gilbert VERDIÉ | ||||
| Derek TURNER | 13 | L | 13 | Francis LEVY | ||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1957 Lions World Cup Tour - Game 6 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1957 Other Internationals - Game 2 vs. France
- Out:
- Tom McKinney (front row)
- In:
- Derek Turner (lock)
- Changes:
- Sid Little (second row to front row), John Whiteley (lock to second row)
France
- Previous Game:
- 1957 Lions World Cup Tour - Game 6 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 1957 Other Internationals - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Antranick Apelian (hooker), Augustine Parent (second row), Jean Rouqueirol (lock)
- In:
- Maurice Voron (wing), Gilbert Benausse (five-eighth), Henri Delhoste (front row)
- Changes:
- Gilbert Verdié (wing to second row), Francis Levy (five-eighth to lock), Rene Ferrero (front row to hooker)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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