Game 1
Australia 15 lost to France 26
| 1951 Australia vs France Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6835 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Monday, 11th June, 1951 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Tom McMahon (Glasgow) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 60,160 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 16 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | France | ||||||
| Harold CROCKER | T | 2 | Vincent CANTONI | |||||
| Johnny GRAVES | Raymond CONTRASTIN | |||||||
| Gordon WILLOUGHBY | Gabriel GENOUD | |||||||
| Johnny GRAVES | 3 | G | 7 | Puig AUBERT | ||||
| Australia | Teams | France | ||||||
| Clive CHURCHILL (c) [South Sydney] | 1 | FB | 1 | Puig AUBERT (c) | ||||
| Johnny BLISS [Manly] | 2 | W | 2 | Vincent CANTONI | ||||
| Gordon WILLOUGHBY [Manly] | 3 | C | 3 | Gaston COMES | ||||
| Noel HAZZARD | 4 | C | 4 | Jacques MERQUEY | ||||
| Johnny GRAVES [South Sydney] | 5 | W | 5 | Raymond CONTRASTIN | ||||
| Frank STANMORE [Western Suburbs] | 6 | FE | 6 | Charles GALAUP | ||||
| Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] | 7 | HB | 7 | Jean DOP | ||||
| Duncan HALL | 8 | FR | 8 | René DUFFORT | ||||
| Kevin SCHUBERT [Manly] | 9 | HK | 9 | Edouard PONSINET | ||||
| Denis DONOGHUE [South Sydney] | 10 | FR | 10 | Élie BROUSSE | ||||
| Brian DAVIES | 11 | 2R | 11 | Louis MAZON | ||||
| Harold CROCKER | 12 | 2R | 12 | Gabriel GENOUD | ||||
| Noel MULLIGAN [St George] | 13 | L | 13 | Paul BARTOLETTI | ||||
| Vic HEY | HC | Bob SAMATAN | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1950 Ashes Series - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 1951 Australia vs France - Game 2 vs. France
- Out:
- Ron Roberts (wing), Keith Middleton (centre), Doug McRitchie (centre), Jack Troy (wing), Jack Holland (front row), Bernie Purcell (second row), Les Cowie (lock)
- In:
- Johnny Bliss (wing), Gordon Willoughby (centre), Noel Hazzard (centre), Johnny Graves (wing), Denis Donoghue (front row), Brian Davies (second row), Noel Mulligan (lock)
France
- Previous Game:
- 1951 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 5 vs. Riverina
- Next Game:
- 1951 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 7 vs. Northern Division
- Out:
- Maurice Andre (wing), Maurice Bellan (centre), Odé Lespès (wing), Robert Caillou (five-eighth), François Rinaldi (front row), Jean Audoubert (hooker), André Béraud (front row), Guy Delaye (second row), Michael Lopez (second row), François Montrucolis (lock)
- In:
- Vincent Cantoni (wing), Gaston Comes (centre), Raymond Contrastin (wing), Charles Galaup (five-eighth), René Duffort (front row), Edouard Ponsinet (hooker), Élie Brousse (front row), Louis Mazon (second row), Gabriel Genoud (second row), Paul Bartoletti (lock)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Gary Neale
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