Game 2
Australia 23 def. France 11
| 1951 Australia vs France Game 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6836 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 30th June, 1951 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Tom McMahon (Glasgow) | |||||||
| Venue | The Gabba (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 35,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 12 | – | 6 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | France | ||||||
| Denis FLANNERY | T | Jacques MERQUEY | ||||||
| Duncan HALL | ||||||||
| Keith HOLMAN | ||||||||
| Noel PIDDING | 6 | G | 4 | Puig AUBERT | ||||
| Clive CHURCHILL | FG | |||||||
| Noel HAZZARD | OFF | Élie BROUSSE | ||||||
| Australia | Teams | France | ||||||
| Clive CHURCHILL (c) [South Sydney] | 1 | FB | 1 | Puig AUBERT (c) | ||||
| Noel PIDDING [St George] | 2 | W | 2 | Vincent CANTONI | ||||
| Col GEELAN [Newtown] | 3 | C | 3 | Joseph CRESPO | ||||
| Noel HAZZARD | 4 | C | 4 | Gaston COMES | ||||
| Denis FLANNERY | 5 | W | 5 | Raymond CONTRASTIN | ||||
| Frank STANMORE [Western Suburbs] | 6 | FE | 6 | Jacques MERQUEY | ||||
| Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] | 7 | HB | 7 | Jean DOP | ||||
| Alan THOMPSON | 8 | FR | 8 | René DUFFORT | ||||
| Ernie HAMMERTON [South Sydney] | 9 | HK | 9 | Edouard PONSINET | ||||
| Duncan HALL | 10 | FR | 10 | Élie BROUSSE | ||||
| Brian DAVIES | 11 | 2R | 11 | Louis MAZON | ||||
| Bernie DREW | 12 | 2R | 12 | Gabriel GENOUD | ||||
| Harold CROCKER | 13 | L | 13 | Paul BARTOLETTI | ||||
| Vic HEY | HC | Bob SAMATAN | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1951 Australia vs France - Game 1 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1951 Australia vs France - Game 3 vs. France
- Out:
- Johnny Bliss (wing), Gordon Willoughby (centre), Johnny Graves (wing), Kevin Schubert (hooker), Denis Donoghue (front row), Noel Mulligan (lock)
- In:
- Noel Pidding (wing), Col Geelan (centre), Denis Flannery (wing), Alan Thompson (front row), Ernie Hammerton (hooker), Bernie Drew (second row)
- Changes:
- Harold Crocker (second row to lock)
France
- Previous Game:
- 1951 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 11 vs. Wide Bay
- Next Game:
- 1951 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 13 vs. Brisbane Firsts
- Out:
- Charles Galaup (fullback), Maurice Andre (wing), Maurice Bellan (centre), François Montrucolis (centre), Odé Lespès (wing), Robert Caillou (five-eighth), Martin Martin (front row), Jean Audoubert (hooker), André Béraud (front row), Guy Delaye (second row), François Rinaldi (second row), Michael Lopez (lock)
- In:
- Puig Aubert (fullback), Vincent Cantoni (wing), Joseph Crespo (centre), Gaston Comes (centre), Raymond Contrastin (wing), Jacques Merquey (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, Greg Fiveash
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