Game 3
Australia 14 lost to France 35
| 1951 Australia vs France Game 3 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6837 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 21st July, 1951 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:45pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Tom McMahon (Glasgow) | |||||||
| Venue | SCG (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 67,009 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 4 | – | 20 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | France | ||||||
| Brian DAVIES | T | 3 | Joseph CRESPO | |||||
| Duncan HALL | 2 | Raymond CONTRASTIN | ||||||
| Élie BROUSSE | ||||||||
| Gaston COMES | ||||||||
| Noel PIDDING | 4 | G | 7 | Puig AUBERT | ||||
| Australia | Teams | France | ||||||
| Clive CHURCHILL (c) [South Sydney] | 1 | FB | 1 | Puig AUBERT (c) | ||||
| Noel PIDDING [St George] | 2 | W | 5 | Vincent CANTONI | ||||
| Noel HAZZARD | 3 | C | 27 | Joseph CRESPO | ||||
| Johnny HAWKE [St George] | 4 | C | 3 | Gaston COMES | ||||
| Denis FLANNERY | 5 | W | 15 | Raymond CONTRASTIN | ||||
| Wally O'CONNELL [Manly] | 6 | FE | 4 | Jacques MERQUEY | ||||
| Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] | 7 | HB | 7 | Jean DOP | ||||
| Denis DONOGHUE [South Sydney] | 8 | FR | 14 | René DUFFORT | ||||
| Kevin SCHUBERT [Manly] | 9 | HK | 12 | Edouard PONSINET | ||||
| Duncan HALL | 10 | FR | 11 | Élie BROUSSE | ||||
| Brian DAVIES | 11 | 2R | 8 | Louis MAZON | ||||
| Bernie DREW | 12 | 2R | 25 | Gabriel GENOUD | ||||
| Harold CROCKER | 13 | L | 23 | Paul BARTOLETTI | ||||
| Vic HEY | HC | Bob SAMATAN | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1951 Australia vs France - Game 2 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 1952 Australia vs New Zealand - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Col Geelan (centre), Frank Stanmore (five-eighth), Alan Thompson (front row), Ernie Hammerton (hooker)
- In:
- Johnny Hawke (centre), Wally O'Connell (five-eighth), Denis Donoghue (front row), Kevin Schubert (hooker)
France
- Previous Game:
- 1951 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 17 vs. Southern Division
- Next Game:
- 1951 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 19 vs. West Coast
- Out:
- Raoul Perez (wing), Maurice Bellan (centre), Odé Lespès (wing), Robert Caillou (five-eighth), Jean Audoubert (hooker), André Béraud (front row), Guy Delaye (second row), Michael Lopez (second row), François Montrucolis (lock)
- In:
- Puig Aubert (fullback), Vincent Cantoni (wing), Joseph Crespo (centre), Raymond Contrastin (wing), Jacques Merquey (five-eighth), Edouard Ponsinet (hooker), Élie Brousse (front row), Louis Mazon (second row), Gabriel Genoud (second row)
- Changes:
- Gaston Comes (fullback to centre), René Duffort (centre to front row), Paul Bartoletti (front row to lock)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Gary Neale, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner
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