Game 2
Great Britain 9 lost to Australia 22
| 1956/57 Ashes Series Game 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7930 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 1st December, 1956 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Matthew Coates | |||||||
| Venue | Odsal (Bradford) | |||||||
| Crowd | 23,634 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 7 | – | 7 | |||||
| Great Britain | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Jeffrey STEVENSON | T | Bob BANKS | ||||||
| Roy BULL | ||||||||
| Brian DAVIES | ||||||||
| Keith HOLMAN | ||||||||
| Frank MORTIMER | 3 | G | 5 | Gordon CLIFFORD | ||||
| Great Britain | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Frank MORTIMER | 1 | FB | 1 | Gordon CLIFFORD [Newtown] | ||||
| Billy BOSTON | 2 | W | 2 | Denis FLANNERY | ||||
| Phil JACKSON | 3 | C | 3 | Alex WATSON | ||||
| Alan DAVIES | 4 | C | 4 | Dick POOLE [Newtown] | ||||
| Mick SULLIVAN | 5 | W | 5 | Des McGOVERN | ||||
| Ray PRICE | 6 | FE | 6 | Bob BANKS | ||||
| Jeffrey STEVENSON | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Alan PRESCOTT (c) | 8 | FR | 8 | Brian DAVIES | ||||
| Tommy HARRIS | 9 | HK | 9 | Ken KEARNEY (c) [St George] | ||||
| Brian SHAW | 10 | FR | 10 | Roy BULL [Manly] | ||||
| Jack GRUNDY | 11 | 2R | 11 | Kel O'SHEA [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Don ROBINSON | 12 | 2R | 12 | Don FURNER | ||||
| Derek TURNER | 13 | L | 13 | Ian DOYLE | ||||
| HC | Ken KEARNEY | |||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- 1956/57 Ashes Series - Game 1 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- 1956/57 Ashes Series - Game 3 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Edgar Dawson (lock)
- In:
- Derek Turner (lock)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1956/57 Kangaroos Tour - Game 15 vs. St Helens
- Next Game:
- 1956/57 Kangaroos Tour - Game 17 vs. Halifax
- Out:
- Don Adams (wing), Bill Marsh (second row), Tom Tyquin (lock)
- In:
- Des McGovern (wing), Kel O'Shea (second row), Ian Doyle (lock)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
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