Australia vs France 1951 Series

Game 1

Australia 15 lost to France 26

Australia vs France 1951

Australia
15
26
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6835
Status Completed
Date Monday, 11th June, 1951
Kick Off 2:00 PM (local time)
Referee Tom McMahon Jnr
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)
[Souths]
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
[Souths]
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 Rene DUFFORT
Kevin SCHUBERT
[Manly]
9 HK 9 Edouard PONSINET
Denis DONOGHUE
[Souths]
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:
Ashes Series 1950 - Game 3 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Australia vs France 1951 - 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:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 5 vs. Riverina
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 7 vs. Northern Division
Out:
Maurice Andre (wing), Maurice Bellan (centre), Ode Lespes (wing), Robert Caillou (five-eighth), Francois Rinaldi (front row), Jean Audoubert (hooker), Andre Beraud (front row), Guy Delaye (second row), Michel Lopez (second row), François Montrucolis (lock)
In:
Vincent Cantoni (wing), Gaston Comes (centre), Raymond Contrastin (wing), Charles Galaup (five-eighth), Rene Duffort (front row), Edouard Ponsinet (hooker), Élie Brousse (front row), Louis Mazon (second row), Gabriel Genoud (second row), Paul Bartoletti (lock)

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Contributions: Gary Neale, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson