Australia vs France 1951 Series

Game 2

Australia 23 def. France 11

Australia vs France 1951

Australia
23
11
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6836
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 30th June, 1951
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Tom McMahon Jnr
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)
[Souths]
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 Rene DUFFORT
Ernie HAMMERTON
[Souths]
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:
Australia vs France 1951 - Game 1 vs. France
Next Game:
Australia vs France 1951 - 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:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 11 vs. Wide Bay
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1951 - Game 13 vs. Brisbane Firsts
Out:
Charles Galaup (fullback), Maurice Andre (wing), Maurice Bellan (centre), François Montrucolis (centre), Ode Lespes (wing), Robert Caillou (five-eighth), Martin Martin (front row), Jean Audoubert (hooker), Andre Beraud (front row), Guy Delaye (second row), Francois Rinaldi (second row), Michel Lopez (lock)
In:
Puig Aubert (fullback), Vincent Cantoni (wing), Joseph Crespo (centre), Gaston Comes (centre), Raymond Contrastin (wing), Jacques Merquey (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