Australia vs France 1955 Series

Game 3

Australia 5 lost to France 8

Australia vs France 1955

Australia
5
8
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6843
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 23rd July, 1955
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Jack Casey
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 62,458
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 3
Australia Scoresheet France
Brian DAVIES T Raymond CONTRASTIN
      Andre DUCASSE
 
Clive CHURCHILL G Christian DUPLE
Australia Teams France
Clive CHURCHILL (c)
[Souths]
1 FB 1 Jean DOP
Ross KITE
[St George]
2 W 2 Andre DUCASSE
Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
3 C 3 Jacques MERQUEY (c)
Alex WATSON 4 C 4 Roger REY
Denis FLANNERY 5 W 5 Raymond CONTRASTIN
 
Graham LAIRD 6 FE 6 Gilbert BENAUSSE
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 7 Christian DUPLE
 
Duncan HALL 8 FR 8 Jacques FABRE
Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
9 HK 9 Jean AUDOUBERT
Roy BULL
[Manly]
10 FR 10 Joseph VANEL
Brian DAVIES 11 2R 11 François MONTRUCOLIS
Henry HOLLOWAY
[Newtown]
12 2R 12 Gabriel BERTHOMIEU
Harold CROCKER
[Parramatta]
13 L 13 Francis LEVY
 
Vic HEY   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs France 1955 - Game 2 vs. France
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1956 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Ken McCaffery (centre), Harry Wells (centre)
In:
Dick Poole (centre), Denis Flannery (wing)
Changes:
Alex Watson (wing to centre)

France

Previous Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1955 - Game 24 vs. Western NSW
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1955 - Game 26 vs. West Coast
Out:
Maurice Voron (wing), Victor Larroude (centre), Fernand Cantoni (centre), Andre Savonne (wing), Andre Delpoux (five-eighth), Sylvain Menichelli (halfback), Andre Carrere (front row), Rene Moulis (hooker), Armand Save (front row), Jean Jammes (second row), Jean Pambrun (second row), Roger Guilhem (lock)
In:
Andre Ducasse (wing), Jacques Merquey (centre), Roger Rey (centre), Raymond Contrastin (wing), Gilbert Benausse (five-eighth), Christian Duple (halfback), Jacques Fabre (front row), Jean Audoubert (hooker), Joseph Vanel (front row), François Montrucolis (second row), Gabriel Berthomieu (second row), Francis Levy (lock)

Match Notes

In the leadup to this match, it was announced on Monday July 18th that Harry Wells would no longer be available for "big" football. He was replaced initially by Darcy Henry, however he withdrew on the morning of the game. So he was then replaced by Newtown's Dick Poole.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Gary Neale, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson