Australia vs New Zealand 1956 Series

Game 1

Australia 12 def. New Zealand 9

Australia vs New Zealand 1956

Australia
12
9
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6794
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 9th June, 1956
Kick Off 2:30 PM (local time)
Referee Jack Casey
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 46,766
Match Stats
Halftime Score 9 9
Penalties 15 11
Australia Scoresheet New Zealand
Don ADAMS 2 T Vern BAKALICH
Ian MOIR   Sel BELSHAM
Dick POOLE   William SORENSEN
Australia Teams New Zealand
Ken McCROHON 1 FB 1 Des WHITE
Don ADAMS 2 W 3 Vern BAKALICH
Alex WATSON 3 C 7 Tommy BAXTER (c)
Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
4 C 8 William SORENSEN
Ian MOIR
[Souths]
5 W 12 Cyril EASTLAKE
 
Cyril CONNELL JR 6 FE 11 George MENZIES
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7 HB 13 Sel BELSHAM
 
Brian DAVIES 13 FR 15 Henry MAXWELL
Ken KEARNEY (c)
[St George]
12 HK 21 John BUTTERFIELD
Roy BULL
[Manly]
11 FR 18 Duncan MacRAE
Kel O'SHEA
[Western Suburbs]
10 2R 23 Jim RIDDELL
Ignatius TYQUIN 9 2R 24 Cliff JOHNSON
Ian DOYLE 8 L 26 Frank MULCARE
 
Ken KEARNEY   HC   William TELFORD
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs France 1955 - Game 3 vs. France
Next Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1956 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Ross Kite (wing), Denis Flannery (wing), Graham Laird (five-eighth), Duncan Hall (front row), Henry Holloway (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
In:
Ken McCrohon (fullback), Don Adams (wing), Ian Moir (wing), Cyril Connell Jr (five-eighth), Kel O'Shea (second row), Ignatius Tyquin (second row), Ian Doyle (lock)
Changes:
Brian Davies (second row to front row)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1956 - Game 3 vs. Newcastle (AU)
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1956 - Game 5 vs. Brisbane Firsts
Out:
Gordon Moncur (wing), Tom Hadfield (centre), Arnold Green (wing), Pat Creedy (halfback), John Lasher (hooker), Joe Murray (front row), John Yates (second row), Rex Percy (lock)
In:
Vern Bakalich (wing), Cyril Eastlake (wing), George Menzies (five-eighth), Sel Belsham (halfback), John Butterfield (hooker), Jim Riddell (second row), Cliff Johnson (second row), Frank Mulcare (lock)
Changes:
William Sorensen (five-eighth to centre), Duncan MacRae (second row to front row)

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Contributions: Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash