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1956 Australia vs New Zealand Series

Game 3

Australia 31 def. New Zealand 14

1956 Australia vs New Zealand
Game 3

Australia
31
14
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URLwww.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6796
StatusCompleted
DateSaturday, 30th June, 1956
Kick Off2:30pm (local time)
RefereeDarcy Lawler (Sydney)
VenueSCG (Sydney)
Crowd46,735
Match Stats
Halftime Score89
Scrums1519
Penalties26
AustraliaScoresheetNew Zealand
Don ADAMS3TVern BAKALICH
Alex WATSON2 Cliff JOHNSON
Darcy HENRY   
Keith HOLMAN   
 
Norm POPE5/7G4/6Des WHITE
AustraliaTeamsNew Zealand
Norm POPE1FB1Des WHITE
Don ADAMS2W3Vern BAKALICH
Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
3C7Tommy BAXTER (c)
Alex WATSON4C8William SORENSEN
Des McGOVERN5W10Cyril EASTLAKE
 
Darcy HENRY
[Western Suburbs]
6FE11George MENZIES
Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
7HB13Sel BELSHAM
 
Brian DAVIES13FR15Henry MAXWELL
Ken KEARNEY (c)
[St George]
12HK19John BUTTERFIELD
Roy BULL
[Manly]
11FR18Duncan MacRAE
Kel O'SHEA
[Western Suburbs]
102R23Jim RIDDELL
Tom TYQUIN92R24Cliff JOHNSON
Ian DOYLE8L26Frank MULCARE
 
Ken KEARNEY HC William TELFORD
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
1956 Australia vs New Zealand - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
1956/57 Kangaroos Tour - Game 1 vs. Liverpool
Out:
Gordon Clifford (fullback), Cyril Connell Jr (five-eighth)
In:
Norm Pope (fullback), Darcy Henry (five-eighth)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
1956 Kiwis Tour - Game 12 vs. Northern Division
Next Game:
1956 Kiwis Tour - Game 14 vs. Southern Division
Out:
Gordon Moncur (fullback), Reese Griffiths (centre), Tom Hadfield (centre), Arnold Green (wing), Keith Roberts (halfback), John Lasher (hooker), Joe Murray (front row), Osmond Butt (second row), John Bond (second row), Rex Percy (lock)
In:
Des White (fullback), Vern Bakalich (wing), Tommy Baxter (centre), George Menzies (five-eighth), Sel Belsham (halfback), John Butterfield (hooker), Duncan MacRae (front row), Jim Riddell (second row), Cliff Johnson (second row), Frank Mulcare (lock)
Changes:
William Sorensen (five-eighth to centre)

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

Sources:RFL Player Registers