France vs Australia 1952 Series

Game 3

France 13 def. Australia 5

1952/53 France vs. Australia

France		 13
–
5
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6840
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 25th January, 1953
Referee P Ribas
Venue Gerland (Lyon)
Crowd 17,454
France Scoresheet Australia
Gilbert BENAUSSE T Duncan HALL
 
Puig AUBERT 5 G Keith HOLMAN
France Teams Australia
Puig AUBERT (c) 1 FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL (c)
Raymond CONTRASTIN 2 W 2 Noel PIDDING
Claude TEISSEIRE 3 C 3 Noel HAZZARD
Andre CARRERE 4 C 4 Col GEELAN
Vincent CANTONI 5 W 5 Tommy RYAN
 
Gilbert BENAUSSE 6 FE 6 Frank STANMORE
Joseph CRESPO 7 HB 7 Keith HOLMAN
 
Louis MAZON 8 FR 8 Roy BULL
Gabriel GENOUD 9 HK 9 Ken KEARNEY
Francois RINALDI 10 FR 10 Duncan HALL
Élie BROUSSE 11 2R 11 Brian DAVIES
Edouard PONSINET 12 2R 12 Ferris ASHTON
François MONTRUCOLIS 13 L 13 Harold CROCKER
 
    HC   Clive CHURCHILL
   
 

Team Info

France

Previous Game:
1952/53 France vs. Australia - Game 2 vs. Australia
Next Game:
European Championship 1952/53 - Game 5 vs. England
Out:
G Rives (fullback), Gabriel Berthomieu (front row)
In:
Puig Aubert (fullback), Louis Mazon (front row)
Changes:
Joseph Crespo (five-eighth to halfback), Gilbert Benausse (halfback to five-eighth), François Montrucolis (second row to lock), Élie Brousse (lock to second row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1952/53 - Game 37 vs. Cannes
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1952/53 - Game 39 vs. Paris/Lyon XIII
Out:
Ron Willey (fullback), Brian Carlson (wing), Harry Wells (centre), Des McGovern (wing), Ken McCaffery (halfback), Charlie Gill (front row), Albert Paul (lock)
In:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Noel Pidding (wing), Col Geelan (centre), Tommy Ryan (wing), Keith Holman (halfback), Brian Davies (second row), Harold Crocker (lock)
Changes:
Duncan Hall (second row to front row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson