Kangaroos Tour 1956 Series

Game

Leeds 18 def. Australia 13

Match Info

Match URL
www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23150
Date
Saturday, 13th October, 1956
Status
Completed
Venue
Headingley (Leeds)
Crowd
24,459

Team Info

Leeds

Previous Game:
Yorkshire Cup 1956/57 - Week 1 vs. Wakefield
Next Game:
n/a

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 1 vs. Liverpool
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 3 vs. Hull/Hull KR
Out:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Dick Poole (centre), Denis Flannery (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Brian Davies (front row), Kel O'Shea (second row)
In:
Gordon Clifford (fullback), Kevin O'Brien (centre), Ian Moir (wing), Ian Johnston (five-eighth), Bryan Orrock (front row), Ignatius Tyquin (second row)

Leeds 		18 – 13
Australia

Match Scoresheet

    T 2 Ian MOIR
      Keith HOLMAN
 
    G 2 Gordon CLIFFORD

Teams

    FB 1 Gordon CLIFFORD
[Newtown]
    W 2 Don ADAMS
    C 3 Alex WATSON
    C 4 Kevin O'BRIEN
[St George]
    W 5 Ian MOIR
[Souths]
 
    FE 6 Ian JOHNSTON
[Western Suburbs]
    HB 7 Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
 
    FR 8 Roy BULL
[Manly]
    HK 9 Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
    FR 10 Bryan ORROCK
[St George]
    2R 11 Ignatius TYQUIN
    2R 12 Norm PROVAN
[St George]
    L 13 Ian DOYLE
 

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Bill Bates, Andrew Ferguson