Ashes Series 1956 Series

Game 3

Great Britain 19 def. Australia 0

1956/57 Ashes Series

Lions
19
0
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/7931
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 15th December, 1956
Kick Off 2:30pm (local time)
Referee Frank Gelder
Venue Station Road (Manchester)
Crowd 17,542
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 0
Great Britain Scoresheet Australia
Billy BOSTON T    
Geoff GUNNEY      
Sid LITTLE      
Mick SULLIVAN      
Derek TURNER      
 
Alan DAVIES 2 G    
Great Britain Teams Australia
Glyn MOSES 1 FB 1 Gordon CLIFFORD
[Newtown]
Billy BOSTON 2 W 2 Denis FLANNERY
Phil JACKSON 3 C 3 Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
Alan DAVIES 4 C 4 Alex WATSON
Mick SULLIVAN 5 W 5 Des McGOVERN
 
Ray PRICE 6 FE 6 Bob BANKS
Jeffrey STEVENSON 7 HB 7 Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
 
Alan PRESCOTT (c) 8 FR 8 Bryan ORROCK
[St George]
Tommy HARRIS 9 HK 9 Ken KEARNEY (c)
[St George]
Sid LITTLE 10 FR 10 Roy BULL
[Manly]
Jack GRUNDY 11 2R 11 Ignatius TYQUIN
Geoff GUNNEY 12 2R 12 Kel O'SHEA
[Western Suburbs]
Derek TURNER 13 L 13 Ian DOYLE
 
    HC   Ken KEARNEY
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
1956/57 Ashes Series - Game 2 vs. Australia
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Out:
Frank Mortimer (fullback), Brian Shaw (front row), Don Robinson (second row)
In:
Glyn Moses (fullback), Sid Little (front row), Geoff Gunney (second row)

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 19 vs. Wakefield
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 21 vs. French Army
Out:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Ian Moir (wing), Kevin O'Brien (centre), Tom Payne (centre), Don Adams (wing), Ian Johnston (five-eighth), Cyril Connell Jr (halfback), Don Furner (front row), Ernie Hammerton (hooker), Brian Davies (front row), Norm Provan (second row), Bernie Purcell (second row), Bill Marsh (lock)
In:
Gordon Clifford (fullback), Denis Flannery (wing), Dick Poole (centre), Alex Watson (centre), Des McGovern (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Keith Holman (halfback), Bryan Orrock (front row), Ken Kearney (hooker), Roy Bull (front row), Ignatius Tyquin (second row), Kel O'Shea (second row), Ian Doyle (lock)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson