Great Britain vs. France

Great Britain 18 def. France 10

[no comp]

Lions
18
10
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/15016
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 11th April, 1956
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Charles Appleton
Venue Odsal (Bradford)
Crowd 10,453
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 0
Great Britain Scoresheet France
Don FOX 2 T Francis LEVY
Robert KELLY   André SAVONNE
Mick SULLIVAN      
 
John McKEOWN 3 G 2 Gilbert BENAUSSE
Great Britain Teams France
John McKEOWN 1 FB 1 André AUDY
Ike SOUTHWARD 2 W 2 André SAVONNE
Alan DAVIES 3 C 3 Jacques MERQUEY
Albert NAUGHTON (c) 4 C 4 Roger REY
Mick SULLIVAN 5 W 5 Maurice VORON
 
Keith HOLLIDAY 6 FE 6 Gilbert BENAUSSE
Don FOX 7 HB 7 Pascal EITO
 
John THORLEY 8 FR 8 Jacques FABRE
Stan SMITH 9 HK 9 Paul CAUJOLLE
Robert KELLY 10 FR 10 Gabriel BERTHOMIEU
Don ROBINSON 11 2R 11 René BERNARD
Brian BRIGGS 12 2R 12 Ernest TARROZZI
Gordon HAYNES 13 L 13 Francis LEVY
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Great Britain vs New Zealand 1955 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
1956/57 Ashes Series - Game 1 vs. Australia
Out:
Lewis Jones (fullback), Terry Hollindrake (wing), Phil Jackson (centre), Gordon Brown (five-eighth), Jeffrey Stevenson (halfback), Alan Prescott (front row), Tom McKinney (hooker), Jack Wilkinson (front row), Jack Grundy (second row), Derrick Schofield (second row), Peter Foster (lock)
In:
John McKeown (fullback), Ike Southward (wing), Albert Naughton (centre), Keith Holliday (five-eighth), Don Fox (halfback), John Thorley (front row), Stan Smith (hooker), Robert Kelly (front row), Don Robinson (second row), Brian Briggs (second row), Gordon Haynes (lock)

France

Previous Game:
France vs New Zealand 1956 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
European Championship 1955/56 - Game 3 vs. England
Out:
Puig Aubert (fullback), Gilbert Alberti (centre), Antranick Apelian (hooker), François Rinaldi (front row), Christian Duple (lock)
In:
André Audy (fullback), Roger Rey (centre), Paul Caujolle (hooker), René Bernard (second row), Francis Levy (lock)
Changes:
Gabriel Berthomieu (second row to front row)

Contributions: Andrew Ferguson