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Kangaroos Tour 1956 Series

Game 1

Liverpool City 12 lost to Australia 40

Kangaroos Tour 1956/57

Liverpool City
12
40
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23149
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 10th October, 1956
Kick Off 3:00pm (local time)
Referee Charles Appleton
Venue Knotty Ash (Liverpool)
Crowd 4,712
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 24
Liverpool Scoresheet Australia
? GREENHOUGH T 4 Don ADAMS
? HUNT   3 Denis FLANNERY
      Bob BANKS
      Keith HOLMAN
      Kel O'SHEA
 
? WOOD 3 G 4 Clive CHURCHILL
      Brian DAVIES
 
    OFF Brian DAVIES
Liverpool Teams Australia
? WOOD (c) 1 FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL
[South Sydney]
? CURRAN 2 W 2 Don ADAMS
? HUNT 3 C 3 Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
Ray ASHBY 4 C 4 Alex WATSON
? WALSH 5 W 5 Denis FLANNERY
 
? BROWN 6 FE 6 Bob BANKS
? PARKES 7 HB 7 Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
 
? CROSBY 8 FR 8 Brian DAVIES
Ike FISHWICK 9 HK 9 Ken KEARNEY (c)
[St George]
? PEARSON 10 FR 10 Roy BULL
[Manly]
Ray HOCKENHULL 11 2R 11 Norm PROVAN
[St George]
? GREENHOUGH 12 2R 12 Kel O'SHEA
[Western Suburbs]
? TEGGIN 13 L 13 Ian DOYLE
 
    HC   Ken KEARNEY
   
 

Team Info

Liverpool

Previous Game:
Match Day 7 vs. St Helens
Next Game:
Match Day 8 vs. Hull KR

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1956 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 2 vs. Leeds
Out:
Norm Pope (fullback), Des McGovern (wing), Darcy Henry (five-eighth), Tom Tyquin (second row)
In:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Denis Flannery (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Norm Provan (second row)

Match Notes

Davies was sent off 6 mins before fulltime for kicking in the scrum after being cautioned for another incident immediately before the scrum he was not suspended.

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