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Kangaroos Tour 1956 Series

Game 26

Sporting Olympique Avignon XIII 11 lost to Australia 38

Kangaroos Tour 1956/57

Sporting Olympique Avignon XIII		 11
–
38
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23169
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 6th January, 1957
Kick Off 3:00pm (local time)
Referee A Cassan
Venue Parc des Sports (Avignon)
Crowd 5,061
SO Avignon Scoresheet Australia
André SAVONNE T 2 Don ADAMS
      2 Ian JOHNSTON
      2 Ian MOIR
      2 Norm PROVAN
      Cyril CONNELL JR
      Bill MARSH
 
Georges RASCOL 4 G 4 Cyril CONNELL JR
 
    OFF Clive CHURCHILL
SO Avignon Teams Australia
Guy DELAYE 1 FB 1 Clive CHURCHILL
[South Sydney]
? CAZADE 2 W 2 Denis FLANNERY
? MALLET 3 C 3 Ian JOHNSTON
[Western Suburbs]
Jacques MERQUEY 4 C 4 Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
André SAVONNE 5 W 5 Ian MOIR
[South Sydney]
 
Georges RASCOL 6 FE 6 Cyril CONNELL JR
Rene JEAN 7 HB 7 Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
 
Jacques FABRE 8 FR 8 Roy BULL
[Manly]
Jean-Pierre BARNAUD 9 HK 9 Ken KEARNEY (c)
[St George]
André BÉRAUD (c) 10 FR 10 Bill MARSH
? DEL MONACO 11 2R 11 Norm PROVAN
[St George]
? DELAYE 12 2R 12 Bernie PURCELL
[South Sydney]
Jean ROUQUEIROL 13 L 13 Don ADAMS
 
    HC   Ken KEARNEY
   
 

Team Info

Sporting Olympique Avignon XIII

Previous Game:
n/a
Next Game:
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Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 25 vs. Catalan XIII
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 27 vs. RC Marseille
Out:
Gordon Clifford (fullback), Kevin O'Brien (wing), Alex Watson (centre), Tom Payne (centre), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Brian Davies (front row), Tom Tyquin (second row)
In:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Denis Flannery (wing), Ian Johnston (centre), Dick Poole (centre), Cyril Connell Jr (five-eighth), Roy Bull (front row), Bernie Purcell (second row)

Match Notes

Clive Churchill was sent off for 5 minutes

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin