Game 3
Great Britain 19 def. Australia 0
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| 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] |
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| Billy BOSTON | 2 | W | 2 | Denis FLANNERY | ||||
| Phil JACKSON | 3 | C | 3 | Dick POOLE [Newtown] |
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| 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] |
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| Alan PRESCOTT (c) | 8 | FR | 8 | Bryan ORROCK [St George] |
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| Tommy HARRIS | 9 | HK | 9 | Ken KEARNEY (c) [St George] |
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| Sid LITTLE | 10 | FR | 10 | Roy BULL [Manly] |
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| Jack GRUNDY | 11 | 2R | 11 | Tom TYQUIN | ||||
| Geoff GUNNEY | 12 | 2R | 12 | Kel O'SHEA [Western Suburbs] |
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| Derek TURNER | 13 | L | 13 | Ian DOYLE | ||||
| HC | Ken KEARNEY | |||||||
Team Info
Great Britain
- Previous Game:
- Ashes Series 1956/57 - Game 2 vs. Australia
- Next Game:
- Test Matches 1957 - 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), Tom Tyquin (second row), Kel O'Shea (second row), Ian Doyle (lock)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

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