Kangaroos Tour 1956 Series

Game 18

Wigan 4 lost to Australia 32

Kangaroos Tour 1956/57

Wigan
4
32
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23163
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 8th December, 1956
Venue Central Park (Wigan)
Crowd 15,854
Wigan Scoresheet Australia
    T 2 Ian DOYLE
      Denis FLANNERY
      Keith HOLMAN
      Des McGOVERN
      Alex WATSON
 
    G 7 Gordon CLIFFORD
Wigan Teams Australia
    FB 1 Gordon CLIFFORD
[Newtown]
    W 2 Denis FLANNERY
    C 3 Alex WATSON
    C 4 Dick POOLE
[Newtown]
    W 5 Des McGOVERN
 
    FE 6 Bob BANKS
    HB 7 Keith HOLMAN
[Western Suburbs]
 
    FR 8 Roy BULL
[Manly]
    HK 9 Ken KEARNEY
[St George]
    FR 10 Don FURNER
    2R 11 Norm PROVAN
[St George]
    2R 12 Kel O'SHEA
[Western Suburbs]
    L 13 Ian DOYLE
   
 

Team Info

Wigan

Previous Game:
Match Day 15 vs. Featherstone
Next Game:
Match Day 17 vs. Blackpool

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 17 vs. Halifax
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 19 vs. Wakefield
Out:
Clive Churchill (fullback), Don Adams (wing), Tom Payne (centre), Kevin O'Brien (centre), Ian Moir (wing), Ian Johnston (five-eighth), Cyril Connell Jr (halfback), Brian Davies (front row), Ernie Hammerton (hooker), Bryan Orrock (front row), Ignatius Tyquin (second row), Bernie Purcell (second row)
In:
Gordon Clifford (fullback), Denis Flannery (wing), Alex Watson (centre), Dick Poole (centre), Des McGovern (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Keith Holman (halfback), Roy Bull (front row), Ken Kearney (hooker), Don Furner (front row), Norm Provan (second row), Kel O'Shea (second row)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Bill Bates