Great Britain vs. France

Great Britain 27 def. France 8

[no comp]

Lions
27
8
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14797
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 28th January, 1961
Referee Tom Watkinson
Venue Knowsley (St Helens)
Crowd 14,804
Match Stats
Halftime Score 20 8
Great Britain Scoresheet France
Alex MURPHY 2 T Jean FOUSSAT
Billy BOSTON   Aldo QUAGLIO
Brian SHAW      
John STOPFORD      
 
Eric FRASER 6 G Pierre LACAZE
Great Britain Teams France
Eric FRASER (c) 1 FB 1 Pierre LACAZE
Billy BOSTON 2 W 2 Jean FOUSSAT
Mick SULLIVAN 3 C 3 Claude MANTOULAN
Derek HALLAS 4 C 4 Bernard FABRE
John STOPFORD 5 W 5 Raymond GRUPPI
 
Frank MYLER 6 FE 6 Gilbert BENAUSSE
Alex MURPHY 7 HB 7 Joseph GUIRAUD
 
Abe TERRY 8 FR 8 Aldo QUAGLIO
John SHAW 9 HK 9 Antranick APELIAN
Brian McTIGUE 10 FR 10 Marcel BESCOS
Brian SHAW 11 2R 11 Jean BARTHE (c)
Derek TURNER 12 2R 12 Serge ESTIEU
Vince KARALIUS 13 L 13 Andre LACAZE
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Next Game:
Great Britain vs New Zealand 1961 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Neil Fox (centre), Alan Davies (centre), John Barton (front row)
In:
Derek Hallas (centre), John Stopford (wing), Brian McTigue (front row)
Changes:
Mick Sullivan (wing to centre), Vince Karalius (second row to lock), Derek Turner (lock to second row)

France

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. Rest Of The World
Out:
Louis Poletti (fullback), Roger Rey (centre), Andre Savonne (wing), Georges Fages (halfback), Jean Pano (front row), Robert Eramouspé (second row)
In:
Pierre Lacaze (fullback), Bernard Fabre (centre), Gilbert Benausse (five-eighth), Joseph Guiraud (halfback), Marcel Bescos (front row), Serge Estieu (second row)
Changes:
Jean Foussat (centre to wing), Claude Mantoulan (five-eighth to centre)

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson