Game 2
Leeds 18 def. Australia 13
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23150 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 13th October, 1956 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 3:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Ron Gelder | |||||||
| Venue | Headingley (Leeds) | |||||||
| Crowd | 24,459 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 3 | |||||
| Leeds | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| Keith McLELLAN | T | 2 | Ian MOIR | |||||
| Billy PRATT | Keith HOLMAN | |||||||
| Bernard PRIOR | ||||||||
| Don ROBINSON | ||||||||
| Jim DUNN | 3 | G | 2 | Gordon CLIFFORD | ||||
| Leeds | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Jim DUNN | 1 | FB | 1 | Gordon CLIFFORD [Newtown] |
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| Derek WILKINSON | 2 | W | 2 | Don ADAMS | ||||
| Keith McLELLAN (c) | 3 | C | 3 | Alex WATSON | ||||
| Pat QUINN | 4 | C | 4 | Kevin O'BRIEN [St George] |
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| Don GULLICK | 5 | W | 5 | Ian MOIR [South Sydney] |
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| Jeffrey STEVENSON | 6 | FE | 6 | Ian JOHNSTON [Western Suburbs] |
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| Billy PRATT | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith HOLMAN [Western Suburbs] |
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| Joe ANDERSON | 8 | FR | 8 | Roy BULL [Manly] |
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| Bernard PRIOR | 9 | HK | 9 | Ken KEARNEY (c) [St George] |
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| Bill HOPPER | 10 | FR | 10 | Bryan ORROCK [St George] |
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| Bernard POOLE | 11 | 2R | 11 | Tom TYQUIN | ||||
| Don ROBINSON | 12 | 2R | 12 | Norm PROVAN [St George] |
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| Harry STREET | 13 | L | 13 | Ian DOYLE | ||||
| HC | Ken KEARNEY | |||||||
Team Info
Leeds
- Previous Game:
- Match Day 7 vs. Batley
- Next Game:
- Match Day 9 vs. Hull KR
Australia
- Previous Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 1 vs. Liverpool
- Next Game:
- Kangaroos Tour 1956/57 - Game 3 vs. Hull/Hull KR
- Out:
- Clive Churchill (fullback), Dick Poole (centre), Denis Flannery (wing), Bob Banks (five-eighth), Brian Davies (front row), Kel O'Shea (second row)
- In:
- Gordon Clifford (fullback), Kevin O'Brien (centre), Ian Moir (wing), Ian Johnston (five-eighth), Bryan Orrock (front row), Tom Tyquin (second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin

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