International (Test)8 Stand-alone match
Attendance: 11,099
Headingley, Leeds, England
Referee: Joe Manley
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
10 May 1956France23 - 9England1955-56
7 Nov 1953England7 - 5France1953-54
11 Apr 1953France13 - 15England1952-53
England Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Ken Gowers26        
2 Bill Burgess23 2     6
3 Eric Ashton 1     3
4 Neil Fox23 1 3   9
5 Mick Sullivan        
6 Frank Myler23        
7 Tommy Smales        
8 Norman Herbert        
9 Flash Flanagan        
10 Bill Drake        
11 Brian Edgar26        
12 Dick Huddart        
13 Rocky Turner        
Total:        
 4 3 0 18
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 André Carrère30        
2 Raymond Gruppi25        
3 Claude Mantoulan26        
4 Bernard Fabre27        
5 André Bourreil24        
6 Gilbert Benausse30   3   6
7 Louis Vergé24        
8 Aldo Quaglio30        
9 Roger Llanas25        
10 Jean Panno30        
11 Serge Estieau25        
12 Robert Eramouspé27        
13 Georges Fages28        
Total:        
 0 3 0 6



    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.