European Championship 1947-48 Round robin match 6 of 6
Attendance: 32,000
Stade Velodrome, Marseille, France
Referee: George Phillips
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
25 Oct 1947England20 - 15France1947-48
17 May 1947England5 - 2France1946-47
8 Dec 1946France0 - 3England1946-47
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Jean Barreteau25   2   4
2 Odé Lespes24        
3 Paul Déjean26        
4 Louis Llari23        
5 Raymond Contrastin23        
6 Pierre Taillantou27        
7 Joseph Crespo23        
8 Ambroise Ulma26        
9 Bernard Cesses28        
10 André Béraud25        
11 Gabriel Berthomieu24        
12 Élie Brousse26 1     3
13 Gaston Calixte24 1     3
Total:        
2 2 0 10
England Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Martin Ryan        
2 Eric Batten 1     3
3 Ernest Ward 1 5   13
4 Ernie Ashcroft        
5 Gordon Ratcliffe 1     3
6 Jack Fleming        
7 Tommy Bradshaw27        
8 Ken Gee        
9 Joe Egan29        
10 George Curran        
11 Les White 1     3
12 Len Aston        
13 Bob Nicholson 1     3
Total:        
5 5 0 25



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