International (Test) Match 1 of 3 match series
Attendance: 60,160
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
Referee: Tom McMahon(Jnr)
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
23 Jan 1949France0 - 10Australia1948-49
9 Jan 1949France10 - 29Australia1948-49
16 Jan 1938France11 - 16Australia1937-38
Australia Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Clive Churchill        
2 Johnny Bliss        
3 Gordon Willoughby 1     3
4 Noel Hazzard        
5 Johnny Graves 1 3   9
6 Frank Stanmore        
7 Keith Holman        
8 Duncan Hall        
9 Kevin Schubert        
10 Denis Donoghue        
11 Brian Davies        
12 Mick Crocker 1     3
13 Noel Mulligan        
Total:        
 3 3 0 15
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Robert Aubert Puig26   7   14
2 Vincent Cantoni24 2     6
3 Gaston Comes28        
4 Jacques Merquey21        
5 Raymond Contrastin26 1     3
6 Charles Galaup22        
7 Jean Dop27        
8 René Duffort28        
9 Édouard Ponsinet27        
10 Élie Brousse29        
11 Louis Mazon29        
12 Gabriel Genoud28 1     3
13 Paul Bartoletti25        
Total:        
 4 7 0 26



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