International (Test) Match 1 of 2 match series
Attendance: 23,459
Parc Des Princes, Paris, France
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
4 Aug 1951New Zealand16 - 15France1951
25 Jan 1948France25 - 7New Zealand1947-48
28 Dec 1947France7 - 11New Zealand1947-48
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Robert Aubert Puig26   1   2
2 Raymond Contrastin26 1     3
3 Jacques Merquey22        
4 Joseph Crespo26        
5 Maurice Voron23        
6 Gilbert Benausse19        
7 Jean Dop27        
8 Paul Bartoletti25        
9 Martin Martin28        
10 François Rinaldi27        
11 Élie Brousse30 1     3
12 Édouard Ponsinet28        
13 Roger Guilhem27        
Total:        
 2 1 0 8
New Zealand Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Des White        
2 Bevin Hough 1     3
3 Tommy Baxter        
4 Cyril Eastlake        
5 Jimmy Edwards        
6 Des Barchard        
7 Jimmy Haig        
8 Cliff Johnson        
9 George Davidson        
10 Bill McLennan        
11 Frank Mulcare        
12 Charlie McBride        
13 Alister Atkinson        
Total:        
 1 0 0 3



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