International (Test) Match 1 of 3 match series
Attendance: 20,221
Headingley, Leeds, England
Referee: Ron Gelder
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
11 Apr 1956Great Britain18 - 10France1955-56
11 Dec 1955France17 - 5Great Britain1955-56
13 Nov 1954France12 - 16Great Britain1954-55
Great Britain Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Glyn Moses        
2 Billy Boston22 1     3
3 Phil Jackson24        
4 Lewis Jones25 1 9   21
5 Mick Sullivan 1     3
6 Dave Bolton 1     3
7 Jeff Stevenson        
8 Alan Prescott 1     3
9 Tommy Harris        
10 Syd Little 1     3
11 Geoff Gunney 1     3
12 Jack Grundy        
13 Rocky Turner 2     6
Total:        
9 9 0 45
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 André Rives33        
2 Jean Nédorezoff25        
3 Roger Rey25        
4 Jacques Merquey27 1     3
5 André Savonne26        
6 Gilbert Benausse25   3   6
7 Claude Teisseire25        
8 François Montrucolis31        
9 Louis Michel23        
10 Henri Delhoste25        
11 Augustin Parent21        
12 Jean Pambrun27        
13 Christian Duplé27 1     3
Total:        
2 3 0 12



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