TheBreakdown
Full time5 April 1952
France
3–6
England
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1952Head-to-head

England won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –TFrance try · Michel Pomathios3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Nim Hall3–3
  3. –PEngland penalty · Nim Hall3–6

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Rene BienesProp
  2. 2Paul LabadieHooker
  3. 3Rene BrejassouProp
  4. 4Lucien MiasSecond row
  5. 5Bernard ChevalierSecond row
  6. 6Jean PratFlanker
  7. 7Jean BourdeuFlanker
  8. 8Guy BasquetNumber 8
  9. 9Paul LasaosaScrum-half
  10. 10Georges CarabignacFly-half
  11. 11Jean ColombierWing
  12. 12Maurice PratCentre
  13. 13Jacques MauranCentre
  14. 14Michel PomathiosWing
  15. 15Georges BrunFull-back

England

  1. 1Walter HolmesProp
  2. 2Eric EvansHooker
  3. 3Robert StirlingProp
  4. 4John MatthewsSecond row
  5. 5Dennis WilkinsSecond row
  6. 6Donald WhiteFlanker
  7. 7Alec LewisFlanker
  8. 8John Kendall-CarpenterNumber 8
  9. 9Patrick SykesScrum-half
  10. 10Nim HallFly-half
  11. 11Reginald BazleyWing
  12. 12Albert AgarCentre
  13. 13Brian BoobbyerCentre
  14. 14Christopher WinnWing
  15. 15Phillip CollinsFull-back

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Context

All-time, France 45–61 England, 7 drawn in 113 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
England going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.