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1956 Australia Men's Olympic Basketball

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Record: 2-5, 12th in Final Standings

PS/G: 69.7 (10th of 15) ▪ PA/G: 77.9 (13th of 15)

SRS: -20.08 (12th of 15) ▪ SOS: -11.94 (14th of 15)

Roster

Player Ht Wt Age Birth Date
Peter Bumbers 30 March 16, 1926
Colin Burdett 25 January 4, 1931
George Dancis 6-6 23 November 28, 1932
Stan Dargis
Peter Demos 6-0 181 31 August 15, 1925
Ken Finch 5-10 165 20 June 9, 1936
Bruce Flick 5-9 179 23 August 17, 1933
Inge Friedenfelds 6-1 196 21 April 25, 1935
Geoff Heskett 6-2 176 27 August 3, 1929
Algis Ignatavicius 25 October 11, 1931
Merv Moy 6-0 187 26 April 19, 1930
Peter Sutton

Totals & Per Game

Totals Per Game
Rk Player G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV
1 George Dancis 7 114 16.3
2 Inge Friedenfelds 7 104 14.9
3 Algis Ignatavicius 7 81 11.6
4 Peter Bumbers 7 80 11.4
5 Geoff Heskett 7 35 5.0
6 Merv Moy 7 18 2.6
7 Bruce Flick 7 14 2.0
8 Peter Demos 7 11 1.6
9 Peter Sutton 7 11 1.6
10 Stan Dargis 7 9 1.3
11 Colin Burdett 7 6 0.9
12 Ken Finch 7 5 0.7

Schedule & Results

G Date Round Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Nov 24, 1956 Box Score Group D Brazil L 66 89 0 1 L 1
2 Mon, Nov 26, 1956 Box Score Group D Chile L 56 78 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Nov 27, 1956 Box Score Group C Thailand W 87 48 1 2 W 1
4 Wed, Nov 28, 1956 Box Score Group C Chinese Taipei L 73 86 1 3 L 1
5 Thu, Nov 29, 1956 Box Score Group C Singapore W 98 74 2 3 W 1
6 Fri, Nov 30, 1956 Box Score Classification Round 9-12 Canada L 38 83 2 4 L 1
7 Sat, Dec 1, 1956 Box Score Final Round Chinese Taipei L 70 87 2 5 L 2