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Kangaroos Tour 1959 Series

Game 19

Wigan 16 def. Australia 9

Kangaroos Tour 1959/60

Wigan
16
9
Australia
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/23187
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 14th November, 1959
Kick Off 2:30pm (local time)
Referee Tom Watkinson
Venue Central Park (Wigan)
Crowd 24,466
Match Stats
Penalties 21 20
Wigan Scoresheet Australia
Eric ASHTON T Brian CARLSON
Billy BOSTON      
 
Fred GRIFFITHS 5 G 3 Brian CARLSON
Wigan Teams Australia
Fred GRIFFITHS 1 FB 1 Keith BARNES (c)
[Balmain]
Billy BOSTON 2 W 2 Don PARISH
Keith HOLDEN 3 C 3 Brian CARLSON
[North Sydney]
Eric ASHTON (c) 4 C 4 Reg GASNIER
[St George]
Mick SULLIVAN 5 W 5 Eddie LUMSDEN
[St George]
 
Dave BOLTON 6 FE 6 Johnny RILEY
[St George]
Terry ENTWISTLE 7 HB 7 Barry MUIR
 
Frank COLLIER 8 FR 8 Billy WILSON
[St George]
Bill SAYER 9 HK 9 Ian WALSH
John BARTON 10 FR 10 Dud BEATTIE
Geoff LYON 11 2R 11 Gary PARCELL
Brian McTIGUE 12 2R 12 Rex MOSSOP
[Manly]
Jack GREGORY 13 L 13 Jim PATERSON
 
    HC   Clive CHURCHILL
   
 

Team Info

Wigan

Previous Game:
Match Day 12 vs. Hunslet
Next Game:
Match Day 14 vs. Hull

Australia

Previous Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1959/60 - Game 18 vs. Featherstone
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1959/60 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Darrel Chapman (fullback), Ken Irvine (wing), Harry Wells (centre), Tony Brown (five-eighth), Bobby Bugden (halfback), Noel Kelly (hooker), Bill Delamare (front row), Brian Clay (lock)
In:
Keith Barnes (fullback), Reg Gasnier (centre), Eddie Lumsden (wing), Johnny Riley (five-eighth), Barry Muir (halfback), Ian Walsh (hooker), Dud Beattie (front row), Gary Parcell (second row)
Changes:
Jim Paterson (second row to lock)

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