Kiwis Tour 1959 Series

Game 1

Western Division 3 lost to New Zealand 51

Kiwis Tour 1959

Western Division
3
51
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39416
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 27th May, 1959
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Keith Lyons
Venue Grinstead Oval (Forbes)
Crowd 4,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 0 23
Scrums 6 19
Western Division Scoresheet New Zealand
Jim FITZPATRICK T 3 Cyril EASTLAKE
      2 Mel COOKE
      2 Tom HADFIELD
      2 Trevor KILKELLY
      Reece GRIFFITHS
      Cliff JOHNSON
      George MENZIES
      George TURNER
 
    G 6 Cyril EASTLAKE
Western Division Teams New Zealand
Noel McKAY 1 FB 1 Brian REIDY
R LIGHT 2 W 2 Reece GRIFFITHS
Bob HANSON (c) 3 C 3 Cyril EASTLAKE
Terry HUNT 4 C 4 George TURNER
Jim FITZPATRICK 5 W 5 Tom HADFIELD
 
Tony FANNING 6 FE 6 George MENZIES
Jack McGARRY 7 HB 7 Keith ROBERTS
 
Hilton BONHAM 8 FR 8 Henry MAXWELL
B BYRNES 9 HK 9 John BUTTERFIELD
Bob GILSEN 10 FR 10 Cliff JOHNSON (c)
Ike FOWLER 11 2R 11 Trevor KILKELLY
Don DWYER 12 2R 12 Ron ACKLAND
Ron LYNCH 13 L 13 Mel COOKE
 
Bob HANSON   HC   Travers HARDWICK
   
 

Team Info

Western Division

Previous Game:
Country Carnival 1959 - Game 9 vs. St George
Next Game:
Les Chanticleers Tour 1960 - Game 9 vs. France
Out:
Tony Paskins (fullback), Gordon Rawlings (wing), Don Parish (wing), Bob Wilson (front row), Ian Walsh (hooker), Bob Weir (second row), Bob Cremin (bench), George Rossiter (bench)
In:
Noel McKay (fullback), R Light (wing), Jim Fitzpatrick (wing), B Byrnes (hooker), Bob Gilsen (front row), Ike Fowler (second row)

New Zealand

Previous Game:
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1958 - Game 2 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
Kiwis Tour 1959 - Game 2 vs. Newcastle (AU)
Out:
Neville Denton (wing), Joe Rātima (front row), Rex Percy (lock)
In:
Brian Reidy (fullback), Ron Ackland (second row), Mel Cooke (lock)
Changes:
Cyril Eastlake (fullback to centre), Reece Griffiths (centre to wing), Cliff Johnson (second row to front row)

Match Notes

Don Parish & Ian Walsh were late withdrawals from the WD side when they were both named in the NSW they were replaced by Noel McKay & B Byrnes with Bob Hanson taking over as captain/coach from Walsh.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash