Australia vs New Zealand 1959 Series

Game 3

Australia 12 lost to New Zealand 28

Australia vs New Zealand 1959

Australia
12
28
New Zealand
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6799
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 4th July, 1959
Referee Darcy Lawler
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 31,629
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 8
Scrums 9 13
Penalties 7 5
Australia Scoresheet New Zealand
Reg GASNIER 2 T 2 Neville DENTON
      John BUTTERFIELD
      Mel COOKE
      Reece GRIFFITHS
      Cliff JOHNSON
 
Keith BARNES 3/6 G 5/7 Cyril EASTLAKE
Australia Teams New Zealand
Keith BARNES (c)
[Balmain]
1 FB 2 Gary PHILLIPS
Ian MOIR
[Western Suburbs]
2 W 5 Reece GRIFFITHS
Reg GASNIER
[St George]
3 C 10 Cyril EASTLAKE
Harry WELLS
[Western Suburbs]
4 C 7 George TURNER
Eddie LUMSDEN
[St George]
5 W 9 Neville DENTON
 
Tony BROWN
[Newtown]
6 FE 11 George MENZIES
Barry MUIR 7 HB 13 Keith ROBERTS
 
Dud BEATTIE 13 FR 25 Joe RÄ€TIMA
Noel KELLY 12 HK 21 John BUTTERFIELD
Billy WILSON
[St George]
11 FR 23 Cliff JOHNSON (c)
Jim PATERSON 10 2R 17 Trevor KILKELLY
Norm PROVAN
[St George]
9 2R 18 Ron ACKLAND
John RAPER
[St George]
8 L 16 Mel COOKE
 
Clive CHURCHILL   HC   Travers HARDWICK
   
 

Team Info

Australia

Previous Game:
Australia vs New Zealand 1959 - Game 2 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
Kangaroos Tour 1959/60 - Game 1 vs. Leeds

New Zealand

Previous Game:
Kiwis Tour 1959 - Game 14 vs. Ipswich
Next Game:
New Zealand vs France 1960 - Game 1 vs. France
Out:
Brian Reidy (fullback), Murray Patterson (wing), Tom Hadfield (wing), Bill Snowden (halfback), Bill Schultz (hooker), Peter Turner (second row), Don Hammond (second row)
In:
Gary Phillips (fullback), Reece Griffiths (wing), Neville Denton (wing), Keith Roberts (halfback), Cliff Johnson (front row), Trevor Kilkelly (second row), Ron Ackland (second row)
Changes:
John Butterfield (front row to hooker)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash