Game 2
Newcastle Firsts (AU) 6 lost to New Zealand 25
| 1959 Kiwis Tour Game 2 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/39417 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 30th May, 1959 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 2:45pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Don Coady | |||||||
| Venue | Newcastle Sports (Newcastle-Maitland) | |||||||
| Crowd | 9,203 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 12 | |||||
| Scrums | 29 | – | 23 | |||||
| Penalties | 15 | – | 7 | |||||
| Newcastle (AU) | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Don ADAMS | 2 | T | 2 | Rex PERCY | ||||
| Trevor KILKELLY | ||||||||
| Keith ROBERTS | ||||||||
| George TURNER | ||||||||
| Russ NAUGHTON | 0/3 | G | 5/7 | Cyril EASTLAKE | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Russ NAUGHTON | 1 | FB | 1 | Gary PHILLIPS | ||||
| Lester BATEY | 2 | W | 2 | Reese GRIFFITHS | ||||
| Rees DUNCAN (c) | 3 | C | 3 | George TURNER | ||||
| Frank THRELFO | 4 | C | 4 | Cyril EASTLAKE (c) | ||||
| Don ADAMS | 5 | W | 5 | Neville DENTON | ||||
| Ron DAVIES | 6 | FE | 6 | George MENZIES | ||||
| John CRAIG | 7 | HB | 7 | Keith ROBERTS | ||||
| Cecil BULL | 8 | FR | 8 | Peter TURNER | ||||
| Don WILLIAMS | 9 | HK | 9 | John BUTTERFIELD | ||||
| Bob HEANEY | 10 | FR | 10 | Joe RĀTIMA | ||||
| Don SCHOFIELD | 11 | 2R | 11 | Trevor KILKELLY | ||||
| Bill OWENS | 12 | 2R | 12 | Ron ACKLAND | ||||
| Norm WILKINSON | 13 | L | 13 | Rex PERCY | ||||
| Rees DUNCAN | HC | Travers HARDWICK | ||||||
Team Info
Newcastle Firsts (AU)
- Previous Game:
- 1959 Country Carnival - Game 1 vs. North Sydney
- Next Game:
- 1960 Les Chanticleers Tour - Game 4 vs. France
- Out:
- Ray Beverley (fullback), Stan Gill (wing), John Monro (centre), Ray McLaren (halfback), Alec Perkins (bench), Bob Pannowitz (bench)
- In:
- Russ Naughton (fullback), Lester Batey (wing), Frank Threlfo (centre), John Craig (halfback)
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- 1959 Kiwis Tour - Game 1 vs. Western Division
- Next Game:
- 1959 Kiwis Tour - Game 3 vs. Northern Division
- Out:
- Brian Reidy (fullback), Tom Hadfield (wing), Henry Maxwell (front row), Cliff Johnson (front row), Mel Cooke (lock)
- In:
- Gary Phillips (fullback), Neville Denton (wing), Peter Turner (front row), Joe Rātima (front row), Rex Percy (lock)
Match Notes
John Monro & Albert Paul withdrew from the Newcatle team due to injury and were replaced by Lester Batey on the wing with Frank Threlfo moving to centre & Norm Wilkinson at lock with Don Schofield moving to 2nd row.
Ray Beverley & John Daly were non playing reserves for Newcastle.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner
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