Game 3
Australia 12 lost to New Zealand 28
| Australia vs New Zealand 1959 | ||||||||
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| 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 RĀTIMA | ||||
| 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)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash