Test Matches - Australia - Great Britain 1959

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Tour: Played 24; Won 15; Lost 9; For 495; Against 390

Tests: Lost series 2-1

Total attendance 335,059.

Managers: Jack Argent and Ernie Keefer.
Coach: Clive Churchill.
Captain: Keith Barnes.
Squad: (26) Keith Barnes, Dud Beattie, Ron Bowden, Tony Brown, Bobby Bugden, Peter Burke, Brian Carlson, Darrell Chapman, Brian Clay, Bill Delamare, Reg Gasnier, Brian Hambly, Ken Irvine, Noel Kelly, Eddie Lumsden, Rex Mossop, Barry Muir, Gray Parcell, Don Parish, Jim Paterson, Johnny Raper, Elton Rasmussen, Johnny Riley, Ian Walsh, Harry Wells, Billy Wilson.

          Leeds                     W 44-20  14,629  Leeds
          Rochdale Hornets          W 27-14  10,155  Rochdale
          Warrington                W 30-24  17,112  Warrington
          Lancashire                L 22-30  15,743  St Helens
          Salford                   W 22-20  11,008  Salford
          Yorkshire                 L 15-47   7,338  York
          Widnes                    W 45-15   9,381  Widnes
          Oldham                    W 25-14  17,630  Oldham
          Leigh                     L 17-18  11,932  Leigh
          St Helens                 W 15-2   19,156  St Helens
17.10.59  GREAT BRITAIN             W 22-14  35,224  Swinton
          Cumberland XIII           W 13-8    7,463  Whitehaven
          Barrow                    L  9-12   8,488  Barrow
          Hull XIII                 W 29-9   15,944  Hull
          Bradford Northern         W 29-8    4,126  Bradford
          Halifax                   W 17-5    8,274  Halifax
          Featherstone Rovers       L 15-23   7,671  Featherstone
          Wigan                     L  9-16  24,466  Wigan
21.11.59  GREAT BRITAIN             L 10-11  30,184  Leeds
          Swinton                   W 25-24   5,021  Swinton
          Wakefield Trinity         L 10-20  17,615  Wakefield
          Huddersfield              W 21-7    2,349  Huddersfield
          Hunslet                   W 12-11   8,061  Hunslet
12.12.59  GREAT BRITAIN             L 12-18  26,089  Wigan