1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

1959 British Lions Tour to Australia and New Zealand
Date	23 May – 19 September
Coach(es)	O.B. Glasgow
Tour captain(s)	Ronnie Dawson
Test series winners	(v Australia) British and Irish Lions (2–0) (v New Zealand) New Zealand (3–1)
Top test point scorer(s)	David Hewitt (16)
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In 1959, the British Lions rugby union team toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against Australia but lost the international series against the All Blacks by three matches to one. They also played two matches in Canada, on the return leg of the journey.

Although New Zealand won the series, the results in three of the tests were close. The Lions scored four tries to nil in the first test but six penalties by Don Clarke saw the All Blacks win 18–17. Clarke also scored a late try and conversion to win the second test, 11–8. New Zealand won the third test comfortably by 22–8 to win the series but the fourth test, which the Lions won 9–6, could have gone the All Blacks way had Clarke not missed a late penalty attempt.

Overall the tourists played thirty-three matches, winning twenty-seven and losing six. In Australia the Lions played six matches, winning five and losing one, to New South Wales. In New Zealand they played twenty-five matches, winning twenty and losing five – in addition to their three test defeats they also lost to Otago and Canterbury. They also played two matches in Canada, winning both.

The tour was notable for the 842 points scored in 33 games, a record number of points for a Lions tour and for the 22 tries scored by Tony O'Reilly, also a Lions tour record.

The touring party was captained by Ronnie Dawson. The manager was A. W. Wilson and the assistant manager was O.B. Glasgow.

Touring party

Management

Manager A. W. Wilson
Assistant Manager O. B. Glasgow

Backs

N. H. Brophy (UCD and Ireland)
J. Butterfield (Northampton and England)
S. Coughtrie (Edinburgh Academicals and Scotland)
Terry Davies (Llanelli and Wales)
M. A. F. English (Bohemians and Ireland)
David Hewitt (Queen's University RFC and Ireland)
J. P. Horrocks-Taylor (Leicester and England)
Peter Jackson (Coventry and England)
Dickie Jeeps (Northampton and England)
Tony O'Reilly (Old Belvedere and Ireland)
Andy Mulligan (Wanderers and Ireland)
William "Bill" Michael Patterson (Sale)
Malcolm Price (Pontypool and Wales)
Bev Risman (Manchester and England)
Ken Scotland (Cambridge University and Scotland)
Malcolm Thomas (Newport and Wales)
G. H. Waddell (Cambridge University and Scotland)
J. R. C. Young (Harlequins and England)

Forwards

A. Ashcroft (Waterloo and England)
Ronnie Dawson (Wanderers and Ireland)
Roddy Evans (Cardiff and Wales)
John Faull (Swansea and Wales)
H. F. McLeod (Hawick and Scotland)
David Marques (Harlequins and England)
Bryn Meredith (Newport and Wales)
Syd Millar (Ballymena and Ireland)
Haydn Morgan (Abertillery and Wales)
W. A. Mulcahy (UCD and Ireland)
Noel Murphy (Cork Constitution and Ireland)
Ray Prosser (Pontypool and Wales)
G. K Smith (Kelso and Scotland)
Rhys Williams (Llanelli and Wales)
Gordon Wood (Garryowen and Ireland)

Results

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
23 May	Victoria	Melbourne, Australia	Win	53–18
30 May	New South Wales	Sydney	Loss	14–18
2 June	Queensland	Brisbane, Australia	Win	39–11
6 June	Australia	Brisbane, Australia	Win	17–6
9 June	New South Wales Country Districts	Tamworth, Australia	Win	27–14
13 June	Australia	Sydney	Win	24–3
20 June	Hawke's Bay	Napier, New Zealand	Win	52–12
24 June	East Coast-Poverty Bay	Gisborne, New Zealand	Win	23–14
27 June	Auckland	Auckland	Win	15–10
1 July	New Zealand Universities	Christchurch, New Zealand	Win	25–13
4 July	Otago	Dunedin, New Zealand	Loss	8–26
8 July	South Canterbury, North Otago & Mid Canterbury	Timaru, New Zealand	Win	21–11
11 July	Southland	Invercargill, New Zealand	Win	11–6
18 July	New Zealand	Dunedin	Loss	17–18
22 July	West Coast / Buller	Greymouth, New Zealand	Win	58–3
25 July	Canterbury	Christchurch	Loss	14–20
29 July	Marlborough, Nelson, Golden Bay & Motueka	Blenheim, New Zealand	Win	64–5
1 August	Wellington	Wellington, New Zealand	Win	21–6
5 August	Wanganui	Wanganui, New Zealand	Win	9–6
8 August	Taranaki	New Plymouth, New Zealand	Win	15–3
11 August	Manawatu / Horowhenua	Palmerston North, New Zealand	Win	26–6
15 August	New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	Loss	8–11
19 August	King Country / Counties	Taumarunui, New Zealand	Win	25–5
22 August	Waikato	Hamilton, New Zealand	Win	14–0
25 August	Wairarapa-Bush	Masterton, New Zealand	Win	37–11
29 August	New Zealand	Christchurch	Loss	8–22
2 September	New Zealand Juniors	Wellington	Win	29–9
5 September	New Zealand Māori	Auckland	Win	12–6
9 September	Thames Valley / Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Rotorua	Win	26–24
12 September	North Auckland	Whangarei, New Zealand	Win	35–13
19 September	New Zealand	Auckland	Win	9–6
	British Columbia	Canada	Win	16–11
	Eastern Canada	Canada	Win	70–6

The matches

First Australia Test

6 June

Australia	6–17	British Lions
Pen: Donald (2)		Try: O'Reilly Smith Con: Risman Pen: Hewitt (2) Drop: Scotland

Exhibition Ground, Brisbane
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: B.J. O'Callaghan

Australia: JK Lenehan (NSW), AR Morton (NSW), JM Potts (NSW), LJ Diett (NSW), KJ Donald (Queensland), AJ Summons (NSW), DM Connor (Queensland), PK Dunn (NSW), PG Johnson (NSW), KJ Ellis (NSW); JH Carroll (NSW), AK Millar (NSW); PT Fenwicke (NSW) Captain, K Outterside (NSW), John Thornett (NSW)

British Lions: KJF Scotland, PB Jackson, M Price, D Hewitt, AJF O'Reilley, AB Risman, REG Jeeps, HF McLeod, AR Dawson Captain, S Millar, GK Smith, WA Mulcahy, RH Williams, A Ashcroft, J Faull

Second Australia Test

13 June

Australia	3–24	British Lions
Pen: Donald		Try: Dawson O'Reilly Price (2) Risman Con: Hewitt (2) Scotland Pen: Scotland

Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: A.T. Tierney

Australia: JK Lenehan (NSW), AR Morton (NSW), AR Kay (Victoria), LJ Diett (NSW), KJ Donald (Queensland), AJ Summons (NSW), DM Connor (Queensland); KJ Ellis (NSW), PG Johnson (NSW), PK Dunn (NSW); JH Carroll (NSW), AK Millar (NSW), JE Thornett (NSW), K Outterside (NSW), PT Fenwicke (NSW) Captain

British Lions: KJF Scotland, PB Jackson, D Hewitt, M Price, AJF O'Reilley, AB Risman, REG Jeeps, HF McLeod, AR Dawson Captain, S Millar, WR Evans, RH Williams, NAA Murphy, RWD Marques, GK Smith

First New Zealand Test

18 July

New Zealand	18–17	British Lions
Pen: DB Clarke (6)		Try: Jackson O'Reilly Price (2) Con:Risman Pen: Hewitt

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: A.L. Fleury

New Zealand: DB Clarke (Waikato), PT Walsh (Counties), RF McMullen (Auckland), TR Lineen (Auckland), BE McPhail (Canterbury), RH Brown (Taranaki), RJ Urbahn (Taranaki); WJ Whineray (Canterbury) Captain, RC Hemi (Waikato), IJ Clarke (Waikato), SF Hill (Canterbury), BE Finlay (Manauatu), PFH Jones (North Auckland), EAR Pickering (Waikato), IN MacEwan (Wellington)

British Lions: KJF Scotland, PB Jackson, MJ Price, D Hewitt, AJF O'Reilley, ABW Risman, REG Jeeps, HF McLeod, AR Dawson Captain, BGM Wood, WR Evans, RH Williams, GK Smith, J Faull, NA Murphy

Second New Zealand Test

15 August

New Zealand	11–8	British Lions
Try: Caulton (2) DB Clarke Con: DB Clarke		Try: Young Con:Davies Pen: Davies

Athletic Park, Wellington
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: C.R. Gillies

New Zealand: DB Clarke (Waikato), ES Diack (Otago), RF McMullen (Auckland), TR Lineen (Auckland), RW Caulton (Wellington), JF McCullough (Taranaki), KC Briscoe (Taranaki), WJ Whineray (Canterbury) Captain, DS Webb (North Auckland), IJ Clarke (Waikato), SF Hill (Canterbury), IN MacEwan (Wellington), CE Meads (Kings Country), RJ Conway (Otago), KR Tremain (Canterbury)

British Lions: TE Davies, JRC Young, MC Thomas, WM Patterson, AJF O'Reilley, MJ Price, REG Jeeps, S Millar, AR Dawson Captain, HF McLeod, RH Williams, WR Evans, A Ashcroft, RWD Marques, NA Murphy

Third New Zealand Test

29 August

New Zealand	22–8	British Lions
Try: Caulton (2) Meads Urbahn Con: DB Clarke (2) Pen: DB Clarke Drop: DB Clarke		Try: Hewitt Con: Faull Pen: Faull

Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: C.R. Gillies

New Zealand: DB Clarke (Waikato), RH Brown (Taranaki), TR Lineen (Auckland), RW Caulton (Wellington), JF McCullough (Taranaki), RJ Urbahn (Taranaki), MW Irwin (Otago), RC Hemi (Waikato), WJ Whineray (Canterbury) Captain, SF Hill (Canterbury), IN MacEwan (Wellington), KR Tremain (Canterbury), RJ Conway (Otago), CE Meads (Kings Country)

British Lions: KJF Scotland, PB Jackson, MJ Price, D Hewitt, AJF O'Reilley, JP Horrocks-Taylor, REG Jeeps, HF McLeod, AR Dawson Captain, BGM Wood, WR Evans, RH Williams, HJ Morgan, J Faull, GK Smith

Fourth New Zealand Test

19 September

New Zealand	6–9	British Lions
Pen: DB Clarke (2)		Try: Jackson O'Reilly Risman

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: J.P. Murphy

New Zealand: DB Clarke (Waikato), BE McPhail (Canterbury), TR Lineen (Auckland), AH Clarke (Auckland), RW Caulton (Wellington), JF McCullough (Taranaki), RJ Urbahn (Taranaki), MW Irwin (Otago), RC Hemi (Waikato), WJ Whineray (Canterbury) Captain, SF Hill (Canterbury), CE Meads (Kings Country), EAR Pickering (Waikato), RJ Conway (Otago), KR Tremain (Canterbury)

British Lions: TE Davies, PB Jackson, D Hewitt, KJF Scotland, AJF O'Reilley, ABW Risman, AA Mulligan, TR Prosser, AR Dawson Captain, HF McLeod, RH Williams, WA Mulcahy, NA Murphy, J Faull, HJ Morgan

References

Thomas, Clem; Thomas, Greg (2005). The History of The British and Irish Lions. Mainstream Books. pp. 117–125. ISBN 1-84596-030-0.

British and Irish Lions tours

Australia	1888 1899 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1989 2001 2013

New Zealand	1888 ------ 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1977 1983 1993 2005 2017

South Africa	1891 1896 1903 1910 1924 1938 1955 1962 1968 1974 1980 1997 2009

Argentina	1910 1927 1936

Non-Tour and Home matches	1955 (vs Wales XV) 1977 (vs Barbarians) 1986 (vs The Rest) 1989 (vs France) 2005 (vs Argentina) 2013 (vs Barbarians)

Rugby union tours of New Zealand

British and Irish Lions	1888 (no test) 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1977 1983 1993 2005 2017

Australia	1905 1913 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991

New South Wales	1894 1921 1923 1925 1928

South Africa	1921 1937 1956 1965 1965 1981 1994

Argentina	1979 1989 1997 2001 2004

England	1963 1973 1985 1998 2003 2004 2008 2010 2014

France	1961 1968 1979 1984 1986 1989 1994 1999 2001 2003 2007 2013

Ireland	1976 1992 1997 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012

Italy	1980 (no test) 2002 2003 (no test)

Scotland	1975 1981 1990 1996 2000 2004

Wales	1969 1988 2003 2016

Romania	1991 (no test)

Japan	1974

Fiji	1974 1980 1989 (no test) 1996 1997 2003

Samoa	1996 2005 (no test)

Pacific Islanders	2004

Canada	1995 2007

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