1959–60 Kangaroo tour

The 1959–60 Kangaroo tour was the tenth Kangaroo tour, in which the Australian national rugby league team traveled to Europe and played thirty-seven matches against British, French and Italian teams, including the Ashes series of three Test matches against Great Britain, two Test matches against the French and an additional two non-Test matches against an Italian representative team. It followed the tour of 1956-57 and the next was staged in 1963-64.

The squad's leadership

The team was coached by Clive Churchill. The team captain was Balmain Tigers Fullback Keith Barnes and while the vice-captain was Manly-Warringah's dual rugby international Rex Mossop. Tour co-managers were Jack Argent and Ern Keffer.

Touring squad

Player	Club	Position(s)	Tests	Games	Tries	Goals	F/Goals	Points
Keith Barnes (c)	Balmain Tigers	Fullback	8
Dud Beattie	Ipswich Railways (Qld)	Prop	4
Ron Boden	Toowoomba (Qld)	Wing, Centre	0	13
Tony Brown	Newtown Bluebags	Five-eighth	2
Bob Bugden	St George Dragons	Halfback	0
Peter Burke	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Halfback	1
Brian Carlson	North Sydney Bears	Fullback, Centre, Wing	4
Brian Clay	St George Dragons	Five-eighth, Lock	6
Darrel Chapman	Kempsey (NSW Country)	Fullback	1	18
Bill Delamare	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Prop	2	19
Reg Gasnier	St George Dragons	Centre	6
Brian Hambly	Wagga Magpies (NSW Country)	Prop, Second-row	8
Ken Irvine	North Sydney Bears	Wing	3
Noel Kelly	Ipswich Brothers (Qld)	Prop, Hooker	1
Eddie Lumsden	St George Dragons	Wing	8
Rex Mossop (vc)	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Prop, Second-row	5
Barry Muir	Brisbane Wests (Qld)	Halfback	7
Gary Parcell	Ipswich Brothers (Qld)	Prop, Second-row	5
Don Parish	Macquarie (NSW Country)	Fullback	0	12
Jim Paterson	South Townsville (Qld)	Second-row, Prop	2
Johnny Raper	St George Dragons	Lock	4
Elton Rasmussen	Toowoomba (Qld)	Prop, Second-row	0
Johnny Riley	St George Dragons	Centre	1	13
Ian Walsh	Eugowra (NSW Country)	Hooker	8
Harry Wells	Western Suburbs Magpies	Centre	7
Billy Wilson	St George Dragons	Prop	6

Great Britain

The largest non-test attendance of the tour was 29,156 when the Kangaroos defeated St Helens at Knowsley Road.

Saturday, 12 September	Leeds	20 – 44	Australia	Headingley, Leeds
				Attendance: 14,629

Tuesday, 15 September	Rochdale Hornets	14 – 27	Australia	Athletic Grounds, Rochdale
				Attendance: 10,155

Wednesday, 18 September	Warrington	24 – 30	Australia	Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington
				Attendance: 17,112

Wednesday, 23 September	Lancashire	30 – 22	Australia	Knowsley Road, St Helens
				Attendance: 15,743

Saturday, 26 September	Salford	20 – 22	Australia	The Willows, Salford
				Attendance: 11,008

Monday, 28 September	Yorkshire	47 – 15	Australia	Wigginton Road, York
				Attendance: 7,338

Thursday, 1 October	Widnes	15 – 45	Australia	Lowerhouse Lane, Widnes
				Attendance: 9,381

Saturday, 3 October	Oldham	14 – 25	Australia	The Watersheddings, Oldham
				Attendance: 17,630

Wednesday, 7 October	Leigh	18 – 17	Australia	Hilton Park, Leigh
				Attendance: 11,932

Saturday, 10 October	St Helens	2 – 15	Australia	Knowsley Road, St Helens
				Attendance: 29,156

The Ashes series

The Ashes series against Great Britain saw an aggregate crowd of 91,604 attending the Test series. The largest attendance of the tour came during the Kangaroos 22-14 first test win over Great Britain at Station Road in Swinton with 35,224 in attendance.

First Test

The first Ashes series test was played at Station Road, Swinton and drew the tours largest attendance of 35,224. Australia won the first test 22-14 with Reg Gasnier the man of the match with 3 tries.

Saturday, 17 October

Great Britain	14 – 22	Australia
Tries: Billy Boston Derek Turner Goals: Eric Fraser (4)	^[1]	Tries: Reg Gasnier (3) Harry Wells Goals: Keith Barnes (5)

Station Road, Swinton
Attendance: 35,224
Referee/s: R. Gelder

Man of the Match: Reg Gasnier

Great Britain	Position	Australia
Eric Fraser	FB	Keith Barnes (c)
Billy Boston	WG	Johnny Riley
Alan Davies	CE	Harry Wells
Eric Ashton (c)	CE	Reg Gasnier
Mick Sullivan	WG	Eddie Lumsden
Dave Bolton	SO	Brian Clay
Alex Murphy	SH	Barry Muir
Brian McTigue	PR	Billy Wilson
Percival Harris	HK	Ian Walsh
Abe Terry	PR	Dud Beattie
Mick Martyn	SR	Gary Parcell
Dick Huddart	SR	Rex Mossop
Derek Turner	LF	Brian Hambly
Jim Challinor	Coach	Clive Churchill

Thursday, 22 October	Whitehaven / Workington Town XIII	8 – 13	Australia	Recreation Ground, Whitehaven
				Attendance: 7,463

Saturday, 24 October	Barrow	12 – 9	Australia	Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness
				Attendance: 8,488

Monday, 26 October	Hull / Hull KR XIII	9 – 29	Australia	The Boulevard, Hull
				Attendance: 15,944

Wednesday, 4 November	Bradford Northern	8 – 29	Australia	Odsal Stadium, Bradford
				Attendance: 4,126

5 days prior to the match against Bradford Northern, the Kangaroos played the first test against France.

Saturday, 7 November	Halifax	5 – 17	Australia	Thrum Hall, Halifax
				Attendance: 8,274

Wednesday, 11 November	Featherstone Rovers	23 – 15	Australia	Post Office Road, Featherstone
				Attendance: 7,671

Saturday, 14 November	Wigan	16 – 9	Australia	Central Park, Wigan
				Attendance: 24,466

Second Test

The Kangaroos went within one penalty goal of becoming the first All-Australian team to win The Ashes on British soil and the first touring side to win The Ashes since 1911-12. However, the Lions survived and the series would go on to a deciding 3rd test.

Saturday, 21 November

Great Britain	11 – 10	Australia
Tries: Neil Fox Don Robinson John Whiteley Goals: Neil Fox (1)	^[2]	Tries: Brian Carlson (2) Goals: Keith Barnes (1) Brian Carlson (1)

Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 30,301
Referee/s: R. Gelder

Great Britain	Position	Australia
Frank Dyson	FB	Keith Barnes (c)
Ike Southward	WG	Eddie Lumsden
Eric Ashton	CE	Harry Wells
Neil Fox	CE	Reg Gasnier
Mick Sullivan	WG	Brian Carlson
Dave Bolton	SO	Brian Clay
Jeffrey Stevenson (c)	SH	Barry Muir
Don Robinson	PR	Gary Parcell
Percival Harris	HK	Ian Walsh
Abe Terry	PR	Billy Wilson
Don Vines	SR	Elton Rasmussen
Brian McTigue	SR	Rex Mossop
John Whiteley	LF	Brian Hambly
Jim Challinor	Coach	Clive Churchill

Wednesday, 25 November	Swinton	24 – 25	Australia	Station Road, Swinton
				Attendance: 5,021

Saturday, 28 November	Wakefield Trinity	20 – 10	Australia	Belle Vue, Wakefield
				Attendance: 17,615

Wednesday, 2 December	Huddersfield	7 – 21	Australia	Fartown Ground, Huddersfield
				Attendance: 2,349

Saturday, 5 December	Hunslet	11 – 12	Australia	Parkside, Hunslet
				Attendance: 8,061

Third Test

This would be the final time that Great Britain (or England) would win The Ashes on home soil (as of 2016).

Saturday, 12 December

Great Britain	18 – 12	Australia
Tries: Neil Fox Ike Southward Goals: Neil Fox (6)	^[3]	Tries: Brian Carlson Johnny Raper Goals: Keith Barnes (3)

Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 26,089
Referee/s: Eric Clay

Great Britain	Position	Australia
Gerry Round	FB	Keith Barnes (c)
Ike Southward	WG	Eddie Lumsden
Eric Ashton	CE	Harry Wells
Neil Fox	CE	Reg Gasnier
Mick Sullivan	WG	Brian Carlson
Dave Bolton	SO	Brian Clay
Jeffrey Stevenson (c)	SH	Barry Muir
Jack Wilkinson	PR	Billy Wilson
Percival Harris	HK	Ian Walsh
Abe Terry	PR	Dud Beattie
Don Robinson	SR	Brian Hambly
Brian McTigue	SR	Rex Mossop
John Whiteley	LF	Johnny Raper
Jim Challinor	Coach	Clive Churchill

France

The first two games of the French leg of the tour were actually played while The Kangaroos were still completing the British leg.

First Test

Australia won the first test against the French at the Parc des Princes in Paris. Kangaroos winger Eddie Lumsden crossed for 3 tries while legendary winger Ken Irvine made the first of 33 test appearances for Australia.

Saturday, 31 October

France	19 – 20	Australia
Tries: Aldo Quaglio Goals: Andre Lacaze (6) Field Goals: Andre Lacaze (2)	^[4]	Tries: Eddie Lumsden (3) Harry Wells Goals: Keith Barnes (4)

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 9,864
Referee/s: Georges Jameau

Man of the Match: Eddie Lumsden

France	Position	Australia
Andre Lacaze	FB	Keith Barnes (c)
Maurice Voron	WG	Eddie Lumsden
Jacques Merquey (c)	CE	Harry Wells
Antoine Jiminez	CE	Reg Gasnier
Andre Savonne	WG	Ken Irvine
Gilbert Benausse	SO	Tony Brown
Georges Fages	SH	Barry Muir
Jean Pano	PR	Gary Parcell
Antranick Appelian	HK	Ian Walsh
Aldo Quaglio	PR	Dud Beattie
Robert Eramouspe	SR	Jim Paterson
J. Aubert	SR	Rex Mossop
S. Tonus	LF	Brian Hambly
	Coach	Clive Churchill

Tuesday, 8 December	French Army XIII	2 – 15	Australia	Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
				Attendance: 993

The game against the French Army XIII was played 4 days before the third Ashes test against Great Britain

Thursday, 24 December	Racing Club Albi XIII	19 – 10	Australia	Stade Municipal d'Albi, Albi
				Attendance: 5,845

Thursday, 31 December	Carcassonne / Lézignan XIII	32 – 9	Australia	Stade d'Albert Domec, Carcassonne
				Attendance: 6,364

Friday, 1 January	XIII Catalan	8 – 32	Australia	Stade Jean-Laffon, Perpignan
				Attendance: 6,364

Sunday, 3 January	Montpellier	13 – 44	Australia	Stade Sabathé, Montpellier
				Attendance: 3,741

Thursday, 7 January	Racing Club Marseille XIII	7 – 38	Australia	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
				Attendance: 1,366

Thursday, 14 January	Avignon / Cavaillon XIII	5 – 65	Australia	Parc des Sports, Avignon
				Attendance: 2,806

Second Test

Wednesday, 20 January

France	8 – 16	Australia
Tries: Raymond Gruppi G. Velvaud Goals Andre Lacaze (1)	^[5]	Tries: Johnny Raper (2) Reg Gasnier Brian Hambly Goals Keith Barnes (2)

Parc des Sports, Roanne
Attendance: 6,932
Referee/s: Georges Jameau

France	Position	Australia
Andre Lacaze	FB	Keith Barnes (c)
Raymond Gruppi	WG	Eddie Lumsden
Jean Foussat	CE	Harry Wells
G. Velvaud	CE	Reg Gasnier
Andre Savonne	WG	Brian Carlson
Claude Mantoulan	SO	Johnny Raper
Bernard Fabre	SH	Barry Muir
H. Conti	PR	Billy Wilson
Andre Casas	HK	Ian Walsh
Marcel Bescos	PR	Elton Rasmussen
P. Laurent	SR	Jim Paterson
S. Tonus	SR	Brian Hambly
Georges Fages	LF	Brian Clay
	Coach	Clive Churchill

Italy

To finish the tour, the Kangaroos played two games against an Italian representative team.

Saturday, 23 January	Italy	15 – 37	Australia	Stadio Euganeo, Padua
				Attendance: 3,500 Referee: R. Somma

Sunday, 24 January	Italy	22 – 67	Australia	Stadio Omobono Tenni, Treviso
				Attendance: 3,105 Referee: T. Rossi

Ken Irvine crossed for 6 tries in this game.

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