# 1959 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia

The 1959 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia was the nineteenth tour of by New Zealand's national rugby league team, and the fourteen tour to visit Australia. The team lost the first two Test Matches of a three match series, but won every other match.

## Touring squad

The following players were listed in the program, Rugby League News, for the match against New South Wales.

## Matches

* May 27
| Western Division | 3–51 | New Zealand |
| Tries: 1 Goals: nil | | Tries:13 Goals: 6 |
* Ginstead Oval, Forbes Attendance: 4,000
* May 29
| Newcastle | 6–25 | New Zealand |
| Tries: 2 Goals: nil | Result | Tries: 5 Goals: 5 |
* Newcastle Sports Ground Attendance: 9,203
* May 31
| Northern Division | 11–26 | New Zealand |
| Tries: 3 Goals: 1 | | Tries: 6 Goals: 4 |
* Kitchener Park, Gunnedah Attendance: 4,556
* June 3
| Riverina | 13–37 | New Zealand |
| Tries: 1 Goals: 5 | Report | Tries: 7 Goals: 8 |
* Narrandera Sports Ground Attendance: 4,000
* June 6
| New South Wales XIII | 22–23 | New Zealand |
| Tries: Ian Moir (3) Don Parish (2) B Graham Goals: Parish (1) Graham (1) | Program Report | Tries: R. Percy (2) R Griffiths N. Denton R. Ackland Goals: Cyril Eastlake (4) |
* Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 35,444 Referee: Darcy Lawler
* June 7
| Southern Division | 10–27 | New Zealand |
| Tries: 2 Goals: 2 | | Tries: 7 Goals: 3 |
* Wollongong Showground Attendance: 5,741

### 1st Test

* June 13
| Australia | 9–8 | New Zealand |
| Tries: Dud Beattie Goals: Brian Carlson (3) | Program RLP db | Tries: Cyril Eastlake Henry Maxwell Goals: Cyril Eastlake (1) |
* Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 38,613 Referee: Darcy Lawler
* June 15
| Brisbane | 8–36 | New Zealand |
| Tries: 2 Goals: 1 | | Tries: 8 Goals: 6 |
* Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 16,888
* June 16
| Toowoomba | 19–21 | New Zealand |
| Tries: 3 Goals: 5 | | Tries: 3 Goals: 6 |
* Athletic Oval, Toowoomba Attendance: 5,000
* June 20
| Queensland | 19–34 | New Zealand |
| Tries: 3 Goals: 5 | | Tries: 8 Goals: 5 |
* Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 17,811
* June 21
| Central Queensland | 19–48 | New Zealand |
| Tries: 3 Goals: 5 | | Tries: 10 Goals: 9 |
* Rockhampton Showground Attendance: 4,801
* June 23
| Wide Bay | 0–62 | New Zealand |
| Tries: nil Goals: nil | | Tries: 16 Goals: 7 |
* Bundaberg Showground Attendance: 3,331

### 2nd Test

* June 27
| Australia | 38–10 | New Zealand |
| Tries: Reg Gasnier (3) Ian Moir (3) John Raper Harry Wells Goals: Keith Barnes (7) | RLP db | Tries: Brian Campbell Joe Ratima Goals: Rex Pery (2) |
* Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 30,994 Referee: Darcy Lawler
* June 28
| Ipswich | 16–52 | New Zealand |
| Tries: Gary Parcell, Don Barrett, Mick Mulgrew, Brian Walsh Goals: William Cameron (2) | Report | Tries: Cyril Eastlake (3), George Menzies, Don Hammond, Brian Reidy, George Turner, John Butterfield, Bill Schultz, Billy Snowdon, Tom Hadfield, Joe Ratima Goals: Cyril Eastlake (8) |
* Ipswich Showground Attendance: 3,875 Referee: J. Purtell

### 3rd Test

* July 4
| Australia | 12–28 | New Zealand |
| Tries: Reg Gasnier (2) Goals: Keith Barnes (3) | Program RLP db | Tries: Neville Denton (2) John Butterfield Mel Cooke Reece Griffiths Cliff Johnson Goals: Cyril Eastlake (5) |
* Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 31,629 Referee: Darcy Lawler

## Sources

| Item | Availability | Availability |
| Item | Online | Via |
| Rugby League Project database (RLP db) | Yes | Rugby League Project website |
| Rugby League News | Yes | Rugby League News (Sydney : 1920 - 1973) at Trove |
| The Canberra Times | Yes | The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) at Trove |
| E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League 1960 Yearbook | No | SLNSW |
| Ipswich versus International Teams | No | NLA, SLQ |