1957-58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France

Between late 1957 and February 1958 the Australia national rugby union team

Australia national rugby union team

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

- the Wallabies - conducted a world tour encompassing Britain, Ireland, France and Canada on which they played five Tests and thirty-six minor tour matches. They won 22, lost 16 and drew three. They lost all five Tests of the tour.

The squad's leadership

Versatile back Dick Tooth

Dick Tooth

Dick Tooth born 1929 is an Australian former rugby union footballer of the 1950s. He represented for the Wallabies in ten Test matches and nineteen total appearances and was Australian captain on two occasions. He resided at St Andrew's College while studying at Sydney University...

had made 10 Test appearances for Australia before the tour and had captained the Wallabies well in two 1957 Tests against the All Blacks

All Blacks

The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....

. Howell expresses a view that it was inexplicable that Tooth was not selected for the tour and partially blames this as cause of the disappointing tour result. However Howell writes that Bob Davidson

Bob Davidson (rugby)

Robert Alfred Lewars Davidson was an Australian rugby union footballer of the 1940s and 50s. A State and national representative prop-forward he made thirteen Test appearances and forty-nine additional tour match appearances for the Wallabies, captaining the national side in six Tests matches from...

possessed outstanding qualities to make him a natural touring captain. He was a born leader of men, was immensely popular, he met people well, was highly intelligent and spoke well in public. He played in 32 of the 41 tour games and did everything in his power to make the tour a success.

Veteran second-rower Alan Cameron had captained the Wallabies in 18 matches in 1955 and 1956 but was no longer supreme in his position nor guaranteed of Test selection. However he made a superb contribution to the tour playing in 22 matches including one Test and captained the side in seven mid-week matches

As per tradition, Assistant Manager Dave Cowper

Dave Cowper

Denis Lawson "Dave" Cowper was an Australian national representative rugby union player who captained the Wallabies for six matches including three Tests in 1933. He was the first Victorian player to captain his country in rugby union....

assumed the coaching duties. Howell writes that in spite of the mounting losses, Cowper "ever the gentleman, never criticised the players, even when he had every right to....he personified the true amateur, playing always to the rules with a strict code of ethics" Squad member Nicholas Shehadie

Nicholas Shehadie

Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie, AC, OBE KStJ is the former Lord Mayor of Sydney and a former national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career Test appearances...

was less complimentary in his published recollections suggesting Cowper had limited imagination as a coach with "our training devoid of variety which made it very tedious."

Tour details

The squad was on tour for eight months in total and travelled by ship to England by ship. Shehadie reports that the team issue consisted of " two blazers, a pair of grey slacks, four green ties with a hand-painted wallaby on each, a heavy pullover and a track suit. In addition, each player received one pair of boots - with another pair to be issued in England -sandshoes for training on the ship, a heavy woollen scarf and tablets to counteract sea-sickness, Vitamin C tablets to counteract colds in Britain and a packet of tranquiliser tablets to be used at the player's own discretion" He recalls that the squad's pocket money was 10s a day, up from 5s a decade before.

Matches of the Tour

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

	Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
1	6 November	Kingdom of England Southern Counties	Hove Hove Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast...	Won	29-5
2	10 November	Kingdom of England Oxford University RFC Oxford University RFC The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...	Oxford University	Lost	6-12
3	13 November	Kingdom of England Cambridge University R.U.F.C. Cambridge University R.U.F.C. The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...	Grange Road Grange Road, Cambridge Grange Road is a long straight road in western Cambridge, England. It stretches north–south, meeting Madingley Road at a T-junction to the north and Barton Road to the south.... , Cambridge University	Lost	3-13
?	16 November	Kingdom of England London Counties	Twickenham Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...	Draw	9-9
?	20 November	Wales Pontypool Pontypool RFC Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in the town of Pontypool. Pontypool RFC has a long history within Welsh rugby and is one of the most notable clubs, being present at the formation of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881, but disbanding before the turn of the 19th century... & Cross Keys Cross Keys RFC Cross Keys RFC is a rugby union club located in the Welsh village of Crosskeys. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.- History :...	Pontypool Park Pontypool Park Pontypool Park is a park containing predominantly mature trees with some open meadowland located in Pontypool, south Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for Major John Hanbury, the local ironmaster, who is closely... , Pontypool Pontypool Pontypool is a town of approximately 36,000 people in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales....	Win	14-6
?	23 November	Wales Newport	Rodney Parade Rodney Parade Rodney Parade is a stadium in the city of Newport, south Wales. Located on the east bank of the River Usk in Newport city centre it is primarily used for rugby matches and is the home ground of Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons regional team.-History:... , Newport Newport Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...	Lost	0-11
?	27 November	Republic of Ireland Leinster Leinster Rugby Leinster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Leinster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Dublin, representing the Irish province of Leinster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro 12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...	Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union that has been the location of a number of sports stadiums. It was used primarily for rugby union and for association football matches as well as some music concerts... , Dublin	Won	10-8
?	4 December	Kingdom of Scotland Glasgow & Edinburgh	Old Anniesland, Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...	Won	9-3
?	7 December	Kingdom of Scotland South of Scotland	Mansfield Park Mansfield Park Mansfield Park may mean:* Mansfield Park by Jane Austen* Mansfield Park , based on the novel, directed by Patricia Rozema, starring Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, and Sheila Gish in 1999... , Hawick Hawick Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders of south east Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-southeast of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. Hawick's architecture is...	Won	12-6
?	13 December	Kingdom of England Western Counties	Memorial Stadium, Bristol Memorial Stadium (Bristol) The Memorial Stadium, also commonly known by its previous name of The Memorial Ground, is a sports ground in Bristol, England, dedicated to the memory of the rugby union players of the city killed during World War I...	Lost	8-9
?	14 December	Wales Cardiff Cardiff RFC Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...	Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park , also known as The Arms Park, is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green, and is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World... , Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...	Lost	11–14
?	21 December	Kingdom of England Leicestershire & East Midlands	Welford Road Welford Road Stadium Welford Road is a rugby union stadium in Leicester, England and is the home ground for Leicester Tigers. It is located between Aylestone Road and Welford Road on the edge of the city centre... Leicester	Won	18-3
?	26 December	Kingdom of England Combined Services	Twickenham Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...	Won	16–11
?	28 December	Wales Aberavon Aberavon RFC Aberavon RFC is a rugby union club located in the Welsh town of Port Talbot, although the club's name refers to the older settlement of Aberavon which lies on the western side of the town... & Neath Neath RFC Neath Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. The club's home ground is The Gnoll, Neath. The first team is known as the Welsh All Blacks because of the team colours: black with only a white cross pattée as an emblem...	Talbot Athletic Ground Talbot Athletic Ground The Talbot Athletic Ground is a sports stadium located in central Port Talbot, Wales. The ground is home to Welsh rugby team Aberavon RFC and has a seating capacity of 3,000.-History:... , Port Talbot Port Talbot Port Talbot is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It had a population of 35,633 in 2001.-History:Port Talbot grew out of the original small port and market town of Aberafan , which belonged to the medieval Lords of Afan. The area of the parish of Margam lying on the west bank of the lower Afan...	Won	5-3
?	4 January	Wales Wales Wales national rugby union team The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...	Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park , also known as The Arms Park, is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green, and is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World...	Lost	9-3
?	8 January	Wales Abertillery Abertillery RFC Abertillery Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Abertillery. According to their web site, they were founded in 1883, though other sources state 1884. Their team colours are green and white and their home ground is Abertillery Park in Abertillery. The club is a member of the... & Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale RFC Ebbw Vale Rugby Football Club is a Welsh Rugby Union Club based in the town of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales. The club currently play in the WRU Division One East and the SWALEC Cup. It also acts as a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons....	The Park, Abertillery Abertillery Abertillery is a town in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, north-west of Newport, originally on the Great Western Railway. Its population rose steeply during the period of mining development in South Wales, being 10,846 in the 1891 census and 21,945 ten years later...	Lost	5–6
?	11 January	Wales Swansea Swansea RFC Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...	St Helen's Ground, Swansea Swansea Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...	Won	12–6
?	18 January	Republic of Ireland Ireland Ireland national rugby union team The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...	Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union that has been the location of a number of sports stadiums. It was used primarily for rugby union and for association football matches as well as some music concerts...	Lost	9-6
?	25 January	Kingdom of England South West Counties	Home Park Home Park Home Park is an all-seater football stadium in the Central Park area of Plymouth, England, and is the home of Football League Two club Plymouth Argyle. The ground, given the nickname the Theatre of Greens by the club's supporters, has been Argyle's permanent residence since 1901... , Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...	Drew	3-3
?	1 February	Kingdom of England England England national rugby union team The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...	Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...	Lost	9-6
?	5 February	Kingdom of England North Eastern Counties	County Ground, Gosforth Gosforth Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, to the north of the city centre. Gosforth constituted an urban district from 1895 to 1974, when it became part of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. It has a population of 23,620...	Won	10-0
?	15 February	Kingdom of Scotland Scotland Scotland national rugby union team The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...	Murrayfield Stadium Murrayfield Stadium Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Its all-seater capacity was recently reduced from 67,800 to 67,130 to incorporate the largest permanent "big screen" in the country though it still remains the largest stadium in Scotland and one...	Lost	12-8
?	19 February	Kingdom of England Midland Counties	Highfield Road Highfield Road The Highfield Road Stadium was a football stadium in the city of Coventry, England. It was the home ground for Coventry City F.C. until the club moved to the new Ricoh Arena after the 2005-06 season... , Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...	Lost	3-8
?	22 February	Barbarians Barbarian F.C. The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...	Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park , also known as The Arms Park, is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green, and is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World... , Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...	Lost	6–11
?	9 March	Early Modern France France France national rugby union team The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...	Stade de Columbes Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir The Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir - stadium in Colombes, near Paris, France . Named in memory of French rugby player Yves du Manoir in 1928. Was the main stadium for the 1924 Summer Olympics and had a capacity of 45,000 at the time...	Lost	19-0

Wales

AUSTRALIA: Terry Curley, Roderick Phelps, Kenneth Donald, Jim Lenehan

Jim Lenehan

Jim Lenehan is a former Australian rugby union footballer. A state and national representative versatile back, he played twenty-four matches for Australia, once as captain...

, Jack Potts, Arthur Summons

Arthur Summons

Arthur Summons is a former Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code rugby international fly-half or five-eighth...

, Des Connor

Des Connor

Desmond Michael Connor is an Australian former rugby union halfback who represented internationally for both the Australian and New Zealand national rugby union teams...

, Nicholas Shehadie

Nicholas Shehadie

Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie, AC, OBE KStJ is the former Lord Mayor of Sydney and a former national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career Test appearances...

, Norman Hughes, Peter Fenwicke, Tony Miller

Tony Miller (rugby)

Tony Miller MBE, was an Australian rugby union footballer and coach, A state and national representative second-row forward, he played forty-one Test matches for Australia in a representative career spanning sixteen seasons. His age at 38 years, 113 days at the time of his last Wallaby...

, David Emanuel, John Thornett

John Thornett

John Thornett is a former Australian rugby union player, having played 37 Tests for Australia between 1955 and 1967. He captained Australia on four of the eight occasions that he went on tour....

, James Brown, Robert Davidson

Bob Davidson (rugby)

(captain)

WALES: Terry Davies

Terry Davies

Terry Davies was a Welsh international full back who played club rugby for Swansea and Llanelli. He won 21 caps for Wales and was selected to play in the British Lions on the 1959 tour of Australia and New Zealand...

, John Collins, Gordon Wells, Cyril Davies, Ray Williams

Ray Williams (rugby player)

Henry Raymond "Ray" Williams is a former Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Felinfoel and Llanelli. Williams was capped three times for Wales, playing between 1954 and 1958.-References:...

, Carwyn James

Carwyn James

Carwyn Rees James was a Welsh rugby union player and coach. He won two Welsh international caps but is most famous for his coaching achievements for both Llanelli and the British Lions.-Personal history:...

, Wynne Evans, Don Devereux

Don Devereux

Don Devereux was a Welsh international prop who played rugby union for Neath and rugby league for Huddersfield. He won three caps for the Wales rugby union team and also represented Wales at schools and youth level....

, Bryn Meredith

Bryn Meredith

Brinley "Bryn" Victor Meredith was a rugby union international. Meredith was a mobile hooker, he was selected 34 times for Wales between 1954 and 1962, but missed 2 matches for health and family bereavement reasons....

, Ray Prosser

Ray Prosser

Thomas Raymond 'Ray' Prosser was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Pontypool and was capped 22 times for Wales. Prosser also represented the British Lions in their 1959 tour of Australia and New Zealand, and played invitational rugby for the Barbarians...

, Rhys Williams, Roddy Evans

Roddy Evans

William Roderick "Roddy" Evans was a Welsh international rugby union lock who played club rugby for Cardiff and Bridgend. He was awarded thirteen caps for Wales and toured with Ronnie Dawson's 1959 squad.-International matches played:...

, Robin Davies, Clem Thomas

Clem Thomas

Richard Clement Charles "Clem" Thomas was a international rugby union player. A flanker, he represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C. in the Varsity Match in 1949 and played for Brynamman, Swansea, London Welsh and Harlequins. He earned 26 caps for Wales, between 1949 and 1959 and captained Wales...

(captain), John Faull

John Faull

John Faull was a Welsh international number 8 who played club rugby for Swansea. He won twelve caps for Wales and was selected to play in the British Lions on the 1959 tour of Australia and New Zealand...

Ireland

Shehadie writes in his memoirs that his response to Noel Murphy continually blocking his vision in the scrum was to deal him a punch in an ensuing scrum. He recalls that the Lansdowne Rd crowd booed the Australian team and that press afterwards singled out Shehadie for his brutal play. He suggests that Dave Cowper

Dave Cowper

then determined to make an example of him and true to his word did not select him in another Test of the tour. It was therefore Shehadie's last Test match, as it would also be for Australia's other forward veteran Alan Cameron.

AUSTRALIA: Terry Curley, Kenneth Donald, Saxon White, Jack Potts, Roderick Phelps, Arthur Summons

Arthur Summons

Arthur Summons is a former Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code rugby international fly-half or five-eighth...

, Des Connor

Des Connor

Desmond Michael Connor is an Australian former rugby union halfback who represented internationally for both the Australian and New Zealand national rugby union teams...

, Nicholas Shehadie

Nicholas Shehadie

Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie, AC, OBE KStJ is the former Lord Mayor of Sydney and a former national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career Test appearances...

, James Brown, Robert Davidson

Bob Davidson (rugby)

(captain), Alan Cameron, David Emanuel, John Thornett

John Thornett

John Thornett is a former Australian rugby union player, having played 37 Tests for Australia between 1955 and 1967. He captained Australia on four of the eight occasions that he went on tour....

Norman Hughes, Peter Fenwicke

IRELAND: Patrick Berkery, Tony O"Reilly, Noel Henderson (c), Dave Hewitt, Cecil Pedlow, Jackie Kyle, Andy Mulligan, Patrick O'Donoghue, Ronnie Dawson, Gordon Wood, James Stevenson, Bill Mulcahy, James Donaldson, Noel Murphy, James Kavanagh Alan Cameron

England

This was the day Twickenham booed, a rare sound at the august ground. But when big Jim Lenehan

Jim Lenehan

Jim Lenehan is a former Australian rugby union footballer. A state and national representative versatile back, he played twenty-four matches for Australia, once as captain...

tackled Phil Horrocks-Taylor late and so heavily that he was taken off the field, the crowd were annoyed. Every time Lenehan touched the ball, the crowd booed.

The scores were 3-0 at half time, but soon Malcolm Phillips scored a great try and then the elegant Terry Curley gave the Wallabies the lead with a drop goal. When injury time came the score was 6-all. Then came the only try of the match by brilliant Peter Jackson. Jackson out on the wing, got a pass on the Wallaby 25. He was not the fastest of wings - but he was deceptive and knew sidestep, swerve and hand-off, and used them as deadly weapons. He swerved away from Rod Phelps and handed him off. He moved to cut in, plonking Terry Curley onto the wrong foot as he beat him on the outside. Phelps was gaining, the line was approaching, Phelps was faster and Jackson dived with Phelps on his back.

It was England's first post-war Test victory over one of the three Southern powers.

AUSTRALIA: Terry Curley, Roderick Phelps, Kenneth Donald, Jim Lenehan

Jim Lenehan

Jim Lenehan is a former Australian rugby union footballer. A state and national representative versatile back, he played twenty-four matches for Australia, once as captain...

, Saxon White

Saxon White

Saxon William White was a rugby union player who represented Australia. He is a professor of medicine.White, a centre, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 7 international rugby caps for Australia.-Career:...

, Arthur Summons

Arthur Summons

Arthur Summons is a former Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code rugby international fly-half or five-eighth...

, Des Connor

Des Connor

Desmond Michael Connor is an Australian former rugby union halfback who represented internationally for both the Australian and New Zealand national rugby union teams...

, Kevin Ryan, Norman Hughes, Peter Fenwicke, Tony Miller

Tony Miller (rugby)

, David Emanuel, Geoffrey Vaughan

Geoffrey Vaughan

Geoffrey Norman Vaughan is a former Australian rugby union player, a national representative prop-forwardof the 1950s.Vaughan was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 6 international rugby caps for Australia. He made the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain,...

, James Brown, Robert Davidson

Bob Davidson (rugby)

(captain)

ENGLAND: James Hetherington, Peter Jackson, Malcolm Phillips

Malcolm Phillips

Malcolm Phillips is a former rugby union international who represented England from 1958 to 1964.-Early life:Malcolm Phillips was born on 3 March 1935 in Prestbury...

, Jeff Butterfield

Jeff Butterfield

Jeffrey Butterfield was an England, British and Irish Lions, Northampton and Barbarians Rugby player and businessman....

, Peter Thompson, Phil Horrocks-Taylor, Dickie Jeeps

Dickie Jeeps

Richard Eric Gautrey Jeeps , known as Dickie Jeeps, was an English rugby union player who played for Northampton and represented and captained both the England national rugby union team and the British Lions in the 1950s and 1960s...

, Ned Ashcroft, Ronald Syrett, Peter Robbins, David Marques

David Marques

Reginald William David Marques was an English rugby union international lock forward. At club level he represented Cambridge University, the Army and most notably Harlequin F.C....

, John Currie

John Currie (sportsman)

John David Currie was a sportsman who played rugby union for England in 25 Test matches and also appeared in first-class cricket matches for Somerset and Oxford University. He was born at Clifton, Bristol and died at Leicester.-Cricket career:In cricket, Currie was a right-handed middle- or...

, Ron Jacobs

Ron Jacobs (rugby player)

Charles Ronald Jacobs was an English Rugby Union player. He played at prop for Northampton and . He went to Oakham School in Rutland, where he captained the first XV in 1945...

, Eric Evans (captain), George Hastings

Scotland

AUSTRALIA: Terry Curley, Kenneth Donald, Jim Lenehan

Jim Lenehan

Jim Lenehan is a former Australian rugby union footballer. A state and national representative versatile back, he played twenty-four matches for Australia, once as captain...

, Saxon White, Roderick Phelps, Arthur Summons

Arthur Summons

Arthur Summons is a former Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code rugby international fly-half or five-eighth...

, Des Connor

Des Connor

Desmond Michael Connor is an Australian former rugby union halfback who represented internationally for both the Australian and New Zealand national rugby union teams...

, Geoffrey Vaughan, James Brown, Robert Davidson

Bob Davidson (rugby)

(captain), Tony Miller

Tony Miller (rugby)

, David Emanuel, Eddie Purkiss, John Thornett

John Thornett

John Thornett is a former Australian rugby union player, having played 37 Tests for Australia between 1955 and 1967. He captained Australia on four of the eight occasions that he went on tour....

, Norman Hughes

SCOTLAND: Robin Chisholm, Arthur Smith (captain), George Stevenson, James Docherty, Thomas Weatherstone, Gordon Waddell, Tremayne Rodd, Hugh McLeod, Norman Bruce, Tom Elliot, Malcolm Swan, Hamish Kemp, Ken Smith, Adam Robson, Jim Greenwood

France

AUSTRALIA: Terry Curley, Alan Morton, Jim Lenehan

Jim Lenehan

Jim Lenehan is a former Australian rugby union footballer. A state and national representative versatile back, he played twenty-four matches for Australia, once as captain...

, Roderick Phelps, Otto Fox, Ron Harvey, Des Connor

Des Connor

Desmond Michael Connor is an Australian former rugby union halfback who represented internationally for both the Australian and New Zealand national rugby union teams...

, Geoffrey Vaughan, James Brown, Robert Davidson

Bob Davidson (rugby)

(captain), Tony Miller

Tony Miller (rugby)

, David Emanuel, Ken Yanz, John Thornett

John Thornett

John Thornett is a former Australian rugby union player, having played 37 Tests for Australia between 1955 and 1967. He captained Australia on four of the eight occasions that he went on tour....

, Norman Hughes

FRANCE: Michel Vannier, Henir Rancolue, Maurice Prat, Roger Martine, Pierre Tarricq, Antoince Labazuy, Pierre Lacroix, Aldo Quaglio, Robert Vigier, Alfred Roques, Lucien Mias, , Michel Celaya (captain), Michel Crauste, Henir Domec, Jean Barthe

Touring party

Manager: Terry McLenaughan
Assistant Manager (Coach) : Dave Cowper
Dave Cowper
Denis Lawson "Dave" Cowper was an Australian national representative rugby union player who captained the Wallabies for six matches including three Tests in 1933. He was the first Victorian player to captain his country in rugby union....
Captain: Bob Davidson
Bob Davidson (rugby)
Robert Alfred Lewars Davidson was an Australian rugby union footballer of the 1940s and 50s. A State and national representative prop-forward he made thirteen Test appearances and forty-nine additional tour match appearances for the Wallabies, captaining the national side in six Tests matches from...
Vice-captain : Alan Cameron

Squad

Name	Tests	Club	Career caps	Tour Apps	Position	Pts
Terry Curley	5	Newcastle Wanderers			Full Back	3
Ken Donald	4	Queensland University University of Queensland Rugby Club The University of Queensland Rugby Club is an Australian rugby union club, based at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Queensland. They currently compete in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition...			Three-Quarter
Alan Morton	1				Three-Quarter
Rod Phelps	5	Northern Suburbs			Three-Quarter	3
Saxon White Saxon White Saxon William White was a rugby union player who represented Australia. He is a professor of medicine.White, a centre, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 7 international rugby caps for Australia.-Career:...	3	Sydney University Sydney University Football Club Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863 , is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia, and as such is nicknamed "The Birthplace of Australian Rugby" or simply "The Birthplace".The club are the current NSWRU Premiers.The club was a member of the inaugural Sydney club competition...			Three-Quarter
Jack Potts	2	Sydney University Sydney University Football Club Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863 , is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia, and as such is nicknamed "The Birthplace of Australian Rugby" or simply "The Birthplace".The club are the current NSWRU Premiers.The club was a member of the inaugural Sydney club competition...			Three-Quarter	0
Jim Lenehan Jim Lenehan Jim Lenehan is a former Australian rugby union footballer. A state and national representative versatile back, he played twenty-four matches for Australia, once as captain...	4	Wagga Wagga	24	32	Three-Quarter	114
Otto Fox Tony Fox (rugby) Otto George "Tony" Fox was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Fox, a wing, was born in Kogarah, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia on the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.-References:...	1			1	Three-quarter
Ron Harvey	1	Newcastle Waratahs			Half-back
Arthur Summons Arthur Summons Arthur Summons is a former Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code rugby international fly-half or five-eighth...	4	Gordon RFC Gordon RFC Gordon Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales. The club, known as the Highlanders, play out of Chatswood Oval and compete in the New South Wales Rugby Union grade competition.-Club information:...	10		Half-Back
Des Connor Des Connor Desmond Michael Connor is an Australian former rugby union halfback who represented internationally for both the Australian and New Zealand national rugby union teams...	5	Brisbane Brothers Brothers Old Boys The Brothers Old Boys are an Australian rugby union club, based in Brisbane,Queensland. The team currently competes in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition against nine of the states best Rugby Union clubs. The club was established in 1905 and has won 27 premierships since...	27	27	Half-Back
Don Logan Don Logan (rugby) Donald Leonard Logan was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Logan, a scrum-half, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia on the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.-References:...	1	Gordon RFC Gordon RFC Gordon Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales. The club, known as the Highlanders, play out of Chatswood Oval and compete in the New South Wales Rugby Union grade competition.-Club information:...	1		Half-Back
Bob Davidson Bob Davidson (rugby) Robert Alfred Lewars Davidson was an Australian rugby union footballer of the 1940s and 50s. A State and national representative prop-forward he made thirteen Test appearances and forty-nine additional tour match appearances for the Wallabies, captaining the national side in six Tests matches from... (c)	5	Gordon RFC Gordon RFC Gordon Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales. The club, known as the Highlanders, play out of Chatswood Oval and compete in the New South Wales Rugby Union grade competition.-Club information:...	13	32	Forward
Kevin Ryan	1	Brisbane Brothers Brothers Old Boys The Brothers Old Boys are an Australian rugby union club, based in Brisbane,Queensland. The team currently competes in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition against nine of the states best Rugby Union clubs. The club was established in 1905 and has won 27 premierships since...	5		Forward	0
Alan Cameron	1	St George RUFC	20	22	Forward
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David Emanuel	5				Forward	0
Norman Hughes	5				Forward	0
Geoffrey Vaughan Geoffrey Vaughan Geoffrey Norman Vaughan is a former Australian rugby union player, a national representative prop-forwardof the 1950s.Vaughan was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 6 international rugby caps for Australia. He made the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain,...	3	Melbourne University Rugby Union	6		Forward
Peter Fenwicke	2	Walcha	6	19	Forward
Ron Meadows	0				Forward
Jim Brown	5				Forward
Nicholas Shehadie Nicholas Shehadie Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie, AC, OBE KStJ is the former Lord Mayor of Sydney and a former national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career Test appearances...	2	Randwick Randwick DRUFC Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club which competes in the Sydney grade competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 31 first grade premierships and seven Australian club championships...	30	24	Forward
Tony Miller Tony Miller (rugby) Tony Miller MBE, was an Australian rugby union footballer and coach, A state and national representative second-row forward, he played forty-one Test matches for Australia in a representative career spanning sixteen seasons. His age at 38 years, 113 days at the time of his last Wallaby...	4	Manly RUFC Manly RUFC Manly Rugby Union Football Club are a rugby union club based in Manly, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The club was formed in 1906 and competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union competitions, the Shute Shield and Tooheys New Cup. Manly, known as the Marlins, play their home games at Manly...	41		Forward
Ken Yanz Ken Yanz Kenneth Yanz was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Yanz, a flanker, was born in Hornsby, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia on the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France and played for New South Wales.-Career:Born...	1	Gordon RFC Gordon RFC Gordon Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales. The club, known as the Highlanders, play out of Chatswood Oval and compete in the New South Wales Rugby Union grade competition.-Club information:...	1		Forward
Edwin Purkiss Eddie Purkiss Edwin Maurice "Eddie" Purkiss was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Purkiss, a flanker, was born in Grafton, New South Wales and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia. He made the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and...	1		3		Forward
Bill Gunther	0	Molong		15	Forward
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Online references

Jackson's try from Planet-Rugby.com

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