International (Test) Match 3 of 3 match series
Attendance: 46,735
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
Referee: Darcy Lawler
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
23 Jun 1956Australia8 - 2New Zealand1956
9 Jun 1956Australia12 - 9New Zealand1956
7 Nov 1954Australia34 - 15New Zealand1954-55
Australia Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Norm Pope   5   10
2 Don Adams 3     9
3 Dick Poole        
4 Alex Watson 2     6
5 Des McGovern        
6 Darcy Henry 1     3
7 Keith Holman 1     3
8 Brian Davies        
9 Ken Kearney        
10 Roy Bull        
11 Kel O'Shea        
12 Tom Tyquin        
13 Ian Doyle        
Total:        
 7 5 0 31
New Zealand Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Des White   4   8
2 Vern Bakalich 1     3
3 Tommy Baxter        
4 Bill Sorensen        
5 Cyril Eastlake        
6 George Menzies        
7 Sel Belsham        
8 Henry Maxwell        
9 Jock Butterfield        
10 Duncan MacRae        
11 Jim Riddell        
12 Cliff Johnson 1     3
13 Frank Mulcare        
Total:        
 2 4 0 14



    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.