Full time6 June 1959
Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tour 1959Head-to-head
British & Irish Lions won by 11 points.
Scoring
- –PAustralia penalty · Ken Donald3–0
- –PAustralia penalty · Ken Donald6–0
- –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Bev Risman6–2
- –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Dave Hewitt6–5
- –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Dave Hewitt6–8
- –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Tony O'Reilly6–11
- –TBritish & Irish Lions try · George Smith6–14
- –DBritish & Irish Lions drop goal · Ken Scotland6–17
Line-ups
Australia
- 1Keith EllisProp
- 2Peter JohnsonHooker
- 3Peter DunnProp
- 4Tony MillerSecond row
- 5John CarrollSecond row
- 6Peter FenwickeFlanker
- 7John ThornettFlanker
- 8Robert OuttersideNumber 8
- 9Des ConnorScrum-half
- 10Arthur SummonsFly-half
- 11Ken DonaldWing
- 12Leonard DiettCentre
- 13John PottsCentre
- 14Alan MortonWing
- 15James LenehanFull-back
British & Irish Lions
- 1Syd MillarProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Hugh McLeodProp
- 4Rhys WilliamsSecond row
- 5Bill MulcahySecond row
- 6John FaullFlanker
- 7Ned AshcroftFlanker
- 8George SmithNumber 8
- 9Dickie JeepsScrum-half
- 10Bev RismanFly-half
- 11Tony O'ReillyWing
- 12Malcolm PriceCentre
- 13Dave HewittCentre
- 14Peter JacksonWing
- 15Ken ScotlandFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Australia 7–19 British & Irish Lions in 26 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Australia going in
British & Irish Lions going in
- Previous meeting: 26 August 1950, Australia 3–24 British & Irish Lions
- Next meeting on record: 13 June 1959
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.