Full time1 February 1958
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1957Head-to-head
England won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · James Hetherington3–0
- –TEngland try · Peter Jackson6–0
- –TEngland try · Malcolm Phillips9–0
- –PAustralia penalty · James Lenehan9–3
- –DAustralia drop goal · Terry Curley9–6
Line-ups
England
- 1George HastingsProp
- 2Eric EvansHooker
- 3Charles JacobsProp
- 4John CurrieSecond row
- 5David MarquesSecond row
- 6Peter RobbinsFlanker
- 7Ron SyrettFlanker
- 8Ned AshcroftNumber 8
- 9Dickie JeepsScrum-half
- 10John Horrocks-TaylorFly-half
- 11Peter ThompsonWing
- 12Malcolm PhillipsCentre
- 13Jeff ButterfieldCentre
- 14Peter JacksonWing
- 15James HetheringtonFull-back
Australia
- 1Geoffrey VaughanProp
- 2James BrownHooker
- 3Robert DavidsonProp
- 4Tony MillerSecond row
- 5David EmanuelSecond row
- 6Peter FenwickeFlanker
- 7Norman HughesFlanker
- 8Kevin RyanNumber 8
- 9Des ConnorScrum-half
- 10Arthur SummonsFly-half
- 11Roderick PhelpsWing
- 12Saxon WhiteCentre
- 13James LenehanCentre
- 14Ken DonaldWing
- 15Terry CurleyFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, England 29–27 Australia, 1 drawn in 57 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
England going in
Australia going in
- Previous meeting: 3 January 1948, England 0–11 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 4 June 1963
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.