1961 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand | |||||
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Manager |
Jack Kessey G.W. (Jock) Allen | ||||
Coach(es) | Brian Carlson | ||||
Tour captain(s) |
Brian Carlson Barry Muir | ||||
Top point scorer(s) | Don Parish 58 | ||||
Top try scorer(s) | Ken Irvine 10 | ||||
Top test point scorer(s) | Don Parish 11 | ||||
Top test try scorer(s) | 6 tries by 6 players (4 Aus, 2 NZ) | ||||
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Previous tour |
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Next tour |
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The 1961 Kangaroo Tour of New Zealand was a mid-season tour of New Zealand by the Australia national rugby league team. The Australians played nine matches on tour, including two tests against the New Zealand national rugby league team. The tour began on 17 June and finished on 10 July. [1]
Brian Carlson was both the captain and the coach of the touring side. Carlson did not play in the Second Test and tour vice-captain
Barry Muir led Australia in that match.
In the two matches in which neither Carlson nor Muir played, the Kangaroos were captained by
Reg Gasnier (against
Taranaki) and
Ian Walsh (against
Auckland).
The team was managed by
Jack Kessey of
Newtown, New South Wales and G.W. (Jock) Allen of Toowooomba, Queensland.
[2]
The Rugby League News published
Match details - listing surnames of both teams and the point scorers - were included in E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Yearbook, as was a summary of the players' point-scoring.
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Beattie, Day, Gehrke, Gil, Muir, Paterson and Rasmussen were selected from Queensland clubs. Beaven, Crowe and Owen were selected from clubs in New South Wales Country areas. The balance of the squad had played for Sydney based clubs during the 1961 season.
Player | Position | Age | Weight st.lb (kg) |
Club | Tests on Tour |
Games | Tries | Goals | FG | Points |
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Dud Beattie | Prop | 25 | 14.12 (94) |
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1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Beavan | Five-eighth | 24 | 11.2 (71) |
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0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Carlson | Utility Back | 28 | 14.4 (91) |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Ron Crowe | Prop | 27 | 14.12 (94) |
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2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Ken Day | Lock | 25 | 15.0 (95) |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Drake | Fullback | 22 | 11.6 (73) |
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1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Reg Gasnier | Centre | 22 | 12.8 (80) |
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2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Bob Gehrke | Hooker | 23 | 11.7 (73) |
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0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Alan Gil | Centre | 22 | 12.4 (78) |
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0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Ken Irvine | Wing | 21 | 12.4 (78) |
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2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
Eddie Lumsden | Wing | 24 | 13.9 (87) |
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2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Ron Lynch | Second-row | 21 | 13.10 (87) |
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2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barry Muir | Halfback | 23 | 10.11 (68) |
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2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
Bill Owen | Second-row | 25 | 13.7 (86) |
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0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Don Parish | Utility Back | 23 | 12.0 (76) |
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2 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 58 |
Jim Paterson | Second-row | 25 | 14.10 (93) |
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2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Elton Rasmussen | Prop, Second-row | 23 | 15.4 (97) |
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2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Jack Sinclair | Lock | 24 | 13.4 (84) |
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1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Arthur Summons | Halfback | 25 | 11.0 (70) |
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2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Ian Walsh | Hooker | 27 | 13.6 (85) |
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2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
The Australians played nine matches on the tour, winning seven matches and losing the last two.
Saturday 1 July
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Tries: Maunga Emery Graeme Farrar Goals: Reg Cooke (2/2) Field Goals Gary Phillips |
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Tries: Ken Irvine Don Parish Goals: Don Parish (2/2) |
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Saturday 8 July
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8 – 10 | ![]() |
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Tries: Goals: Reg Cooke (3/3) Gary Phillips (1/1) |
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Tries: Reg Gasnier (2) Arthur Summons Goals: Don Parish (2/2) |
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