1949 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand

1949 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand
Summary
P W D L
Total
12 11 00 01
Test match
02 02 00 00
Opponent
P W D L
 New Zealand
2 2 0 0

The 1949 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of 12 rugby union matches played by the "Wallabies" in 1949. The Australians lost only one match, and won the Test series 2-0.

At the same time, a 30-man All Black squad was touring South Africa. On 3 September 1949, New Zealand lost two test matches on the same day - one in South Africa, the other at home to Australia.

"The New Zealand Rugby Union ... decided that the 1949 matches against Australia would have full test status, even though the country's top 30 players were in South Africa. One of the reasons for the decision was to not deprive test caps to three of the All Blacks, Johnny Smith, Ben Couch and Vincent Bevan who were not considered for the South African tour because they were Māori (although Bevan was not regarded as eligible for the Māori All Blacks). All three would surely have otherwise gone to South Africa (also probably Ronald Bryers and Nau Cherrington)."[1]


Matches

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Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Status
King Country 24 6 17 August 1949 Taumarunui Domain, Taumarunui Tour match
Bay of Plenty 35 8 21 August 1949 Whakatane Field, Whakatāne Tour match
Poverty Bay /
East Coast		 20 12 24 August 1949 Rugby Park, Gisborne Tour match
Wairarapa 21 14 27 August 1949 Memorial Park, Masterton Tour match
Manawatu /
Horowhenua		 29 6 31 August 1949 Showgrounds, Palmerston North Tour match
New Zealand New Zealand 11 6 3 September 1949 Athletic Park, Wellington Test match
Combined XV 14 8 7 September 1949 Lansdowne Park, Blenheim Tour match
West Coast-Buller 15 17 10 September 1949 Rugby Park, Greymouth Tour match
Ashburton /
South Canterbury /
North Otago		 9 0 14 September 1949 Centennial Park, Oamaru Tour match
Southland 15 10 17 September 1949 Rugby Park, Invercargill Tour match
Canterbury 16 12 21 September 1949 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Tour match
New Zealand New Zealand 16 9 24 September 1949 Eden Park, Auckland Test match

Bibliography

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  • Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1979). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1979–80. Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-354-09087-9.

All found on link

References

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  1. ^ Palenski, Ron (2003). Century in Black: 100 years of All Black test rugby. Auckland, N.Z.: Hodder Moa Beckett. p. 184. ISBN 1-86958-937-8.
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