TheBreakdown
Full time24 July 1920
Australia
15–26
New Zealand
Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1920Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Tom Lawton2–0
  2. –CAustralia conversion · Tom Lawton4–0
  3. –CAustralia conversion · Tom Lawton6–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Larry Wogan9–0
  5. –TAustralia try · Tom Lawton12–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Charles Fox15–0
  7. –CNew Zealand conversion · Teddy Roberts15–2
  8. –CNew Zealand conversion · Teddy Roberts15–4
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Jack Steel15–7
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Percy Storey15–10
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Scotty Baird15–13
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Jim Donald15–16
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Moke Belliss15–19
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Moke Belliss15–22
  15. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Jim Tilyard15–26

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Thomas DavisProp
  2. 2John BondHooker
  3. 3William WatsonProp
  4. 4Charles FoxSecond row
  5. 5Ray ElliottSecond row
  6. 6Irving OrmistonFlanker
  7. 7Vivian DunnFlanker
  8. 8Robert MarrottNumber 8
  9. 9Arthur WalkerScrum-half
  10. 10Tom LawtonFly-half
  11. 11Roland RaymondWing
  12. 12Roy ChambersCentre
  13. 13Larry WoganCentre
  14. 14Arthur MayneWing
  15. 15Bruce BeithFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 15Jack O'BrienFull-back
  2. Jim TilyardFive-eighth
  3. Percy StoreyThree-quarter
  4. Phonse CarrollForward
  5. Teddy RobertsFive-eighth
  6. Jim MoffittForward
  7. Alf WestForward
  8. Ces BadeleyThree-quarter
  9. Jack SteelThree-quarter
  10. Scotty BairdForward
  11. Charlie BrownFly-half
  12. Jim DonaldForward
  13. Bill DuncanForward
  14. Harry JacobForward
  15. Moke BellissForward

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Context

All-time, Australia 51–147 New Zealand, 8 drawn in 206 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
New Zealand going in

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.