TheBreakdown
Full time1 September 1923
New Zealand
34–6
Australia
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1923Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 28 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Jimmy Sinclair2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Jimmy Sinclair4–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Jimmy Sinclair6–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Jimmy Sinclair8–0
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Jimmy Sinclair10–0
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Jimmy Sinclair13–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Fred Lucas16–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Alex Pringle19–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Jock Richardson22–0
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Alex Williams25–0
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Quentin Donald28–0
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Pat Potaka31–0
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Maurice Brownlie34–0
  14. –TAustralia try · Daniel Erasmus34–3
  15. –TAustralia try · William Marrott34–6

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 15Jimmy SinclairFull-back
  2. Moke BellissForward
  3. Jock RichardsonForward
  4. Quentin DonaldForward
  5. Fred LucasThree-quarter
  6. Pat McCarthyFly-half
  7. Peina TaituhaThree-quarter
  8. Alex PringleForward
  9. Alex WilliamsForward
  10. Alf WestForward
  11. David McMeekingForward
  12. Arnold PerryFive-eighth
  13. Lou PetersonForward
  14. Wampy BellFive-eighth
  15. Bill FordThree-quarter
  16. Maurice BrownlieBench
  17. Pat PotakaBench

Australia

  1. 1Thomas DavisProp
  2. 2John BlackwoodHooker
  3. 3Arthur ErbyProp
  4. 4Hugh TaylorSecond row
  5. 5William MarrottSecond row
  6. 6Edward ThornFlanker
  7. 7Alexander Roy ArmstrongFlanker
  8. 8Ray ElliottNumber 8
  9. 9Norman MingayScrum-half
  10. 10William GeorgeFly-half
  11. 11Robert LoudonWing
  12. 12Ronald StanleyCentre
  13. 13Billy SheehanCentre
  14. 14Daniel ErasmusWing
  15. 15Otto NothlingFull-back

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Context

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

New Zealand going in
Australia 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.