TheBreakdown
Full time15 September 1923
New Zealand
38–11
Australia
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1923Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 27 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew McLean2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew McLean4–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew McLean6–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew McLean8–0
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew McLean11–0
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew McLean14–0
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Herman Morgan17–0
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Fred Lucas20–0
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Fred Lucas23–0
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Ginger Nicholls26–0
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Ed Stewart29–0
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Ed Stewart32–0
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Lui Paewai35–0
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Bob Tunnicliff38–0
  15. –CAustralia conversion · Ronald Stanley38–2
  16. –PAustralia penalty · Otto Nothling38–5
  17. –TAustralia try · Otto Nothling38–8
  18. –TAustralia try · Ronald Stanley38–11

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Bob TunnicliffProp
  2. 2Bill IrvineHooker
  3. 3Les CupplesProp
  4. 4Read MastersSecond row
  5. 5Jack OrmondSecond row
  6. 6Ron StewartFlanker
  7. 7Son WhiteFlanker
  8. 8Cliff PorterNumber 8
  9. 9Harry NichollsScrum-half
  10. 10Lui PaewaiFly-half
  11. 11Ed StewartWing
  12. 12Ginger NichollsCentre
  13. 13Fred LucasCentre
  14. 14Herman MorganWing
  15. 15Andrew McLeanFull-back

Australia

  1. 1Thomas DavisProp
  2. 2John BlackwoodHooker
  3. 3Arthur ErbyProp
  4. 4Hugh TaylorSecond row
  5. 5Reg FergusonSecond row
  6. 6Edward ThornFlanker
  7. 7Ray ElliottFlanker
  8. 8Edward GreatorexNumber 8
  9. 9Wallace MeagherScrum-half
  10. 10Billy SheehanFly-half
  11. 11Robert LoudonWing
  12. 12Ronald StanleyCentre
  13. 13Otto NothlingCentre
  14. 14Alan BowersWing
  15. 15John CrakanthorpFull-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.