TheBreakdown
Full time6 July 1929
Australia
9–8
New Zealand
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1929Head-to-head

Australia won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –PAustralia penalty · Tom Lawton3–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Tom Lawton6–0
  3. –TAustralia try · Campbell Gordon9–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · George Nepia9–2
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · George Nepia9–5
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Charlie Oliver9–8

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill CeruttiProp
  2. 2Edward BonisHooker
  3. 3Edward ThompsonProp
  4. 4Huck FinlaySecond row
  5. 5Harry HamalainenSecond row
  6. 6Wylie BreckenridgeFlanker
  7. 7James PalfreymanFlanker
  8. 8Jack FordNumber 8
  9. 9Syd MalcolmScrum-half
  10. 10Tom LawtonFly-half
  11. 11Campbell GordonWing
  12. 12Syd KingCentre
  13. 13Cyril TowersCentre
  14. 14Eric FordWing
  15. 15Alec RossFull-back
  16. Alan ThorpeBench

New Zealand

  1. 15George NepiaFull-back
  2. Keith ReidForward
  3. Bert GeddesThree-quarter
  4. Lew HookForward
  5. Watty ResideForward
  6. Syd CarletonThree-quarter
  7. Rube McWilliamsForward
  8. Fritz SnowForward
  9. Jack TuckFly-half
  10. Herbert LilburneFive-eighth
  11. Charlie OliverFive-eighth
  12. Charlie SonntagForward
  13. Beau CottrellForward
  14. Alf WatermanThree-quarter
  15. Rika HekeForward
  16. Clinton StringfellowBench

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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.