TheBreakdown
Full time20 July 1929
Australia
17–9
New Zealand
Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tour 1929Head-to-head

Australia won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Tom Lawton2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Tom Lawton5–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Tom Lawton8–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Gordon McGhie11–0
  5. –TAustralia try · Owen Crossman14–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Jack Ford17–0
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Rawi Cundy17–3
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Bert Grenside17–6
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Cliff Porter17–9

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill CeruttiProp
  2. 2Edward BonisHooker
  3. 3Edward ThompsonProp
  4. 4Huck FinlaySecond row
  5. 5Harry HamalainenSecond row
  6. 6Wylie BreckenridgeFlanker
  7. 7Robert LoudonFlanker
  8. 8Jack FordNumber 8
  9. 9Syd MalcolmScrum-half
  10. 10Tom LawtonFly-half
  11. 11Owen CrossmanWing
  12. 12Syd KingCentre
  13. 13Gordon SturtridgeCentre
  14. 14Gordon McGhieWing
  15. 15Robert WestfieldFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 15Syd CarletonFull-back
  2. Bert PalmerForward
  3. Lew HookThree-quarter
  4. Rube McWilliamsForward
  5. Fritz SnowForward
  6. Jack TuckFly-half
  7. Herbert LilburneFive-eighth
  8. Charlie OliverFive-eighth
  9. Charlie SonntagForward
  10. Cliff PorterForward
  11. Beau CottrellForward
  12. Bert GrensideThree-quarter
  13. Alfred KivellForward
  14. Alf WatermanThree-quarter
  15. Rika HekeForward
  16. Rawi CundyBench

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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.