Full time27 July 1929
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1929Head-to-head
Australia won by 2 points.
Scoring
- –PAustralia penalty · Cyril Towers3–0
- –PAustralia penalty · Tom Lawton6–0
- –PAustralia penalty · Tom Lawton9–0
- –TAustralia try · Syd King12–0
- –TAustralia try · Jack Ford15–0
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Herbert Lilburne15–2
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Herbert Lilburne15–4
- –TNew Zealand try · Clinton Stringfellow15–7
- –TNew Zealand try · Bert Grenside15–10
- –TNew Zealand try · Rube McWilliams15–13
Line-ups
Australia
- 1Bill CeruttiProp
- 2Edward BonisHooker
- 3Edward ThompsonProp
- 4Huck FinlaySecond row
- 5Harry HamalainenSecond row
- 6Wylie BreckenridgeFlanker
- 7Walter IvesFlanker
- 8Jack FordNumber 8
- 9Syd MalcolmScrum-half
- 10Tom LawtonFly-half
- 11Gordon McGhieWing
- 12Syd KingCentre
- 13Cyril TowersCentre
- 14Eric FordWing
- 15Robert WestfieldFull-back
- Geoff StoreyBench
New Zealand
- 15Jack TuckFull-back
- Keith ReidForward
- Lew HookThree-quarter
- Syd CarletonFive-eighth
- Rube McWilliamsForward
- Fritz SnowForward
- Clinton StringfellowThree-quarter
- Herbert LilburneFive-eighth
- Charlie SonntagForward
- Cliff PorterForward
- Eric LeysFly-half
- Beau CottrellForward
- Bert GrensideThree-quarter
- Alfred KivellForward
- Rika HekeForward
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 20 July 1929, Australia 17–9 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 12 September 1931
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.