Full time12 September 1931
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1931Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 7 points.
Scoring
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Ron Bush2–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Ron Bush5–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Ron Bush8–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Ron Bush11–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Ron Bush14–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Gus Hart17–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Nelson Ball20–0
- –CAustralia conversion · Alec Ross20–2
- –CAustralia conversion · Alec Ross20–4
- –TAustralia try · Cyril Towers20–7
- –TAustralia try · Cyril Towers20–10
- –TAustralia try · Dave Cowper20–13
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 15Ron BushFull-back
- Frank SolomonForward
- Gus HartThree-quarter
- Tom MetcalfeForward
- Don MaxForward
- Merv CornerFly-half
- Herbert LilburneFive-eighth
- Walter BattyForward
- Rusty PageThree-quarter
- Beau CottrellForward
- Nelson BallThree-quarter
- Ted JessepForward
- Dick SteereForward
- George PurdueForward
- William StrangFive-eighth
Australia
- 1Bill CeruttiProp
- 2Edward BonisHooker
- 3Malcolm BlairProp
- 4Bruce JuddSecond row
- 5Maxwell WhiteSecond row
- 6James ClarkFlanker
- 7James PalfreymanFlanker
- 8Thomas PerrinNumber 8
- 9Syd MalcolmScrum-half
- 10John SteggallFly-half
- 11Wilfred HemingwayWing
- 12Dave CowperCentre
- 13Cyril TowersCentre
- 14Harold TolhurstWing
- 15Alec RossFull-back
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 27 July 1929, New Zealand 13–15 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 2 July 1932
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.