TheBreakdown
Full time23 July 1938
Australia
9–24
New Zealand
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1938Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –PAustralia penalty · McQuarie Carpenter3–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · McQuarie Carpenter6–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · McQuarie Carpenter9–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Jack Taylor9–2
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Jack Taylor9–4
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Jack Taylor9–6
  7. –PNew Zealand penalty · Jack Taylor9–9
  8. –PNew Zealand penalty · Jack Taylor9–12
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Jack Sullivan9–15
  10. –TNew Zealand try · Charlie Saxton9–18
  11. –TNew Zealand try · Charlie Saxton9–21
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Allan Parkhill9–24

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1McKenzie RamsayProp
  2. 2Edward BonisHooker
  3. 3Vayro WilsonProp
  4. 4Russell KellySecond row
  5. 5Francis HutchinsonSecond row
  6. 6Aubrey HodgsonFlanker
  7. 7Boyd OxladeFlanker
  8. 8Fred KerrNumber 8
  9. 9Charles StoneScrum-half
  10. 10Victor RichardsFly-half
  11. 11John HowardWing
  12. 12Edwin HayesCentre
  13. 13Llewellyn LewisCentre
  14. 14McQuarie CarpenterWing
  15. 15Ronald RankinFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 1Les GeorgeProp
  2. 2Charles QuaidHooker
  3. 3Doug DaltonProp
  4. 4Harold MillikenSecond row
  5. 5Ron KingSecond row
  6. 6Snow BowmanFlanker
  7. 7Rod McKenzieFlanker
  8. 8Allan ParkhillNumber 8
  9. 9Charlie SaxtonScrum-half
  10. 10Trevor BerghanFly-half
  11. 11Tom MorrisonWing
  12. 12Jack SullivanCentre
  13. 13Brushy MitchellCentre
  14. 14Will PhillipsWing
  15. 15Jack TaylorFull-back

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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.