Full time13 August 1938
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1938Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –PAustralia penalty · Edwin Hayes3–0
- –TAustralia try · McKenzie Ramsay6–0
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Jack Taylor6–2
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Jack Taylor6–5
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Jack Taylor6–8
- –TNew Zealand try · Charlie Saxton6–11
- –TNew Zealand try · Snow Bowman6–14
Line-ups
Australia
- 1Clifford LangProp
- 2Albert StoneHooker
- 3Vayro WilsonProp
- 4McKenzie RamsaySecond row
- 5Francis HutchinsonSecond row
- 6John McDonaldFlanker
- 7Boyd OxladeFlanker
- 8Aubrey HodgsonNumber 8
- 9Cecil RamalliScrum-half
- 10Paul CollinsFly-half
- 11John KelaherWing
- 12Edwin HayesCentre
- 13Winston IdeCentre
- 14Frank O'BrienWing
- 15Michael CliffordFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Les GeorgeProp
- 2Arthur LambournHooker
- 3Everard JacksonProp
- 4Harold MillikenSecond row
- 5Ron KingSecond row
- 6Snow BowmanFlanker
- 7Rod McKenzieFlanker
- 8Allan ParkhillNumber 8
- 9Charlie SaxtonScrum-half
- 10Trevor BerghanFly-half
- 11Tom MorrisonWing
- 12Jack GriffithsCentre
- 13Jack SullivanCentre
- 14John DickWing
- 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
- Previous meeting: 6 August 1938, Australia 14–20 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 14 September 1946
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.