Full time3 September 1949
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1949Head-to-head
Australia won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Jack Kelly3–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Graham Moore6–0
- –CAustralia conversion · Roy Cawsey6–2
- –TAustralia try · Ralph Garner6–5
- –TAustralia try · Ralph Garner6–8
- –TAustralia try · Colin Windon6–11
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Hec WilsonProp
- 2Arthur HughesHooker
- 3Bill MummProp
- 4Ron BryersSecond row
- 5Richard WhiteSecond row
- 6Bill LunnFlanker
- 7Kiwi BlakeFlanker
- 8Bob StuartNumber 8
- 9Vincent BevanScrum-half
- 10Ben CouchFly-half
- 11Graham MooreWing
- 12Ron DobsonCentre
- 13Johnny SmithCentre
- 14Jack KellyWing
- 15Rex OrrFull-back
Australia
- 1Bevan WilsonProp
- 2Neville CottrellHooker
- 3John BaxterProp
- 4Rex MossopSecond row
- 5Nicholas ShehadieSecond row
- 6David BrockhoffFlanker
- 7Colin WindonFlanker
- 8Keith CrossNumber 8
- 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
- 10Neville EmeryFly-half
- 11Ralph GarnerWing
- 12John BlomleyCentre
- 13Trevor AllanCentre
- 14Clarence DavisWing
- 15Roy CawseyFull-back
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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: 28 June 1947, New Zealand 27–14 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 24 September 1949
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.