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Full time13 September 1952
New Zealand
15–8
Australia
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1952Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –PNew Zealand penalty · Noel Bowden3–0
  2. –PNew Zealand penalty · Ron Jarden6–0
  3. –TNew Zealand try · John Hotop9–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Eddie Robinson12–0
  5. –DNew Zealand drop goal · John Hotop15–0
  6. –CAustralia conversion · Neville Cottrell15–2
  7. –PAustralia penalty · Neville Cottrell15–5
  8. –TAustralia try · Colin Windon15–8

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Peter EastgateProp
  2. 2Ian HammondHooker
  3. 3Kevin SkinnerProp
  4. 4Richard WhiteSecond row
  5. 5Bob DuffSecond row
  6. 6Eddie RobinsonFlanker
  7. 7Jack SkeenFlanker
  8. 8Kevin MeatesNumber 8
  9. 9Keith DavisScrum-half
  10. 10John HotopFly-half
  11. 11Ron JardenWing
  12. 12Selwyn BremnerCentre
  13. 13Alan ElsomCentre
  14. 14Ray BellWing
  15. 15Noel BowdenFull-back

Australia

  1. 1John BaxterProp
  2. 2Neville CottrellHooker
  3. 3Robert DavidsonProp
  4. 4Nicholas ShehadieSecond row
  5. 5Alan CameronSecond row
  6. 6Brian JohnsonFlanker
  7. 7Colin WindonFlanker
  8. 8Tony MillerNumber 8
  9. 9Brian CoxScrum-half
  10. 10Murray TateFly-half
  11. 11John O'NeillWing
  12. 12Herbert BarkerCentre
  13. 13John SolomonCentre
  14. 14Eddie StapletonWing
  15. 15Ray ColbertFull-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

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.