Full time20 August 1955
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1955Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Ron Jarden2–0
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Ron Jarden4–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Ron Jarden7–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Ron Jarden10–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Bill Clark13–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Ivan Vodanovich16–0
- –CAustralia conversion · Richard Tooth16–2
- –PAustralia penalty · Eddie Stapleton16–5
- –TAustralia try · Garth Jones16–8
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Mark IrwinProp
- 2Ron HemiHooker
- 3Ivan VodanovichProp
- 4Peter BurkeSecond row
- 5Richard WhiteSecond row
- 6Bill ClarkFlanker
- 7Peter JonesFlanker
- 8Ian ClarkeNumber 8
- 9Lindsay TownsendScrum-half
- 10Robin ArcherFly-half
- 11Ross SmithWing
- 12Pat WalshCentre
- 13Alan ElsomCentre
- 14Ron JardenWing
- 15Kevin StuartFull-back
Australia
- 1Nicholas ShehadieProp
- 2James CrossHooker
- 3Neil AdamsProp
- 4Tony MillerSecond row
- 5Alan CameronSecond row
- 6Norman HughesFlanker
- 7John ThornettFlanker
- 8Brian JohnsonNumber 8
- 9Brian CoxScrum-half
- 10John SolomonFly-half
- 11Garth JonesWing
- 12Cyril BurkeCentre
- 13James PhippsCentre
- 14Eddie StapletonWing
- 15Richard ToothFull-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: 13 September 1952, New Zealand 15–8 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 3 September 1955
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.