Full time3 September 1955
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Bledisloe Cup 1955Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Ron Jarden2–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Ron Jarden5–0
- –DNew Zealand drop goal · Alan Elsom8–0
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Mark IrwinProp
- 2Ron HemiHooker
- 3Ivan VodanovichProp
- 4Bob DuffSecond row
- 5Richard WhiteSecond row
- 6Bill ClarkFlanker
- 7Peter JonesFlanker
- 8Ian ClarkeNumber 8
- 9Keith DavisScrum-half
- 10Robin ArcherFly-half
- 11Ron JardenWing
- 12Bill GrayCentre
- 13Alan ElsomCentre
- 14Tom KateneWing
- 15Pat WalshFull-back
Australia
- 1Nicholas ShehadieProp
- 2James CrossHooker
- 3Donald StrachanProp
- 4Tony MillerSecond row
- 5Alan CameronSecond row
- 6Norman HughesFlanker
- 7John ThornettFlanker
- 8Brian JohnsonNumber 8
- 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
- 10Richard ToothFly-half
- 11Garth JonesWing
- 12Gordon DavisCentre
- 13James PhippsCentre
- 14Eddie StapletonWing
- 15Roderick PhelpsFull-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: 20 August 1955, New Zealand 16–8 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 17 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.