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Full time21 June 1930
New Zealand
3–6
British & Irish Lions
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Tour 1930Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –TNew Zealand try · Gus Hart3–0
  2. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Jack Morley3–3
  3. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · James Reeve3–6

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 15George NepiaFull-back
  2. Donald OliverThree-quarter
  3. Fred LucasThree-quarter
  4. Gus HartThree-quarter
  5. Rube McWilliamsForward
  6. Herbert LilburneFive-eighth
  7. Walter BattyForward
  8. Bert CookeFive-eighth
  9. Bill IrvineForward
  10. Bill HazlettForward
  11. Cliff PorterForward
  12. Beau CottrellForward
  13. Jimmy MillFly-half
  14. Dick SteereForward
  15. Bunny FinlaysonForward

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Henry RewProp
  2. 2Dai ParkerHooker
  3. 3Henry O'NeillProp
  4. 4Jimmy FarrellSecond row
  5. 5Brian BlackSecond row
  6. 6John HodgsonFlanker
  7. 7George BeamishFlanker
  8. 8Ivor JonesNumber 8
  9. 9Paul MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Roger SpongFly-half
  11. 11James ReeveWing
  12. 12Carl AarvoldCentre
  13. 13Harry BowcottCentre
  14. 14Jack MorleyWing
  15. 15Jack BassettFull-back

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 30–7 British & Irish Lions, 4 drawn in 41 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
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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.