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Full time26 July 1930
New Zealand
15–10
British & Irish Lions
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1930Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · William Strang2–0
  2. –TNew Zealand try · Fred Lucas5–0
  3. –TNew Zealand try · Hugh McLean8–0
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Hugh McLean11–0
  5. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Mark Nicholls15–0
  6. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Brian Black15–2
  7. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Ivor Jones15–4
  8. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Harry Bowcott15–7
  9. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Carl Aarvold15–10

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 15George NepiaFull-back
  2. Fred LucasThree-quarter
  3. Gus HartThree-quarter
  4. Rube McWilliamsForward
  5. Merv CornerFly-half
  6. Walter BattyForward
  7. Bert CookeThree-quarter
  8. Hugh McLeanForward
  9. Jack HoreForward
  10. Bill HazlettForward
  11. Cliff PorterForward
  12. Mark NichollsFive-eighth
  13. Beau CottrellForward
  14. Dick SteereForward
  15. William StrangFive-eighth

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Henry RewProp
  2. 2Dai ParkerHooker
  3. 3Henry O'NeillProp
  4. 4Jimmy FarrellSecond row
  5. 5John HodgsonSecond row
  6. 6Brian BlackFlanker
  7. 7George BeamishFlanker
  8. 8Ivor JonesNumber 8
  9. 9Howard PooleScrum-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
British & Irish Lions 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.