Full time19 December 1953
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1953Head-to-head
Wales won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –CWales conversion · Gwyn Rowlands2–0
- –CWales conversion · Gwyn Rowlands4–0
- –PWales penalty · Gwyn Rowlands7–0
- –TWales try · Ken Jones10–0
- –TWales try · Sid Judd13–0
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Ron Jarden13–2
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Ron Jarden13–5
- –TNew Zealand try · Bill Clark13–8
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Billy WilliamsProp
- 2Dai DaviesHooker
- 3Courtenay MeredithProp
- 4Rees StephensSecond row
- 5Roy JohnSecond row
- 6Sid JuddFlanker
- 7Clem ThomasFlanker
- 8John GwilliamNumber 8
- 9Rex WillisScrum-half
- 10Cliff MorganFly-half
- 11Gwyn RowlandsWing
- 12Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
- 13Gareth GriffithsCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Gerwyn WilliamsFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Kevin SkinnerProp
- 2Ron HemiHooker
- 3Ian ClarkeProp
- 4Richard WhiteSecond row
- 5Nelson DalzellSecond row
- 6Bob StuartFlanker
- 7Bill ClarkFlanker
- 8William McCawNumber 8
- 9Keith DavisScrum-half
- 10Lawrence HaigFly-half
- 11Ron JardenWing
- 12Brian FitzpatrickCentre
- 13John TannerCentre
- 14Alan ElsomWing
- 15Bob ScottFull-back
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Context
All-time, Wales 3–35 New Zealand, 1 drawn in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Wales going in
New Zealand going in
- Previous meeting: 5 January 1946, Wales 0–0 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 21 December 1963
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.