TheBreakdown
Full time7 January 1928
England
18–11
Australia
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1927Head-to-head

England won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · James Richardson2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · James Richardson4–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · James Richardson6–0
  4. –TEngland try · Kirwan Taylor9–0
  5. –TEngland try · Henri Laird12–0
  6. –TEngland try · Harold Periton15–0
  7. –TEngland try · John Tucker18–0
  8. –CAustralia conversion · Tom Lawton18–2
  9. –TAustralia try · Eric Ford18–5
  10. –TAustralia try · Cyril Towers18–8
  11. –TAustralia try · Cyril Towers18–11

Line-ups

England

  1. 1John TuckerProp
  2. 2Ronald Cove-SmithHooker
  3. 3Edward StanburyProp
  4. 4Kendrick StarkSecond row
  5. 5David Turquand-YoungSecond row
  6. 6Tom LawsonFlanker
  7. 7Thomas CoulsonFlanker
  8. 8Harold PeritonNumber 8
  9. 9Arthur YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Henri LairdFly-half
  11. 11Thomas DevittWing
  12. 12James RichardsonCentre
  13. 13Carl AarvoldCentre
  14. 14Kirwan TaylorWing
  15. 15Monkey SellarFull-back

Australia

  1. 1Bruce JuddProp
  2. 2John BlackwoodHooker
  3. 3Harry WoodsProp
  4. 4Geoff StoreySecond row
  5. 5Huck FinlaySecond row
  6. 6Edward GreatorexFlanker
  7. 7Wylie BreckenridgeFlanker
  8. 8Jack FordNumber 8
  9. 9Syd MalcolmScrum-half
  10. 10Tom LawtonFly-half
  11. 11Johnnie WallaceWing
  12. 12Syd KingCentre
  13. 13Cyril TowersCentre
  14. 14Eric FordWing
  15. 15Alec RossFull-back

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Context

All-time, England 29–27 Australia, 1 drawn in 57 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going in
Australia 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.