Full time30 January 1954
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1953Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott0–2
- –TNew Zealand try · Nelson Dalzell0–5
Line-ups
England
- 1Robert StirlingProp
- 2Eric EvansHooker
- 3Sandy SandersProp
- 4Peter YarrantonSecond row
- 5Peter YoungSecond row
- 6Dyson WilsonFlanker
- 7Reginald HigginsFlanker
- 8John Kendall-CarpenterNumber 8
- 9Gordon RimmerScrum-half
- 10Martin ReganFly-half
- 11Ted WoodwardWing
- 12James QuinnCentre
- 13Jeff ButterfieldCentre
- 14William DaviesWing
- 15Ian KingFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Hallard WhiteProp
- 2Ron HemiHooker
- 3Kevin SkinnerProp
- 4Nelson DalzellSecond row
- 5Richard WhiteSecond row
- 6Bill ClarkFlanker
- 7Peter JonesFlanker
- 8Bob StuartNumber 8
- 9Keith DavisScrum-half
- 10Lawrence HaigFly-half
- 11Ron JardenWing
- 12Doug WilsonCentre
- 13Colin LoaderCentre
- 14Maurice DixonWing
- 15Bob ScottFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, England 9–37 New Zealand, 2 drawn in 48 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
England going in
New Zealand going in
- Previous meeting: 24 November 1945, England 3–18 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 25 May 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.