1893 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

The 1893 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia was the second tour by the New Zealand national rugby union team to Australia. Ten matches were played against regional and district sides, but no Test matches were played. It was first tour arranged by New Zealand Rugby Football Union which was founded the year before. The only previous New Zealand national team was the side that toured New South Wales in 1884. Immediately before departing for Sydney, the tourists played a match against a "Combined XV" in Wellington, which New Zealand won 7–4.[1]

1893 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
The New Zealand team that toured Australia
ManagerG.F.C. Campbell
Tour captain(s)Thomas Ellison
Top point scorer(s)Francis Jervis (38)
Top try scorer(s)Francis Jervis (6)
Thomas Ellison (6)
Summary
P W D L
Total
10 09 00 01
Tour chronology
Previous tour1884 New South Wales
Next tour1897 Australia

Touring party
Name Position Province
Archie D'Arcy Fullback Wairarapa
Henry Clarke Wilson Fullback Wellington
Alan Good Wing Taranaki
George Harper Three-quarter Nelson
Francis "Doss" Mahon Jervis Wing Auckland
William "Tabby" Wynyard Three-quarter Wellington
Henry Butland Half back West Coast
David Gage Utility back Wellington
Maurice Herrold Half back Auckland
Graham Shannon Half back/Forward Manawatu
Alfred Bayly Loose forward Taranaki
Sam Cockroft Hooker Manawatu
Thomas Ellison Forward Wellington
John Henry Gardner Forward South Canterbury
Rod Gray Forward Wairarapa
James Taylor Lambie Forward Taranaki
Charles Nicholson Macintosh Forward South Canterbury
Robert McKenzie Forward Auckland
William McKenzie Wing forward Wairarapa
John Mowlem Forward Manawatu
Frederick Murray Forward Auckland
Robert Oliphant Wing forward Wellington
Walter Pringle Forward Wellington
Charles Speight Forward Auckland
Angus Stuart Forward Wellington
Hoeroa Tiopira Forward Hawke's Bay
Billy Watson Forward Wairarapa

Match summary

Complete list of matches played by New Zealand in Australia:[2]

A series of sketches published in The Queenslander of one of New Zealand's matches against Queensland
# Date Rival City Venue Score
128 JunCumberland CountySydneyCumberland Oval8–0
21 JulNSW WaratahsSydneyCricket Ground17–8
34 JulNSW JuniorSydneyCricket Ground19–0
46 JulNorthern DistrictNewcastleSports Ground25–3
58 JulNSW WaratahsSydneyCricket Ground3–25
615 JulQueensland RedsBrisbaneExhibition Ground14–3
719 JulQueensland Reds 2ndBrisbaneExhibition Ground6–0
822 JulQueensland RedsBrisbaneExhibition Ground36–0
926 JulWestern DistrictBathurst24–5
1029 JulNSW WaratahsSydneyCricket Ground16–0
Balance
Pl W D L Ps Pc
1090116844

See also

References
  1. "10th All Black Game". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. Tour in New South Wales and Queensland on All Blacks website
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