1928 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa
In 1928, the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) undertook a three-month tour of South Africa. The series of four Test matches was drawn 2–2 and the overall tour record was sixteen wins, five losses and one draw.
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The touring All Blacks team, photographed in Wellington | |||||
Summary |
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Total |
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Test match |
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Opponent |
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South Africa |
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Matches
- Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.
Opposing Team | For | Against | Date | Venue | Status |
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Wes. Province Country | 11 | 3 | 30 May 1928 | Newlands, Cape Town | Tour Match |
Cape Town Clubs | 3 | 7 | 2 June 1928 | Newlands, Cape Town | Tour Match |
Griqualand West | 19 | 10 | 6 June 1928 | de Beer's Stadium, Kimberly | Tour Match |
Transvaal | 0 | 6 | 9 June 1928 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | Tour Match |
Orange Free State | 20 | 0 | 13 June 1928 | Kroonstad Ground, Kroonstad | Tour Match |
Transvaal | 5 | 0 | 16 June 1928 | Ellis Park, Transvaal | Tour Match |
Western Transvaal | 19 | 8 | 20 June 1928 | Kruger Park, Potchefstroom | Tour Match |
Natal | 31 | 3 | 23 June 1928 | Pietermaritzburg Ground, Pietermaritzburg | Tour Match |
South Africa | 0 | 17 | 30 June 1928 | Durban | Test Match |
Northern Provinces | 18 | 18 | 7 July 1928 | de Beer's Stadium, Kimberly | Tour Match |
Rhodesia | 44 | 8 | 14 July 1928 | Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo | Tour Match |
South Africa | 7 | 6 | 21 July 1928 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | Test Match |
Pretoria Clubs | 13 | 6 | 25 July 1928 | Eastern Sports Ground, Pretoria | Tour Match |
Orange Free State | 15 | 11 | 28 July 1928 | Ramblers' Cricket Ground, Bloemfontein | Tour Match |
North-Eastern Districts | 27 | 0 | 1 August 1928 | Burghersdorp Ground, Burgersdorp | Tour Match |
Border | 22 | 3 | 4 August 1928 | Recreation Ground, East London | Tour Match |
Border | 35 | 3 | 8 August 1928 | Victoria Grounds, King William's Town | Tour Match |
Eastern Province | 16 | 3 | 11 August 1928 | Port Elizabeth | Tour Match |
South Africa | 6 | 11 | 18 August 1928 | Port Elizabeth | Test Match |
South-Western Districts | 12 | 6 | 22 August 1928 | Oudtshoorn Ground, Oudtshoorn | Tour Match |
Western Province | 3 | 10 | 25 August 1928 | Newlands, Cape Town | Tour Match |
South Africa | 13 | 5 | 1 September 1928 | Newlands, Cape Town | Test Match |
Touring party
- Manager:
- Assistant manager:
- Captain: Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
- Full-back
- Herb Lilburne (Canterbury)
- Three-quarters
- Bert Grenside (Hawke's Bay)
- Alan Robilliard (Canterbury)
- Charles Rushbrook (Wellington)
- Fred Lucas (Auckland)
- Sydney Carleton (Canterbury)
- Half-backs
- David Lindsay (Otago)
- Toby Sheen (Auckland)
- Lance Johnson (Wellington)
- Neil McGregor (Canterbury)
- Mark Nicholls (Wellington)
- Archie Strang (South Canterbury)
- Bill Dalley (Canterbury)
- Frank Kilby (Wellington)
- Forwards
- Geoff Alley (Canterbury)
- Cyril Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
- Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
- James Burrows (Canterbury)
- Innes Finlayson (North Auckland)
- Swin Hadley (Auckland)
- Ian Harvey (Wairarapa)
- William Hazlett (Southland)
- John Hore (Otago)
- Ruben McWilliams (Auckland)
- George Scrimshaw (Canterbury)
- Eric Snow (Nelson)
- Ron Stewart (South Canterbury)
- John Swain (Hawkes Bay)
- Edward Ward (Taranaki)
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