1924–25 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France

Manager

S.S. Dean

Tour captain(s)

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

32	32	0	0

Test match

4	4	0	0

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Ireland

1	1	0	0

Wales

1	1	0	0

England

1	1	0	0

France

1	1	0	0

The Invincibles was a nickname given to the 1924–25 New Zealand rugby union team which toured the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada. The team was captained by Cliff Porter, and numbered among its top players George Nepia and brothers Cyril and Maurice Brownlie.

Between September 1924 and February 1925, the team played 32 games including four test matches, one each against Ireland, England, Wales, and France. They won all 32 games, scoring 838 points and only having 116 points scored against them.

Cliff Porter was tour captain, but played only 17 of the 32 games due to injury, including just one test (against France). During the remaining games, tour vice-captain Johnstone Richardson (Jock) took over the captaincy.

Results

Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Devonshire	11	0	13 September 1924	Rectory Ground, Devonport	Tour match
Cornwall	29	0	18 September 1924	Recreation Ground, Camborne	Tour match
Somersetshire	6	0	20 September 1924	Weston-super-Mare Ground, Weston-super-Mare	Tour match
Gloucestershire	6	0	25 September 1924	Kingsholm, Gloucester	Tour match
Swansea	39	3	27 September 1924	St Helen's, Swansea	Tour match
Newport	13	10	2 October 1924	Athletic Ground, Newport	Tour match
Leicester	27	0	4 October 1924	Welford Road, Leicester	Tour match
North Midlands	40	3	8 October 1924	Villa Park, Birmingham	Tour match
Cheshire	18	5	11 October 1924	Birkenhead Park, Birkenhead	Tour match
Durham	43	7	15 October 1924	Roker Park, Sunderland	Tour match
Yorkshire	42	4	18 October 1924	Lidget Green, Bradford	Tour match
Lancashire	23	0	22 October 1924	Old Trafford, Manchester	Tour match
Cumberland	41	0	25 October 1924	Brunton Park, Carlisle	Tour match
Ireland	6	0	1 November 1924	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	Test match
Ulster	28	6	5 November 1924	Ravenhill, Belfast	Tour match
Northumberland	27	4	8 November 1924	Gosforth	Tour match
Cambridge University	5	0	12 November 1924	Grange Road, Cambridge	Tour match
London Counties	31	6	15 November 1924	Twickenham, London	Tour match
Oxford University	33	15	20 November 1924	Iffley Road, Oxford	Tour match
Cardiff	16	8	22 November 1924	National Stadium, Cardiff	Tour match
Wales	19	0	29 November 1924	St Helen's, Swansea	Test match
Llanelli	8	3	2 December 1924	Stradey Park, Llanelli	Tour match
East Midlands	31	7	6 December 1924	Cricket Ground, Northampton	Tour match
Warwickshire	20	0	11 December 1924	Highfield Road, Coventry	Tour match
Combined Services	25	3	13 December 1924	Twickenham, London	Tour match
Hampshire	22	0	17 December 1924	Fratton Park, Portsmouth	Tour match
London Counties	28	3	27 December 1924	Rectory Field, London	Tour match
England	17	11	3 January 1925	Twickenham, London	Test match
Selection Francais	37	8	11 January 1925	Stade Olynpique, Colombes	Tour match
France	30	6	18 January 1925	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse	Test match
Vancouver	49	0	14 February 1925	Cricket Oval, Vancouver	Tour match
Victoria (Canada)	68	4	18 February 1925	Victoria Ground, Vancouver Island	Tour match

Touring party

Management

Manager: S.S. Dean (Wellington)
Captain: Cliff Porter

Full-backs

George Nepia (Hawke's Bay)

Three-quarters

Five-eighths

Half-backs

Bill Dalley (Canterbury)
Jimmy Mill (Hawke's Bay)

Wing forwards

Jim Parker (Canterbury)
Cliff Porter (Wellington)

Forwards

The test-matches

Ireland

1 November 1924

Ireland	0–6	New Zealand
		Try: Snowy Svenson Pen: Nicholls

Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: AE Freethy

(Wales)

Ireland: 15.William Crawford, 14.Henry Stephenson, 13.George Stephenson, 12.James Gardiner, 11.Tom Hewitt, 10.Frank Hewitt, 9.John McDowell, 8.James Clinch, 7.Robert Crichton, 6.Norman Brand, 5.William Collis, 4.Alex Spain, 3.Dick Collopy, 2.Thomas McClelland, 1.Jim McVicker

New Zealand: 15.George Nepia, 14.Snowy Svenson, 13.Frederick Lucas, 12.Bert Cooke, 11.Augustine Hart, 10.Marcus Nicholls, 9.Bill Dalley, 8.Les Cupples, 7.Son White, 6.Jock Richardson (c), 5.Read Masters, 4.Maurice Brownlie, 3.Bull Irvine, 2.Quentin Donald, 1.James Parker

Wales

29 November 1924

Wales	0–19	New Zealand
		Try: Irvine (2) M Brownlie Svenson Con: Nicholls Pen: Nicholls

St Helens
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Col. JS Brunton

(England)

Wales: Tom Johnson (Cardiff), Ernie Finch (Llanelli), Albert Jenkins (Llanelli), Albert Stock (Newport), Rowe Harding (Swansea), Jack Wetter (Newport) capt., Eddie Williams (Neath), Bobby Delahay (Cardiff), Dai Parker (Swansea), Jack Gore, (Blaina), Charlie Pugh (Maesteg), Steve Morris (Cross Keys), Cliff Williams (Llanelli), Douglas Marsden-Jones (London Welsh), Dai Hiddlestone (Neath)

New Zealand: G Nepia, J Steel, AE Cooke, KS Svenson, NP McGregor, MF Nicholls, J Mill, JH Parker, WR Irvine, Q Donald, RR Masters, LF Cupples, CJ Brownlie, MJ Brownlie, J Richardson (capt.)

England

3 January 1925

England	11–17	New Zealand
Try: Cove-Smith, Kittermaster Con: Conway Pen: Corbett		Try: Steel, Svenson MJ Brownlie, Parker, Con: Nicholls Pen: Nicholls

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Albert Freethy

England:15.Jim Brough, 14.Richard Hamilton-Wickes, 13.Vivian Davies, 12.Leonard Corbett, 11.John Gibbs, 10.Harold Kittermaster, 9.Arthur Young, 8.Tom Voyce, 7.Geoffrey Conway, 6.Freddie Blakiston, 5.Ron Cove-Smith, 4.Wavell Wakefield (cap.), 3.Ronald Hillard, 2.Sam Tucker, 1.Reg Edwards
New Zealand:15.George Nepia, 14.John Steel, 13.Bert Cooke, 12.Marcus Nicholls, 11.Snowy Svenson, 10.Neil McGregor, 9.Jimmy Mill, 8.Jock Richardson (cap.), 7.Son White, 6.Cyril Brownlie , 5.Read Masters, 4.Maurice Brownlie, 3.Bull Irvine, 2.Quentin Donald, 1.James Parker,

References

Chester, R., Palenski, R., and McMillan, N. (1998) The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.

External links

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New Zealand rugby union tours

Australia	1884 1893 1897 1903 1905 1907 1910 1914 1920 1922 1924 1925 1926 1929 1932 1934 1938 1947 1951 1957 1960 1962 1968 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1991 1992

South Africa	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996

British Isles	1905-06 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 1978 1979 1980 1983 1989 1993 1997 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008

France	1906 1925 1964 1967 1972–73 1977 1981 1986 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006

Italy and Romania	1977 1979 1981 1995 2000 2004

North and South America	1906 1913 1925 1936 1953–54 1964 1967 1972 1976 1980 1985 1989 1991 2001 2006

Asia and Oceania	1968 1974 1980 1984 1987

Rugby union tours of France

Argentina	1975 1982 1988 1992 1998 2004 2006 2008

Australia	1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008

Canada	1979 1994 2002 2005

Fiji	1964 1989 no test 1990 2001

Ireland	1988

Japan	1973 2000

Maori All Blacks	1926-27

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1953-54 1963-64 1972-73 1977 1986 1981 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006

Pacific Islanders	2008

Samoa	1989 (no test)

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1951-52 1960-61 1996 1997 2001 2002 2005

Tonga	2005

Rugby union tours of England

Argentina	1978 1990 1999 2000 2006

Australia	1908-09 1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1973 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1988 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2013

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1967 1972-73 1974 (no test) 1978 1979 1983 1993 1997 2000 2002 2005 2006 2008

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1969-70 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008

Romania	1984-85

Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1986

Fiji	1982 (no test) 1985 (no test) 1989

Samoa	1989 (no test) 1995 1996 (no test) 2005

Tonga	1997 (no test)

Pacific Islanders	2008

Canada	1979 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1994 1999 2004

United States	1977 (no test) 1999

Maori All Blacks	1888-89 1926-27

Rugby union tours of France

Argentina	1975 1982 1988 1992 1998 2004 2006 2008

Australia	1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008

Canada	1979 1994 2002 2005

Fiji	1964 1989 no test 1990 2001

Ireland	1988

Japan	1973 2000

Maori All Blacks	1926-27

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1953-54 1963-64 1972-73 1977 1986 1981 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006

Pacific Islanders	2008

Samoa	1989 (no test)

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1951-52 1960-61 1996 1997 2001 2002 2005

Tonga	2005

Rugby union tours of Ireland

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1972-73 1978 1989 1997 2001 2005 2008

Australia	1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1968 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1992 1996 2002 2004 2005 2006 2009 2013

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1965 1969-70 1994 (no test) 1996 ("A" team) 1998 2000 2004 2006

Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2002 2004 2008

European teams	1980 1988-89 2002

Asia and Oceanian team	1985 1995 1996 2000 2001 2002 2006

North American Teams	2004 2008

Others	1888-89 (NZ Natives) 1926-27 (NZ Maori)

Rugby union tours of Wales

Argentina	1976 (no test) 1978 (no test) 1998 2001

Australia	1908-09 1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1973 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1992 1996 2001 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1967 1972-73 1974 (no test) 1978 1980 1989 1997 1998 2000 ("A" team) 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008

NZ Maori	1888-89 (NZ Natives) 1926-27 1982

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1969-70 1994 1996 2000 2004 2005 2007 2008

Romania	1979 2002

Fiji	1964 1985 1995 2002 2005

Samoa	1988 1996 (no test) 2000

Tonga	1997 2001

Pacific Islanders	2006

Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1993 2004

Canada	1979 (no test) 1999 2002 2008

United States	1987 1997 1999 (no test) 2000

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