1949 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

12	11	0	1

Test match

2	2	0	0

Opponent

P	W	D	L

New Zealand

2	2	0	0

The 1949 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of 12 rugby union match played by the "Wallabies" in 1949. The Australians lost only one match, and won the Test series 2-0.

At the same time, a 30-man All Black squad was touring South Africa. On 3 September 1949, New Zealand lost two test matches on the same day - one in South Africa, the other at home to Australia.

"The New Zealand Rugby Union ... decided that the 1949 matches against Australia would have full test status, even though the country's top 30 players were in South Africa. One of the reasons for the decision was to not deprive test caps to three of the All Blacks, Johnny Smith, Ben Couch and Vince Bevan who were not considered for the South African tour because they were Maori. All three would surely have otherwise gone to South Africa."^[1]

Matches

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
King Country	24	6	17 August 1949	Taumarunui	Tour match
Bay of Plenty	35	8	21 August 1949	Whakatane	Tour match
Poverty Bay & East Coast	20	12	24 August 1949	Gisborne	Tour match
Waiparapa Bush	21	14	27 August 1949	Masterton	Tour match
Manawatu-Horowenua	29	6	31 August 1949	Palmerston North	Tour match
New Zealand	11	6	3 September 1949	Athletic Park, Wellington	Test match
Combined XV	14	8	7 September 1949	Blenheim	Tour match
West Coast – Buller	15	17	10 September 1949	Greymouth	Tour match
N.Otago-S.Canterbury-Ashburton	9	0	14 September 1949	Oamaru	Tour match
Southland	15	10	17 September 1949	Invercargill	Tour match
Canterbury	16	12	21 September 1949	Christchurch	Tour match
New Zealand	16	9	24 September 1949	Eden Park, Auckland	Test match

Bibliography

Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1979). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1979–80. Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-354-09087-9.

All found on link

References

↑ Palenski, Ron (2003). Century in Black: 100 years of All Black test rugby. Auckland, N.Z.: Hodder Moa Beckett. p. 184. ISBN 1-86958-937-8.

Australia rugby union tours

Argentina	1979 1987 1997 2002

New Zealand	1905 1913 1921 1923 1925 1928 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1967 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991

South Africa	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992

British Isles	1908–09 1927–28 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1988 1992 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013

France	1928 1948 1958 1967 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008

Italy	1973 1976 1983 1988 1996 2002 2006 2008 2009 2013

Spain	2001

North America	1909 1912 1928 1948 1958 1967 1976 1989 1993

Fiji	1972 1980 1984

Hong Kong	2008 2010

Rugby union tours of New Zealand

British and Irish Lions	1888 (no test) 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1977 1983 1993 2005

Australia	1905 1913 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991

New South Wales	1894 1921 1923 1925 1928

South Africa	1921 1937 1956 1965 1965 1981 1994

Argentina	1979 1989 1997 2001 2004

England	1963 1973 1985 1998 2003 2004 2008 2010 2014

France	1961 1968 1979 1984 1986 1989 1994 1999 2001 2003 2007 2013

Ireland	1976 1992 1997 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012

Italy	1980 (no test) 2002 2003 (no test)

Scotland	1975 1981 1990 1996 2000 2004

Wales	1969 1988 2003

Romania	1991 (no test)

Japan	1974

Fiji	1974 1980 1989 no test 1996 1997 2003

Samoa	1996 2005 (no test)

Pacific Islanders	2004

Canada	1995 2007

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