1949 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

25	15	4	6

Test match

4	0	0	3

Opponent

P	W	D	L

South Africa

4	0	0	4

1949 saw the second full tour of South Africa by a representative New Zealand rugby union team (the New Zealand national rugby union team). The All Blacks achieved a record of 13 wins, 7 losses and 4 draws, and they lost the test series 4–0.

The New Zealand union left Maori players out of the 30-man tour squad to meet apartheid conditions set by South Africa. "Johnny Smith, Ben Couch and Vince Bevan ... were not considered for the South African tour because they were Maori. All three would surely have otherwise gone to South Africa."^[1] Smith's official All Black profile now acknowledges "the unforgiveable weakness shown by New Zealand rugby".^[2]

As this tour took place, a simultaneous Australia tour to New Zealand led to the unusual situation of two All Black tests on 3 September 1949, in Durban and Wellington. The All Blacks lost both. One reason for New Zealand affording the Australian series test status was to allow Maori players excluded from South Africa to earn caps.^[1]

Matches

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

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Western Province Universities	11	9	31 May 1949	Newlands, Cape Town	Tour Match
Boland	8	5	4 June 1949	Boland Stadium, Wellington	Tour Match
South Western Districts	21	3	8 June 1949	Oudtshoorn Ground, Oudtshoorn	Tour Match
Eastern Province	6	3	11 June 1949	Crusader Ground, Port Elizabeth	Tour Match
Border	0	9	15 June 1949	Recreation Ground, East London	Tour Match
Natal	8	0	18 June 1949	Kingsmead, Durban	Tour Match
Western Transvaal	19	3	22 June 1949	Kruger Park, Potchefstroom	Tour Match
A Transvaal XV	6	3	25 June 1949	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Tour Match
Orange Free State	9	9	29 June 1949	Kroonstad Ground, Kroonstad	Tour Match
Eastern Transvaal	5	6	2 July 1949	PAM Brink Stadium, Springs	Tour Match
Western Province	6	3	9 July 1949	Newlands, Cape Town	Tour Match
South Africa	11	15	16 July 1949	Newlands, Cape Town	First Test
Transvaal	13	3	23 July 1949	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Tour Match
Rhodesia	8	10	27 June 1949	Hartsfield, Bulawayo	Tour Match
Rhodesia	3	3	30 June 1949	Old Hararians' Ground, Salisbury	Tour Match
Northern Transvaal	6	3	6 August 1949	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Tour Match
South Africa	6	12	13 August 1949	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Second Test
Northern Universities	17	3	17 August 1949	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Tour Match
Griqualand West	8	6	20 August 1949	De Beer's Stadium, Kimberley	Tour Match
North-Eastern Districts	28	3	24 August 1949	Aliwal North Ground, Aliwal North	Tour Match
Orange Free State	14	9	27 August 1949	Springbok Park, Bloemfontein	Tour Match
South Africa	3	9	3 September 1949	Kingsmead, Durban	Third Test
Border	6	6	10 September 1949	Recreation Ground, East London	Tour Match
South Africa	8	11	17 September 1949	Crusader Ground, Port Elizabeth	Fourth Test
Cape Town Clubs	11	11	21 September 1949	Newlands, Cape Town	Tour Match

References

1 2 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.
↑ Knight, Lyndsay. "Johnny Smith". allblacks.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

External links

1949 Tour in Details

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 South Africa

British and Irish Lions	1891 1896 1903 1910 1924 1938 1955 1962 1968 1974 1980 1997 2009

New Zealand	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996

Australia	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992

Argentina	1965 (no test) 1971 (no test) 1994 2002 2003

England	1972 1984 1994 1998 2000 2007 2012

France	1958 1964 1967 1971 1975 1980 1993 2001 2005 2006

Ireland	1961 1981 1998 2004

Italy	1973 (no test) 1999 2001 2008

Scotland	1999 (no test) 2003 2006

Wales	1964 1995 1998 2002 2004 2008 2014

Fiji	1996

Samoa	2003 (no test) 2007

Tonga	1997

Various selections	1978 (American Cougars) 1980 (S.A.Jaguars) 1982 (S.A.Jaguars) 1985 (Cavaliers) 1987 (South Sea Barbarians) 1989 (World XV)

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