PREVIOUS TESTS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 144, 21 June 1930, Page 11

PREVIOUS TESTS

W#TY-TW6';;CONTE^TS.

NEW ZEALAND'S WINS

The Ciarisbrook .'ground in Dunedin. , 'Where the, first, Test /match- with1- the British Rugby; touring team was play'cd this'\aftcrnoon has been the. scene of six previous International contests '• out. of tho list of. twenty-two games played in New Zealand in past years •by teams fromHho Homeland', Australia, and' South Africa. against Now Zealand. ' .It is worthy of note, too) that the six i previous International clashes' in DunIl' edin wiero-won by New Zealand. ;,.. i-;-vt'.': ;,riRST.-TEST;iW : ia94.;,. '•■.•' -■' [ ..Of the. twenty-two matches under re- ' view,; -Now: Zealand won' fifteen, lost ■ five,"and;drew. two. According to tho 'records, tho first match by an overseas team against New Zealand on the Dominion'sI'playing fields was played; in 1 Christchurch on loth September, : 1894, ■ when.New South Wales met and defeat■eda New Zialand team by eight points to,six. .Tho .next international match 1 took ..place. ;.at.,Wellington .. on. 15th ; August, 1896, against Queensland, and •on that occasion Now Zealand won by • nine points to 'nil. .It was liot" until five .years- la.ter .'that another international game was played in the Dominion. On 31st August, 190:, New Zealand defeated -a New South Wales team at Wellington by twenty points to three. ■In August, 1004, New Zealand defeated Bedell-Sivright's British team at Wellington. Although New. Zealand had been visited previously by a British teanr(Stoddart's combination in 1888), - the Test in 1904 was the first New Zealand haf 1 played against a-British team, tho 1888 side not having. played any tests on its, tour. The following year, 1905, New Zealand defeated Australia at Dunedin. Then, in 1908, came the visit of the third team from, EnglandHarding's. Anglo-Welsh team, of which ' Dr. P..F, M'Evedy, now, president of ' the Wellington Rugby Union,: was a '. member.- The Anglo-Welsh team 'played threetests, the: first and .third of which 1 NewZealaiut won, and the second was drawn,-, each side scoring'three points. ' ; -.:■'■GAMKS OF BECENT YEAES. > . .Sineetho tour-made in 1908,: there ; has.been.no visit, to Now. Zealand by. ~' ■" ,:'. .■■'■■■.■'.'.■■•■ .' - . ■'•■•■.:. • f

a team from the" Old Country until this year. New Zealand, since the matches in 1908, Kas met: Australian, South African, and New South Wales sides. _ The Australian team was in the Dominion in.1913, and the South Africans in 1921, in : which year there was also a visit by a New South Wales team, which played'one test match at Ohristchuroh and, won' by 17 points to nil. In 1923 a New South /Wales team played test matches at Dunedin, Ghristchurch, and Wellington, but tho team; from New South Wales which toured New Zealand: in 1925 played only one Test, and lost by 36 points to 10. The last tour made by a New South Wales team —and;also the last by a. team from overseas until the one: at present in progress-—was iii: 1928. In that year New Zealand' won the first two tests, and the visitors the third test- ■: ~;,;. ;; TEST MATCH isTATISTIOS. ' : The following details of International matches in;New;Zealand,are contained in; the "N.Z. Bugby ":—■;..;"',' -,;,;;;.-'.: ,;'■:■:.:'; v::.-'New--;Zealand.-' : '•-■■■" 1894—15th-Sept.:'-New-'South' Wales, at Christchurch,iost.6 to B. ; 1896r-15th August: iQueensland, at Wei- '.■."•'■ iington', Won, ,9/to 0.: .. ; ' ;; 1901—31 st Augusts New South Wales, at Wellington, Won 20 to 3.: 1904—13th7 August: ,-' British * XV, V at . Wellington, won 9.to53..: .• • 1905—2nd Sept.: Australia, at Dunedin, ■ won 14 to- 3. -;-'."V''.' ■'■."■ .'■■;■■'.' -." /.:." 1908--6 th Jun-; Anglo-Welsh XV,.'at :Duiiedini won 32 to s. :':■[ :' ./ 1908^-27^ .June: Anglo-Welsh' XV, at ■■' - draw 3to 3. ; -- , 1908^-25th July: Anglo-Welsh : XV, at -■'■.-'■. Aucklandi won 29, to 5. ' ■- ; '.-,-' 191?—6th: Sept.::; Australia, at Welling- ;■•-,.•' ton, wo*n.3o to s:l' ■'~ . > ; '. 1913—13 th Sept.: Australia, at Dunedin, ■won 25t0-13y" v •'.;-;:. ' v ;.;-.-\: ■'-.-.■■':; j9l3_L2oth Sept.:l Australia, at' CJhrist:v lost:5;io 16/: ■; ..> '.\:-:{:. : v> 1921-^l3th '/August: South 'Africaj :at '■" \Dunedin, won-13 to ■s:'. < t ''■'..■■! ; 1921—27 th Augtast: '■'■ South; Africa, at ■"., Auckland, lost sto 9.;-' -..:'■ ■-.'' ■■':>, "vj 1921—3rd/Sept.: ;New South Wdles, at ; .'; Christchurch; lost 0 t0.17. ' ;- ■ 1921^—17th Sept.:1 South Africa, at Wel- :> '■'■■'■ lingtbhV drawio> to o..'"■',-.. ' 1,: - 1923--725 th Augu't:" New South, Wales, at Dunedin, vwbn: 19, to 9. ■.' ■: 1923—15t Sept.: -New South Wales,: at '■• . Christchufch,:won 34 to 6..' 1923—10 th Sept.: ! New/ South Wales, '"•■•' at Wellington, A'pn' 38.;t0 11. .': 1925 <T -19th Sept.: New. South Wales, ; at !'■'"• Auckland, won 36 to 10. :; ' :,-:■ l?28^-5.th-Sept.:, New South Wales, at iii?'' Wellington, won 15 t0.v12. : •'-." 1928--Bth, Sept;: New South Wales, at '.: Duhediu,.won;l6 to 14... '.'•;'•/.■'*..'■: 192S—15th Sept.:, New' South ''• Wales, at •j1.; "• 'Ghristehureh, lost 8 to 11." ■■ / • : ;:s;/ ,*!. TotaVpoints'... v /366_td, 168 Summary—New Zealand won: 15;; lost //s;drawn : ;2;^tptal 22. '.■ .v.,;-'-.';///'-;"' ■', :;'/iSC^:OF;TBS;^IiIi:BI,ACKS, y- ■ Three of .New.Zealand's/reprcsenta-: tives.Vwhb played in the . game against New-South; Wales;at: Dunedin in Sep: tembeiy 1928,.we're;.iri .the.New: Zealand team'; against Britain this. ~ afternoon. 'They;ajer; iAv:'.Ei/-C^pk'fc;--C;V!S/-;P : prtbr,; and Steere: The fullteain fpr' the 1928 match was as 'follows: Full-back,, Mehrtens (Canterbury)j.threfe-quarters, Snod,-, grass (Nelson),- L. ; .'Ho'ok; (Auckland), M'Clyinojit (ptag6);vfive;eighthsj A. J3. Cpokp.(Wairarapa), yice-captain;-Brad-anovichv (Otagp); -• , Holden (Otagp) J ;■• wihg-f or^ward, \C. ■: Gj-j.. Porter (Wellington) captain; forwards, Palmer. (Auckland)} : Clark■ (Canterbuary.) ■~ M. Willoughby .;? (Wairarapa),..: Steere "(Hawkes Bay), Freitas (West. .Coast), A;;Knight;(Aueklarid),'■ Toby Bobinson "(Canterjbury). -New Zealand hacl a close call in this match, the game being pulled pjit .of ..the.v.firo in'itho'.last ..few, minutes .by' v .the.:.r,cferep- -'(Mr,;; G-.v. -M'^^Kcnzie,:.of. ipunedin.V J a)v:arIdiiig-, : New.-Zealand.:ah obstruction :try.:, .Bradanovieh- converted, and-, the-:game- ended: Ne\v'>-Zealand; 16, New .Routh -Wales. 11.; . ..." ,: -■■ ;- - ;1 Of New'.'Zealand's .•• representatives, who; .met ,South:,Afriea^n,the'first;:Test match, at Dunedin'on" 13th'August, 1921, M..F;.N|chollS;'(Wellingtoii)-is■ the only player still-.iri.'-tho running for-''.'.this yearfs New,••.Zealand, teams.;. ;!'or] the" game i,tQ-d_ay, Nicholls was •.Pno.of' the three players the selectors^ dropped' af-ter-i-th'oi trial match:at -Oamaru on-Wed-nesday. •■: Th,e_ New Zealand team for the'-'1921- inaf;ch: iwas^a's'-folloivs:.. Full-' bac!-,'.G; 3S T.. Kingston L> (Taran'ald); three-quarters, P;W.'Storey (SPuth-Can-terbury), Gv.••&.'- rAitkoh-. (Wellington),; captain,' J:;. Steel (West; Coast); fiveeighths, -,'C.' 8.. O.■ Badeley ■ • (Auckland)i ■M..-"F.;; Nicholls; : (Wellington),-i: half;".,;H. .E. ; Nicholls (Wellington); wing-forward, Jv' G; .Donald (Wairarapa); forwards, .E. E. Hughes \ (Wellington)V W. D.' Duncan; (Ptago)-,. J. E. Moffitt ( Weilington), J. ■■ -Bichaitlsoii :; /(Otago)j A. 'White: '(Southland), c; A'; Belliss. (Wahganui); E. Fogarty:,(Taranald).;,. :. '.;■;.-. ;. .. ;D,ates:: and.' statistics;. of.. any.: •■kind', usually make-'clry: reading,;'luit' the figures that .have- tieeri* given above, coup-,, led .with tho names of somo.of'the players''who have, wohi the; silver -fern, recall;.doughty; battles: oil ': our.. Eugby, playing fields,-and ineiclonts':which, in spite of the passing, years, are as vivid almost in the . minds. of many;- as the. day.'they happened' and; stirvGct. New Zealand':!."Eugby'world/'-.''' •.•': / .'■" ;•"

■ won 14 to 3, i9OB--6th Jun i

'won 25 to 13, JL9l3^-20th.;Sept.::