1888-1889 New Zealand Native football team matches

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The New Zealand Natives' football team prior to playing Queensland in July 1889.
The New Zealand Natives' football team prior to playing Queensland in July 1889.

This is a list of 1888-1889 New Zealand Native football team matches. The team toured the British Isles, Australia, and New Zealand in 1888 and 1889. Although the team mainly played rugby football, it also played several Victorian Rules, and Association football matches. The team won 78 of their 107 rugby matches and three of their Victorian Rules matches. Their tour of the British Isles was the first by a New Zealand rugby team - the next was not until the Original All Blacks tour of 1905.[1] The squad of 26 was privately organised and was composed mainly of players of Maori ancestry, although several Pakeha were included in the squad.

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[edit] Matches played

Notes on scoring:

  • For the rugby matches in the British Isles, New Zealand, and Victoria tries scored one point, conversions two points, and penalties and drop-goals three points.
  • For the rugby matches in New South Wales tries scored three points, conversions two points, and drop goals four points.
  • For the rugby matches in Queensland tries scored two points, conversions three points, and drop goals four points.

Notes on matches:

  • The match record for the British Isles is considered complete, however the match record of the Victorian Rules and Association Rules matches in the Australian leg of the tour is a matter of some debate. The list of Victorian Rules matches compiled by Greg Ryan traces the matches in the Melbourne press, and the frequency of matches suggests the list is complete.

Notes on opposition:

  • As the tour occurred before the schism of Rugby football following the formation of the Northern Union (the predecessor of the Rugby league) in 1895, many of the team's opponents in the British Isles later elected to play Rugby League rather than Rugby union. The links in the tables below link to those clubs regardless of what code they subsequently played.
  • At least one club, Manningham, has since converted to Association Football.

[edit] Summary

Rugby matches
Played in Matches Won Lost Drawn Points for Points against
British Isles[2] 74 49 20 5 194 188
New Zealand 17 14 3 0 119 51
Australia 16 15 0 1 239 66
Total 107 78 23 6 772 305
Victorian Rules matches
Matches Won Lost Drawn Goals Behinds
8 3 5 0 27 40
Association Football matches
Matches Won Lost Drawn For Against
2 0 2 0 5 12

[edit] British Isles

Date Against Venue For Against
1888-10-03 Surrey Richmond 4 1
1888-10-06 Northamptonshire Northampton 12 0
1888-10-10 Kent Blackheath 4 1
1888-10-13 Moseley Moseley 6 4
1888-10-18 Burton-on-Trent Burton-on-Trent 3 4
1888-10-20 Midland Counties Birmingham 10 0
1888-10-22 Middlesex Fletching 0 9
1888-10-24 Hull Hull 0 1
1888-10-27 Dewsbury Dewsbury 6 0
1888-10-31 Wakefield Trinity Wakefield 0 1
1888-11-03 Northumberland County Newcastle 3 3
1888-11-05 Stockton-on-Tees Stockton 6 1
1888-11-07 Tynemouth North Shields 7 1
1888-11-10 Halifax Free Wanderers Halifax 4 13
1888-11-12 Newcastle and District Newcastle 14 0
1888-11-14 Hartlepool Rovers Hartlepool 1 0
1888-11-17 Cumberland County Maryport 10 2
1888-11-20 Carlisle Carlisle 13 0
1888-11-22 Hawick Hawick 3 1
1888-11-23 East Cumberland Carlisle 12 0
1888-11-24 Westmorland County Kendal 3 1
1888-11-26 Swinton Swinton 0 2
1888-11-28 Liverpool and District Liverpool 9 0
1888-12-01 Ireland Dublin 13 4
1888-12-03 Trinity College Dublin 4 4
1888-12-05 North of Ireland Belfast 2 0
1888-12-08 Lancashire County Manchester 0 1
1888-12-10 Batley Batley 5 5
1888-12-12 Yorkshire County Manningham 10 6
1888-12-15 Broughton Rangers Broughton 8 0
1888-12-17 Wigan Wigan 5 1
1888-12-19 Llanelli Llanelli 0 3
1888-12-22 Wales Swansea 0 5
1888-12-24 Swansea Swansea 5 0
1888-12-26 Newport Newport 3 0
1888-12-29 Cardiff Cardiff 1 4
1889-01-01 Bradford Bradford 1 4
1889-01-03 Leeds Parish Church Leeds 6 3
1889-01-05 Kirkstall Kirkstall 7 3
1889-01-07 Brighouse Rangers Brighouse 4 0
1889-01-09 Huddersfield Huddersfield 7 6
1889-01-12 Stockport Stockport 3 3
1889-01-14 Castleford Castleford 3 9
1889-01-17 Warrington Warrington 7 1
1889-01-19 Yorkshire County Wakefield 4 16
1889-01-23 Spen Valley District Cleckheaton 8 7
1889-01-26 Somersetshire County Wellington 17 4
1889-01-30 Devonshire County Exeter 12 0
1889-01-31 Taunton Taunton 8 0
1889-02-02 Gloucestershire County Gloucester 4 1
1889-02-04 Midland Counties Moseley 6 1
1889-02-06 Blackheath Rovers Blackheath 9 3
1889-02-09 United Services Portsmouth 10 0
1889-02-16 England Blackheath 0 7
1889-02-18 London Welsh Richmond 2 1
1889-02-19 Cambridge University Cambridge 3 7
1889-02-21 Oxford University Oxford 0 6
1889-02-23 Manningham Manningham 4 0
1889-02-25 St John's, Leeds Leeds 9 0
1889-02-27 Leigh Leigh 1 4
1889-03-02 Runcorn Runcorn 8 3
1889-03-04 Oldham Oldham 0 6
1889-03-05 Halifax Free Wanderers Halifax 6 0
1889-03-07 Barrow and District Barrow 0 3
1889-03-09 Widnes Widnes 8 1
1889-03-11 Manchester Manchester 7 1
1889-03-13 Walkden Walkden 6 1
1889-03-14 St Helens St Helens 9 0
1889-03-16 Salford Salford 7 1
1889-03-18 Rochdale Hornets Rochdale 10 0
1889-03-20 York York 4 3
1889-03-23 Hull Hull 1 1
1889-03-25 Widnes Widnes 6 1
1889-03-27 Southern Counties Leyton 3 1
Source: Ryan, Greg (1993). Forerunners of the All Blacks. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press, 141-142. ISBN 0-908812-30-2. 

[edit] Rugby in Australia

Date Against Venue For Against
1888-08-11 Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria 3 0
1888-08-15 Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria 1 1
1889-05-24 Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria 13 6
1889-05-31 Navy Team XVIII Melbourne, Victoria 13 6
1889-06-11 Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 19 0
1889-06-15 New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales 12 9
1889-06-17 University of Sydney Sydney, New South Wales 17 7
1889-06-19 Parramatta Club and Kings School XVIII Sydney, New South Wales 21 0
1889-06-22 New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales 16 12
1889-06-25 Arfoma Sydney, New South Wales 27 3
1889-06-28 Permanent Artillery XVIII Sydney, New South Wales 32 10
1889-07-15 Queensland Brisbane, Queensland 22 0
1889-07-17 Toowoomba XVI Toowoomba, Queensland 16 0
1889-07-19 Ipswich Ipswich, Queensland 17 5
1889-07-22 Queensland Brisbane, Queensland 11 7
1889-07-24 Toowoomba XVII Toowoomba, Queensland 19 0
Source: Ryan, Greg (1993). Forerunners of the All Blacks. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press, 143. ISBN 0-908812-30-2. 

[edit] New Zealand

Date Against Venue For Against
1888-06-23 Hawke's Bay Napier 5 0
1888-06-30 Hawke's Bay Napier 11 0
1888-07-07 Auckland Auckland 0 9
1888-07-11 Nelson Nelson 9 0
1888-07-14 Wellington Wellington 3 0
1888-07-21 Canterbury Christchurch 5 4
1888-07-24 South Canterbury Timaru 9 0
1888-07-28 Otago Dunedin 0 8
1888-07-31 Otago Dunedin 1 0
1889-08-07 Southland Invercargill 5 1
1889-08-08 Mataura District XVI Gore 16 3
1889-08-10 Otago Dunedin 11 8
1889-08-15 Hawke's Bay Christchurch 13 2
1889-08-17 Canterbury Christchurch 15 0
1889-08-19 Wairarapa Masterton 10 8
1889-08-20 Wellington Wellington 4 1
1889-08-24 Auckland Auckland 2 7
Source: Ryan, Greg (1993). Forerunners of the All Blacks. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press, 143. ISBN 0-908812-30-2. 

[edit] Victorian Rules in Australia

Notes on scoring:

  • The numbers in brackets under points scored states the goals, then behinds (goals/behinds).
  • The number before the brackets is the score calculated with goals worth six points, and behinds one.
Date Against Venue For Against
1889-05-15 Maryborough Maryborough, Victoria 8 (1/2) 45 (6/9)
1889-05-18 Ballarat Ballarat, Victoria 4 (0/4) 26 (4/2)
1889-05-25 Carlton Melbourne, Victoria 16 (2/4) 94 (13/16)
1889-05-28 Wanderers Melbourne, Victoria 71 (10/11) 15 (2/3)
1889-05-30 South Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria 40 (6/4) 37 (4/13)
1889-06-01 St Kilda Melbourne, Victoria 12 (1/6) 49 (6/7)
1889-06-06 Daylesford Daylesford, Victoria 16 (2/4) 11 (1/5)
1889-06-08 Essendon Melbourne, Victoria 35 (5/5) 70 (11/14)
Source: Ryan, Greg (1993). Forerunners of the All Blacks. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press, 144. ISBN 0-908812-30-2. 

[edit] Association Football in Australia

Date Against Venue For Against
July 1889[3] Northumberland Maitland, New South Wales 3 6
July 1889[3] Newcastle Newcastle, New South Wales 2 6
Source: Matches played - New Zealand Natives' rugby tour, 1888/89. nzhistory.net.nz. Retrieved on 2007-05-01.

[edit] See also

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ The 1905/06 'Originals'. rugbymuseum.co.nz. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
  2. ^ Includes Ireland.
  3. ^ a b Exact date is unknown.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Ryan, Greg (1993). Forerunners of the All Blacks. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press. ISBN 0-908812-30-2. 

[edit] External links