1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada

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Matches

Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.
Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Competition
Devon and Cornwall 35 6 14/09/1935 Rectory Ground, Devonport Tour Match
Midland Counties 9 3 19/09/1935 Highfield Road, Coventry Tour Match
Yorkshire and Cumberland 14 3 21/09/1935 Lidget Green, Bradford Tour Match
Abertillery and Cross Keys 31 6 25/09/1935 Abertillery Ground, Abertillery Tour Match
Swansea 3 11 28/09/1935 St Helen's, Swansea Tour Match
Gloucestershire and Somerset 23 3 03/10/1935 Memorial Ground, Bristol Tour Match
Lancashire and Cheshire 21 8 05/10/1935 Birkenhead Park, Birkenhead Tour Match
Northumberland and Durham 10 6 09/10/1935 Gosforth Ground, Gosforth Tour Match
South of Scotland 11 8 12/10/1935 Mansfield Park, Hawick Tour Match
Glasgow and Edinburgh 9 8 16/10/1935 Old Anniesland Ground, Glasgow Tour Match
Combined Services 6 5 19/10/1935 Aldershot Military Stadium, Aldershot Tour Match
Llanelli 16 8 22/10/1935 Stradey Park, Llanelli Tour Match
Cardiff 20 5 26/10/1935 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Tour Match
Newport 17 5 31/10/1935 Athletic Ground, Newport Tour Match
London Counties 11 0 02/11/1935 Twickenham, London Tour Match
Oxford University 10 9 06/11/1935 Iffley Road, Oxford Tour Match
Hampshire and Sussex 14 8 09/11/1935 Dean Court, Bournemouth Tour Match
Cambridge University 25 5 14/11/1935 Grange Road, Cambridge Tour Match
Leicestershire and East Midlands 16 3 16/11/1935 Welford Road, Leicester Tour Match
Scotland 18 8 16/12/1972 Murrayfield, Edinburgh Test Match
North of Scotland 12 6 27/11/1935 Linksfield Stadium, Aberdeen Tour Match
Ulster 3 3 30/11/1935 Ravenhill, Belfast Tour Match
Ireland 17 9 20/01/1973 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Test Match
Mid-Districts 31 10 12/12/1935 Ynys Stadium, Aberdare Tour Match
Neath and Aberavon 13 3 14/12/1935 Talbot Athletic Ground, Aberavon Tour Match
Wales 12 13 21/12/1935 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Test Match
London Counties 24 5 26/12/1935 Twickenham, London Tour Match
England 0 13 04/01/1936 Twickenham, London Test Match
Vancouver 32 0 25/01/1936 Brockton Point Oval, Vancouver Tour Match
Victoria (B.C.) 23 7 29/01/1936 MacDonald Park, Victoria Tour Match

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The matches

Scotland

23 November 1935
Scotland  8 – 18  New Zealand Murrayfield
Referee: CH Gadney (England)
Try: Fyfe
Dick
Con: Murdoch
Try: Caughey (3)
Hadley
Con: Gilbert (3)

Ireland

7 December 1935
Ireland  9 – 17  New Zealand
Referee: RW Jeffares (Ireland)
Try: Walker
Pen: Bailey
Siggins
Try: Mitchell
Oliver
Hart
Con: Gilbert
Pen Gilbert (2)

Wales

21 December 1935
Wales  13 – 12  New Zealand Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Cyril Gadney (England)
Try: Jones (2)
Davey
Con: Jenkins (2)
Try: Ball (2)
Con: Gilbert
Drop: Gilbert

Wales: Vivian Jenkins (London Welsh), Geoffrey Rees Jones (Oxford Univ.), Idwal Rees (Swansea), Claude Davey (Swansea) (capt.), Wilf Wooller (Cambridge Univ.), Cliff Jones (Cambridge Univ.), Haydn Tanner (Swansea), Tom Rees (Newport), Don Tarr, (Swansea), Harry Payne (Swansea), Trevor Williams (Cross Keys), Eddie Watkins (Cardiff), Glyn Prosser (Neath), Jim Lang (Llanelli), Arthur Rees (London Welsh)

New Zealand: G Gilbert, GF Hart, NA Mitchell, N Ball, CJ Oliver, JL Griffiths, BS Sadler, A Lambourn, WE Hadley, D Dalton, ST Reid, RR King, JE Manchester (capt.), A Mahoney, HF McLean


England

4 January 1936
England  13 – 0  New Zealand Twickenham
Referee: JW Faull (Wales)
Try: Obolensky (2)
Sever
Drop: Cranmer

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