1963–64 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America

The 1963–64 New Zealand tour of Britain, Ireland and France was a rugby union tour undertaken by the New Zealand national rugby union team. The tour took in the five major Northern Hemisphere rugby nations of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and France. The tour also took in matches against club opposition and invitational county teams, ending in Europe with an encounter with the Barbarians. The final two games of the tour were played in Canada.

The New Zealand team were nearly invincible on this tour, their only defeat coming at Newport.

Contents

Matches

Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.
Date Opponent Location Result Score
Match 1 October 23 Oxford University Iffley Road, Oxford Won 19–3
Match 2 October 26 Southern Counties Greyhound Stadium, Hove Won 32–3
Match 3 October 30 Newport Rodney Parade, Newport Lost 0–3
Match 4 November 2 Neath and Aberavon Talbot Athletic Ground, Port Talbot Won 11–6
Match 5 November 6 Abertillery and Ebbw Vale Abertillery Ground, Abertillery Won 13–0
Match 6 November 9 London Counties Twickenham, London Won 27–0
Match 7 November 13 Cambridge University Grange Road, Cambridge Won 20–6
Match 8 November 16 South of Scotland Mansfield Park, Hawick Won 8–0
Match 9 November 20 Glasgow and Edinburgh Little Hughenden Park, Glasgow Won 33–3
Match 10 November 23 Cardiff Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Won 6–5
Match 11 November 27 Pontypool and Cross Keys Pontypool Park, Pontypool Won 11–0
Match 12 November 30 South-Western Counties County Ground, Exeter Won 38–6
Match 13 December 3 Midland Counties Highfield Road, Coventry Won 37–9
Match 14 December 7 IRELAND Lansdowne Road, Dublin Won 6–5
Match 15 December 11 Munster Thomond Park, Limerick Won 6–3
Match 16 December 14 Swansea St. Helen's, Swansea Won 16–9
Match 17 December 17 Western Counties Memorial Ground, Bristol Won 22–14
Match 18 December 21 WALES Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Won 6–0
Match 19 December 26 Combined Services Twickenham, London Won 23–9
Match 20 December 28 Midland Counties Welford Road, Leicester Won 14–6
Match 21 December 31 Llanelli Stradey Park, Llanelli Won 22–8
Match 22 January 4 ENGLAND Twickenham, London Won 14–0
Match 23 January 8 North-Western Counties White City Ground, Manchester Won 12–3
Match 24 January 11 North-Eastern Counties Yorkshire Agricultural Showgrounds, Harrogate Won 17–11
Match 25 January 14 North of Scotland Linksfield Stadium, Aberdeen Won 15–3
Match 26 January 18 SCOTLAND Murrayfield, Edinburgh Drawn 0–0
Match 27 January 22 Leinster Lansdowne Road, Dublin Won 11–3
Match 28 January 25 Ulster Ravenhill, Belfast Won 24–5
Match 29 January 29 South-Eastern Counties King's Park, Bournemouth Won 9–6
Match 30 February 1 France B Stade Municipal, Toulouse Won 17–8
Match 31 February 5 South-West France Stade Municipal, Bordeaux Won 23–0
Match 32 February 8 FRANCE Stade Colombes, Paris Won 12–3
Match 33 February 12 South-East France Stade Municipal, Lyon Won 8–5
Match 34 February 15 Barbarians Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Won 36–3
Match 35 February 22 British Columbia Under-25 XV Empire Stadium, Vancouver Won 6–3
Match 36 February 24 British Columbia Empire Stadium, Vancouver Won 39–3

Touring party

Full Back

Clarke, Donald Barry

Three-Quarters

Dick, Malcolm John; Macrae, Ian Robert; Kirton, Earle Weston; Caulton, Ralph Walter;

Half-Backs

Watt, Bruce Alexander; Briscoe, Kevin Charles;

Forwards

Whineray, Wilson James; Major, John; Le Lievre, Jules Mathew; Stewart, Allan James; Horsley, Ronald Hugh; Tremain,Kelvin Robin; Lochore, Brian James; Nelson, Keith Alister;

References

External links

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