1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales

New Zealand in New South Wales - 1884

Tour captain(s):

Type	P	W	D	L

Total:	8	8	0	0
Test match:

Opp.	P	W	D	L

Statistics against Test match opponents

The first New Zealand team was selected in 1884, for a tour to New South Wales. It was a privately organized selection as the New Zealand Rugby Union was founded not until eight years later. On 22 May 1884, before the tour start, the team played a test match against a Wellington XV winning 9 to 0.^[1] During the tour, the team recorded eight wins in eight matches in Australia.

Matches

28 May 1884

Cumberland County	0 - 33	New Zealand XV
	2nd All Black Game

Parramatta Ground, Sydney

31 May 1884

New South Wales	0 - 11	New Zealand XV
	3rd All Black Game

Agricultural Society Ground, Sydney

3 June 1884

Combined Suburbs	5 - 23	New Zealand XV
	4th All Black Game

Cricket Association Ground, Sydney

5 June 1884

Northern Districts	0 - 29	New Zealand XV
	5th All Black Game

Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle

7 June 1884

New South Wales	2 - 21	New Zealand XV
	6th All Black Game

Agricultural Society Ground, Sydney

11 June 1884

Western Districts	0 - 11	New Zealand XV
	7th All Black Game

Bathurst

12 June 1884

Wallaroo & University	10 - 23	New Zealand XV
	8th All Black Game

Cricket Association Ground, Sydney

14 June 1884

New South Wales	0 - 16	New Zealand XV
	9th All Black Game

Agricultural Society Ground, Sydney

Touring party

Manager: S.E. Sleigh
Captain: William Millton

Name	Position	Province
Henry Braddon	Fullback	Otago
George Helmore	Utility back	Canterbury
Thomas Ryan	Three quarter	Auckland
Joe Warbrick	Three quarter	Auckland
Edwin Davy	Half-back	Wellington
John Dumbell	Utility Back, Forward	Wellington
Henry Roberts	Half-back	Wellington
Jack Taiaroa	Half-back	Otago
James Allan	Forward	Otago
George Carter	Forward	Auckland
John Lecky	Forward	Auckland
Edward Millton	Forward	Canterbury
William Millton	Forward	Canterbury
Timothy O'Connor	Forward	Auckland
James O’Donnell	Forward	Otago
George Robertson	Forward	Otago
Hart Udy	Forward	Wellington
Peter Webb	Forward	Wellington
Robert Wilson	Forward	Canterbury

Notes

↑ http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=1001

Sources

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 Australia

British and Irish Lions	1888 (no test) 1899 1904 1908 (no test) 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 (no test) 1989 2001 2013

New Zealand	1884 (no test) 1893 (no test) 1897 (no test) 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

NZ Maori	1888-89 (no test) 1922 1923 1926-27 1936 1949

South Africa	1921 1937 1956 1965 1971 1993

Argentina	1983 1986 1995 2000

England	1963 1975 1988 1991 1997 1998 1999 2003 2004 2006 2010

France	1961 1968 1972 1981 1986 1990 1997 2002 2005 2008

Ireland	1967 1979 1994 1999 2003 2006 2008 2010

Italy	1981 (no test) 1986 1994 2005

Scotland	1982 1992 1998 2004 2012

Wales	1969 1978 1991 1996 2003 2007 2012

Fiji	1952 1954 1961 1976 1984 1985 1989 no test

Samoa	1994 2005

Tonga	1973 1993

Pacific Islanders	2004

North American teams	1985 1990 1996 1999

Asian teams	1975 1987 (no test)