1897 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

10	9	0	1

The 1897 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia was the third tour by the New Zealand national rugby union team to Australia. Ten matches were played against regional and district sides.

Matches

3 July 1897

New South Wales	8–13	New Zealand XV
	report

Cricket Ground, Sydney

6 July 1897

Western Districts	15–16	New Zealand XV
	report

Bathurst Ground, Bathurst

8 July 1897

Central-Western Districts	3–27	New Zealand XV
	report

Orange Ground, Orange

10 July 1897

New South Wales	22–8	New Zealand XV
	report

Cricket Ground, Sydney

14 July 1897

NorthernN.S.W.	0–16	New Zealand XV
	report

Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle

17 July 1897

Queensland	5–16	New Zealand XV
	report

Bowen Bridge, Brisbane

21 July 1897

Queensland 2nd XV	5–29	New Zealand XV
	report

Union Ground, Brisbane

24 July 1897

Queensland	6–24	New Zealand XV
	report

Ekka Ground, Brisbane

27 July 1897

New England	5–53	New Zealand XV
	report

Armidale Showground, Armidale

31 July 1897

New South Wales	3–26	New Zealand XV
	report

Cricket Ground, Sydney

Touring party

Manager: I. Hyams
Captain: A. Bayly

Name	Position	Province
S.A. Orchard	Back	Canterbury
L. Allen	Back	Taranaki
A.M. Armit	Back	Otago
A. Bayly	Back	Taranaki
W. Roberts	Back	Wellington
G.W. Smith	Back	Auckland
J. Duncan	Back	Otago
E. Glennie	Back	Canterbury
A.L. Humphries	Back	Taranaki
J.A. Blair	Forward	Wanganui
F.J. Brooker	Forward	Canterbury
J.J. Calnan	Forward	Wellington
R.A. Handcock	Forward	Auckland
W.R. Hardcastle	Forward	Wellington
W.A. Harris	Forward	Otago
W. McKenzie	Forward	Wellington
H.P. Mills	Forward	Taranaki
T.G. Pauling	Forward	Wellington
F.S. Murray	Forward	Auckland
W.J.G. Wells	Forward	Taranaki
A. Wilson	Forward	Auckland

Sources

All Blacks in New South Wales and Queensland from allblack.com

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

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