1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
Official photo of the touring team
Manager	A.C. Norris
Tour captain	Jimmy Duncan
Top point scorer	Billy Wallace (87)
Top try scorer	Albert Asher (17)
Summary	P W D L
Total	11 10 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
Australia	1 1 0 0
Tour chronology
←  1897 Australia 1905 Australia  →

The 1903 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia, also known as the First Trans-Tasman Test, ^[1] was the fourth tour by the New Zealand national team to Australia, and marked the first international Test match played between the two national teams.

A warm-up match was played against Wellington before nine matches were played against Australian regional and district sides along with one Test match between the two national sides. ^[2]

Touring party

• Manager: A.C. Norris
• Captain: Jimmy Duncan

Name	Position	Age	Province
Billy Wallace	Back	(1878-08-02)2 August 1878 (aged 24)	Wellington
Albert Asher	Wing	(1879-12-03)3 December 1879 (aged 23)	Auckland
Duncan McGregor	Wing	(1881-07-16)16 July 1881 (aged 22)	Canterbury
Dick McGregor	Centre	(1874-12-03)3 December 1874 (aged 28)	Auckland
John Stalker	Centre	(1881-02-11)11 February 1881 (aged 22)	Otago
John (Billy) Stead	Five-eighth	(1877-09-18)18 September 1877 (aged 25)	Southland
Jimmy Duncan	Five-eighth	(1869-11-12)12 November 1869 (aged 33)	Otago
Morrie Wood	Five-eighth	(1876-10-09)9 October 1876 (aged 26)	Canterbury
Arthur Humphries	Half-back	(1874-02-15)15 February 1874 (aged 29)	Taranaki
Henry Kiernan	Half-back	(1876-07-24)24 July 1876 (aged 26)	Auckland
Loftus Armstrong	Wing forward	(1878-04-13)13 April 1878 (aged 25)	Wairarapa
Reuben Cooke	Loose forward	(1876-04-17)17 April 1876 (aged 27)	Canterbury
Bernard Fanning	Lock	(1874-11-11)11 November 1874 (aged 28)	Canterbury
Dave Gallaher	Hooker	(1873-10-30)30 October 1873 (aged 29)	Auckland
Fred Given	Flanker	(1876-05-21)21 May 1876 (aged 27)	Otago
Paddy Long	Forward	(1879-11-13)13 November 1879 (aged 23)	Auckland
Archie McMinn	Loose forward	(1880-08-14)14 August 1880 (aged 22)	Wairarapa
George Nicholson	Loose forward	(1878-08-03)3 August 1878 (aged 24)	Auckland
Harry Porteous	Forward	(1875-01-20)20 January 1875 (aged 28)	Otago
Jack Spencer	Loose forward	(1880-05-27)27 May 1880 (aged 23)	Wellington
George Tyler	Hooker	(1879-02-10)10 February 1879 (aged 24)	Auckland
Dan Udy	Hooker	(1874-05-21)21 May 1874 (aged 29)	Wairarapa

Match summary

Complete list of matches played by New Zealand in Australia: ^[3]

Scene of the New Zealand test v. Australia, 15 August

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
1 July	Wellington	14–5	New Zealand	Athletic Park, Wellington
18 July	New South Wales	0–12	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales
22 July	Combined Western District	7–47	New Zealand	Bathurst, New South Wales
25 July	New South Wales	0–3	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales
29 July	Metropolitan Union	3–33	New Zealand	University Oval, Sydney, New South Wales
1 August	Queensland	0–17	New Zealand	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Queensland
5 August	Western Queensland	0–29	New Zealand	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Queensland
8 August	Queensland	0–28	New Zealand	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Queensland
11 August	Combined Northern Districts	0–53	New Zealand	Albion Cricket Ground, Maitland, New South Wales
15 August	Australia	3–22	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales
19 August	New South Wales Country	0–32	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales

Balance

Pl	W	D	L	Ps	Pc
11	10	0	1	281	27

Test match

15 August 1903

Australia	3–22	New Zealand
Pen: Wickham	Report	Try: Asher, RW McGregor, Tyle Con: Wallace Pen: Wallace Goal from mark: Wallace 2

Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 30,000 Referee: R Waugh (Australia)

Team details

Australia New Zealand John Maund FB FB Billy Wallace Charlie Redwood W W Albert Asher Sid Riley C C Dick McGregor Stan Wickham (capt.) C C Morrie Wood Charlie White W W Duncan McGregor Lew Evans FH FH Jimmy Duncan (capt.) Austin Gralton SH SH Henry Kiernan Sine Boland N8 F Archie McMinn Harold Judd F F George Nicholson Bill Hardcastle F L Paddy Long Dinny Lutge L L Bernard Fanning James Joyce L L Reuben Cooke Frank Nicholson H P Dan Udy Ted Larkin H H George Tyler Alec Burdon P WF Dave Gallaher

See also

• List of All Blacks tours and series

References

1. Jenkins & Alvarez 1999, p. 7.
2. "in Australia". allblacks.com. New Zealand Rugby . Retrieved 27 October 2013.
3. All Blacks in New South Wales and Queensland on All Blacks website

Sources

• Jenkins, Peter; Alvarez, Matthew (1999). Wallaby Gold: 100 Years of Australian Test Rugby . Random House. ISBN   0-091-83726-X.