Australia men's national soccer team results (1922–1949)

Last updated July 01, 2025

This is a list of the Australia men's national soccer team results from 1922 to 1949

1920s

1922

17 June International Friendly	New Zealand	3–1	Australia	Dunedin, New Zealand
Match 1	Cook 20', ?' Knott ?'	Report	Maunder 45'	Stadium: Carisbrook Park Attendance: 10,000~ Referee: M. Thornley (New Zealand)

24 June International Friendly	New Zealand	1–1	Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
Match 2	Cook 10'	Report	Bratton 25'	Stadium: Athletic Park Attendance: 12,000 Referee: R.S. Lithgrow (New Zealand)

8 July International Friendly	New Zealand	3–1	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
Match 3	Ballard 5' Cook 10' Dacre ?'	Report	Brown ?'	Stadium: Carlaw Park Attendance: 15,000 Referee: L.C.H. Dawson (New Zealand)

1923

9 June International Friendly	Australia	2–1	New Zealand	Brisbane, Australia
Match 4	Lennard 7' Maunder 90'	Report	Dacre 57'	Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground Attendance: 7,000^[1] Referee: M. Thornley (New Zealand)

16 June International Friendly	Australia	2–3	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
Match 5	Lennard ?' Gilmore ?'	Report	Campbell ?', ?', ?'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 10,000 Referee: A. Jackson (Australia)

30 June International Friendly	Australia	1–4	New Zealand	Newcastle, Australia
Match 6	Maunder ?'	Report	Campbell 46', 51', ?', ?'	Stadium: Newcastle Showground Attendance: 14,000 Referee: LB Tamlyn (Australia)

1924

7 June International Friendly	Australia	3–2	Canada	Brisbane, Australia
Match 7	Ward 38' Masters 60', 80'	Report	Linning 25' Forrest 81'	Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground Attendance: 10,000^[2]

14 June International Friendly	Australia	0–1	Canada	Sydney, Australia
Match 8		Report	Stobbart ?'	Stadium: Royal Agricultural Showground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: W. Allerton (Australia)

23 June International Friendly	Australia	4–1	Canada	Sydney, Australia
Match 9	Masters ?', ?' Maunder ?', ?'	Report	Forrest ?'	Stadium: Royal Agricultural Showground Attendance: 7,000~ Referee: W.A. Wright (Australia)

28 June International Friendly	Australia	0–0	Canada	Newcastle, Australia
Match 10		Report		Stadium: Newcastle Showground Attendance: 10,000 Referee: J. Nicholson (Australia)

12 July International Friendly	Australia	1–4	Canada	Adelaide, Australia
Match 11	Maunder ?'	Report	Wilson ?', ?' Linning 41' Stobbart ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 5,000~ Referee: G.A. Childs (Australia)

26 July International Friendly	Australia	1–0	Canada	Sydney, Australia
Match 12	Masters ?'	Report		Stadium: Royal Agricultural Showground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: J. Nicholson (Australia)

1930s

1933

5 June International Friendly	Australia	4–2	New Zealand	Brisbane, Australia
Match 13	Smith 20', ?' Gorring ?', 80'	Report	Kershaw 55' Chapman ?'	Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 5,000^[3] Referee: Z. Korotcoff (Australia)

17 June International Friendly	Australia	6–4	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
Match 14	G. Smith ?', ?', ?' Crowhurst ?' Cameron ?' Hughes ?'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 5,000 Referee: D. Quinn (Australia)

24 June International Friendly	Australia	4–2	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
Match 15	Edwards ?' Crowhurst ?' G. Smith ?', ?'	Report	Kershaw ?' (pen.), ?'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Referee: D. Quinn (Australia)

1936

4 July International Friendly	New Zealand	1–7	Australia	Dunedin, New Zealand
Match 16	Skinner ?' (pen.)	Report	Smith ?', ?', ?', ?' Price ?', ?' Cameron ?'	Stadium: Logan Park Attendance: 8,000 Referee: W.P. Smith (New Zealand)

11 July International Friendly	New Zealand	0–10	Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
Match 17		Report	Smith 32', ?', 53', ?', ?' Price 9', ?' Cameron 28', 48' Donaldson ?'	Stadium: Basin Reserve Attendance: 8,000 Referee: G. Jackson (New Zealand)

18 July International Friendly	New Zealand	1–4	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
Match 18	Haggett ?'	Report	Cameron ?', ?' Price ?', ?'	Stadium: Blandford Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: A. Firth (New Zealand)

1938

3 September International Friendly	Australia	5–3	India	Sydney, Australia
	Quill ?', ?' Hughes ?', ?' Wilkinson ?'	Report	A. Rahim ?' Bhattacharya ?' Lumsden ?'	Stadium: Royal Agricultural Showground Attendance: 16,144^[4]

10 September International Friendly	Australia	4–4	India	Brisbane, Australia
	Hughes ?', ?' Kitching ?' Brittain ?'	Report	Rahim 47' Bhattacharya 49' Mohammed ?' Lumsden ?'	Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 16,000 Referee: J. Edwards (Australia)

17 September International Friendly	Australia	1–4	India	Newcastle, Australia
	Hughes ?'	Report	A. Rahim ?' Lumsden ?', 46' (pen.) Bhattacharya ?'	Stadium: Newcastle Sports Ground Attendance: 9,000

24 September International Friendly	Australia	5–4	India	Sydney, Australia
	Hughes ?', ?' Wilkinson ?', ?' Bryant ?'	Report	K. Prosad Lumsden ?', ?', ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Royal Agricultural Showground Attendance: 12,000

1 October International Friendly	Australia	3–1	India	Melbourne, Australia
	J. Hughes ?', ?' Coolahan ?' McIver ?'	Report	Lumsden ?'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Referee: F.R. Thorpe (Australia)

1940s

1947

10 May International Friendly	Australia	1–2	South Africa	Sydney, Australia
	Date 4'	Report	Anley 65' Wilson 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 38,312^[5] Referee: William McWilliams (Australia)

24 May International Friendly	Australia	2–4	South Africa	Brisbane, Australia
	Date ?' (pen.), 80'	Report	Anley ?', ?' Smethurst ?' Wilson ?'	Stadium: Brisbane Cricket Ground Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tom Boyd (Australia)

31 May International Friendly	Australia	3–3	South Africa	Sydney, Australia
	Date ?' (pen.), 80'	Report	Cunningham 44' Date ?', 75'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 20,000 Referee: William McWilliams (Australia)

7 June International Friendly	Australia	5–1	South Africa	Newcastle, Australia
	Date ?', ?', ?' Hughes ?' Kemp ?'	Report	Wilson ?'	Stadium: Newcastle Sports Ground Attendance: 18,442 Referee: William McWilliams (Australia)

14 June International Friendly	Australia	1–2	South Africa	Sydney, Australia
	Cunningham 3'	Report	Anley 7', 70'	Stadium: Royal Agricultural Showground Referee: William McWilliams (Australia)

1948

14 August International Friendly	New Zealand	0–6	Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
		Report	Parsons ?', ?', ?' Hughes ?', ?' Cunningham ?'	Stadium: Basin Reserve Attendance: ^[6] Referee: V. Wheeler (New Zealand)

28 August International Friendly	New Zealand	0–7	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
		Report	Parsons ?', ?', ?' Hughes ?', ?' Cunningham ?' Johns ?'	Stadium: Lancaster Park Referee: T. Gottermeyer (New Zealand)

4 September International Friendly	New Zealand	0–4	Australia	Wellington, New Zealand
		Report	Johns ?', ?' Hughes ?' Lawrie ?'	Stadium: Basin Reserve Attendance: 3,000 Referee: J. Sanderson (New Zealand)

11 September International Friendly	New Zealand	1–8	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Masters ?'	Report	Parsons ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Cunningham ?' Hughes ?'	Stadium: Blandford Park Attendance: 7,000 Referee: C.G. Edwards (New Zealand)

References

↑ "Socceroo Internationals for 1923". ozfootball.net.
↑ "Socceroo Internationals for 1924". ozfootball.net.
↑ "Socceroo Internationals for 1933". ozfootball.net.
↑ "Socceroo Internationals for 1938". ozfootball.net.
↑ "Socceroo Internationals for 1947". ozfootball.net.
↑ "Socceroo Internationals for 1948". ozfootball.net.

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[1] "Socceroo Internationals for 1923". ozfootball.net.

[2] "Socceroo Internationals for 1924". ozfootball.net.

[3] "Socceroo Internationals for 1933". ozfootball.net.

[4] "Socceroo Internationals for 1938". ozfootball.net.

[5] "Socceroo Internationals for 1947". ozfootball.net.

[6] "Socceroo Internationals for 1948". ozfootball.net.

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