1913 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand explained
| Team: | Australia |
| Yearstart: | 1913 |
Australia rugby union
tour of New Zealand |
| Destination: | New Zealand |
| Coach: | M.C. Morgan |
| Captain: | Larry Dwyer |
| Matchplayed: | 9 |
| Matchwon: | 3 |
| Matchdraw: | 0 |
| Matchlost: | 6 |
| Testplayed: | 3 |
| Testwon: | 1 |
| Testdraw: | 0 |
| Testlost: | 2 |
| Played1: | 3 |
| Won1: | 1 |
| Draw1: | 0 |
| Lost1: | 2 |
The 1913 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the Australia national rugby union team against various invitational teams from New Zealand and also against the New Zealand national team.[1]
The team played in the light-blue jersey of NSW Waratahs with the state emblem and the word "Australia" on the chest.[2] Australia played 8 matches, with only 3 victories and 5 defeats.[3]
Touring party
Management
Full backs
- R. Simpson (New South Wales)
Three quarters
- D. Suttor (New South Wales)
- Larry Dwyer (New South Wales)
- E. Carr (New South Wales)
- L. Wogan (New South Wales)
- L. Meibush (Queensland)
- M.J. McMahon (Queensland)
- Fred Wood (New South Wales)
- J. Flynn (Queensland)
- H.A. Jones (New South Wales)
Half backs
Forwards
- Harold George (New South Wales)
- C. O'Donnell (New South Wales)
- Bill Watson (New South Wales)
- Ted Fahey (New South Wales)
- Clarrie Wallach (New South Wales)
- D.B. Hughes (New South Wales)
- F. Thompson (New South Wales)
- R. Roberts (New South Wales)
- R.B. Hill (New South Wales)
- D. Williams (Queensland)
- A. Horadan (Queensland)
- P. Murphy (Queensland)
- W. Cody (New South Wales)
- IL Jones (New South Wales)
Match summary
Complete list of matches played by the Wallabies in New Zealand:[4]
Test matches
| width=60px | Date | width=150px | Rival | width=120px | City | width=120px | Venue | width=40px | Score |
|---|
| 1 | 27 Aug | | | Alexandra Park | 13–15 |
| 2 | 30 Aug | | New Plymouth | | 11–9 |
| 3 | 3 Sep | | | | 6–11 |
| 4 | 6 Sep | | | | 5–30 |
| 5 | 10 Sep | | | | 8–13 |
| 6 | 13 Sep | | | | 13–25 |
| 7 | 17 Sep | | | | 3–16 |
| 8 | 20 Sep | | | | 16–5 |
| 9 | 24 Sep | | | | 30–3 | |
Balance| width=40px | Pl | width=40px | W | width=40px | D | width=40px | L | width=40px | Ps | width=40px | Pc |
|---|
| 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 127 | |
Match details
New Zealand (3rd Test)
Bibliography
Found on Papers Past website
- Auckland Star, Monday 25 August 1913, p. 6
- Evening Post, Thursday 28 August 1913, p. 4
- Auckland Star, Monday 1 September 1913, p. 8
- Evening Post, Thursday 4 September 1913, p. 4
- Colonist, Monday 8 September 2013, p. 6
- Wairarapa Daily Times, Thursday 11 September 1913, p. 6
- Auckland Star, Monday 15 September 1913, p. 8
- Evening Post, Thursday 18 September 1913, p. 4
- Evening Post, Monday 22 September 1913, p. 4
- Evening Post, Thursday 25 September 1913, p. 4
Notes and References
- https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/rugby-union-football/page-3 Overseas teams in New Zealand
- https://www.theroar.com.au/2012/08/25/brief-history-of-the-quirky-colours-of-the-wallaby-jersey/ SPIRO: Brief history of the quirky colours of the Wallaby jersey
- Beneath the Mā̄ori Moon: An Illustrated History of Māori Rugby by Malcolm Mulholland - Huia Publishers (2008) -
- http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/team/match_results.html?id=114;type=series Australia tour, 1913|Match results
