1933 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa explained

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Team:Australia
Yearstart:1933
Destination:South Africa and Rhodesia
Matchplayed:23
Matchwon:11
Matchdraw:1
Matchlost:11
Testplayed:5
Testwon:2
Testdraw:0
Testlost:3
Played1:5
Won1:2
Draw1:0
Lost1:3

The 1933 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia was a series of 23 rugby union matches played by the Australia national team in 1933.

Australia played a total of 23 matches, with a 5-Test series v South Africa, who won three of the five games.

Touring party

The tour manager was Dr. W. F. ('Wally') Matthews, who had previously been the team manager for the AIF rugby team which played in The King's Cup in 1919. A squad of 29 players was selected for the tour – 15 from New South Wales, 11 from Queensland, and 3 from Victoria.

With exception of two of the Victorians, the team departed Sydney aboard the "Ulysses" on Anzac Day, 25 April 1933. The remaining two players, O. J. Bridle and D. Cowper joined the vessel at Melbourne after the Wallabies had played a match against a Victorian team.

The Wallabies touring party consisted of:

Playing squad:

Match summary

Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.

Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Status
align=center width=5014align=center width=503width=120 align=right 3 June 1933DurbanTour match
Western Transvaalalign=center width=5020align=center width=503width=120 align=right 7 June 1933PotchefstroomTour match
Witwatersrandalign=center width=506align=center width=5013width=120 align=right 10 June 1933Ellis Park, JohannesburgTour match
Combined Pretoria XValign=center width=508align=center width=5013width=120 align=right 14 June 1933PretoriaTour match
Griqualand Westalign=center width=509align=center width=5014width=120 align=right 17 June 1933KimberleyTour match
Rhodesiaalign=center width=5024align=center width=505width=120 align=right 20 June 1933SalisburyTour match
Rhodesiaalign=center width=5031align=center width=500width=120 align=right 24 June 1933BulawayoTour match
Northern Districtalign=center width=508align=center width=5016width=120 align=right 28 June 1933KimberleyTour match
Western Provincealign=center width=509align=center width=5013width=120 align=right 1 July 1933Cape TownTour match
South Africaalign=center width=503align=center width=5017width=120 align=right 8 July 1933Cape TownTest Match
North East Districtalign=center width=5031align=center width=5011width=120 align=right 12 July 1933Aliwal NorthTour match
Orange Free Statealign=center width=508align=center width=509width=120 align=right 15 July 1933BloemfonteinTour match
South Africaalign=center width=5021align=center width=506width=120 align=right 22 July 1933DurbanTest Match
Borderalign=center width=5024align=center width=505width=120 align=right 29 July 1933East LondonTour match
Borderalign=center width=5013align=center width=506width=120 align=right 2 August 1933QueenstownTour match
Transvaalalign=center width=509align=center width=5011width=120 align=right 7 August 1933Ellis Park, JohannesburgTour match
South Africaalign=center width=503align=center width=5012width=120 align=right 12 August 1933Ellis Park, JohannesburgTest Match
Western Districtsalign=center width=5021align=center width=5014width=120 align=right 16 August 1933OudtshoornTour match
Eastern Provincealign=center width=5018align=center width=503width=120 align=right 19 August 1933Port ElizabethTour match
South Africaalign=center width=500align=center width=5011width=120 align=right 26 August 1933Port ElizabethTest Match
South Africaalign=center width=5015align=center width=504width=120 align=right 2 September 1933BloemfonteinTest Match
Combined Universityalign=center width=503align=center width=503width=120 align=right 6 September 1933Cape TownTour match
Western Provincealign=center width=500align=center width=504width=120 align=right 9 September 1933Cape TownTour match

Match details

Fifth Test

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. https://www.theroar.com.au/2016/09/08/great-history-green-gold-wallabies-springboks-jerseys/ The great history of Green and Gold: The Wallabies and Springboks jerseys
  2. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=Rugby&exactPhrase=&anyWords=&notWords=&l-textSearchScope=*ignore*|*ignore*&fromdd=25&frommm=04&fromyyyy=1933&todd=01&tomm=10&toyyyy=1933&l-word=*ignore*|*ignore*&sortby= National Library of Australia

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