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(s)	Jimmy Duncan
Top point scorer(s)	Billy Wallace (87)
Top try scorer(s)	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
Previous tour	1897 Australia
Next tour	1905 Australia

The 1903 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia was the fourth tour by the New Zealand national team to Australia. Nine matches were played against regional and district sides along with one test match between the two national sides,^[1] the first played by New Zealand in their history.^[2]

On 11 July, New Zealand played a preliminary match v. the Wellington Rugby Football Union at Athletic Park, won by the local team by 14–5.

Touring party

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

Match summary

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

  Test matches

#	Date	Rival	City	Venue	Score
1	11 Jul	Wellington RU	Wellington	Athletic Park	5–14
2	18 Jul	NSW Waratahs	Sydney	Cricket Ground	12–0
3	22 Jul	Combined Western District	Bathurst		47–7
4	25 Jul	NSW Waratahs	Sydney	Cricket Ground	3–0
5	29 Jul	Metropolitan Union	Sydney	University Oval	33–3
6	1 Aug	Queensland Reds	Brisbane	Exhibition Ground	17–0
7	5 Aug	Western Queensland	Brisbane	Exhibition Ground	29–0
8	8 Aug	Queensland Reds	Brisbane	Exhibition Ground	28–0
9	11 Aug	Combined Northern Districts	West Maitland	Albion Cricket Ground	53–0
10	15 Aug	Australia	Sydney	Cricket Ground	22–3
11	19 Aug	NSW Country	Sydney	Cricket Ground	32–0

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 Robert 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 Andrew 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