1953–54 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

36	30	02	04

Test match

05	03	00	02

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Wales

1	0	0	1

Ireland

1	1	0	0

England

1	1	0	0

Scotland

1	1	0	0

France

1	0	0	1

The 1953–54 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America was a rugby union tour undertaken by the New Zealand national team which toured Europe and North America. The team was captained by Bob Stuart.

Between October 1953 and March 1954, the team played 36 games including four test matches, one each against Ireland, England, Wales, and France. They won all but four games, losing only to Cardiff, Wales, France and South West France.

Matches

Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.^[1]

Opponent	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Southern Counties	24	0	31 October 1953	Greyhound Stadium, Hove	Tour match
Cambridge University	22	11	4 November 1953	Grange Road, Cambridge	Tour match
London Counties	11	0	7 November 1953	Twickenham, London	Tour match
Oxford University	14	5	11 November 1953	Iffley Road, Oxford	Tour match
Western Counties	11	0	14 November 1953	Memorial Ground, Bristol	Tour match
Llanelli	17	3	17 November 1953	Stradey Park, Llanelli	Tour match
Cardiff	3	8	21 November 1953	Arms Park, Cardiff	Tour match
Glasgow - Edinburgh	23	3	25 November 1953	Old Anniesland Ground, Glasgow	Tour match
South of Scotland	32	0	28 November 1953	Netherdale Ground, Galashiels	Tour match
North of Scotland	28	3	2 December 1953	Linksfield Stadium, Aberdeen	Tour match
Leicestershire & East Midlands	3	0	5 December 1953	Welford Road, Leicester	Tour match
South-Western Counties	9	0	9 December 1953	Recreation Ground, Camborne	Tour match
Swansea	6	6	12 December 1953	St Helen's, Swansea	Tour match
Wales	8	13	19 Decemb. 1953	Arms Park, Cardiff	Test match
Abertillery & Ebbw Vale	22	3	23 December 1953	Abertillery Ground, Abertillery	Tour match
Combined Services	40	8	26 December 1953	Twickenham, London	Tour match
Midland Counties	18	3	30 December 1953	Villa Park, Birmingham	Tour match
Ulster	5	5	2 January 1954	Ravenhill, Belfast	Tour match
Ireland	14	3	9 January 1954	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	Test match
Munster	6	3	13 January 1954	Mardyke Ground, Cork	Tour match
Pontypool & Cross Keys	19	6	16 January 1954	Pontypool Park, Pontypool	Tour match
Newport	11	6	21 January 1954	Rodney Parade, Newport	Tour match
Neath & Aberavon	11	5	23 January 1954	Gnoll Ground, Neath	Tour match
England	5	0	30 January 1954	Twickenham, London	Test match
North-Eastern Counties	16	0	6 February 1954	Lidget Green, Bradford	Tour match
Scotland	3	0	13 February 1954	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Test match
North-Western Counties	17	3	17 February 1954	Maine Road, Manchester	Tour match
Barbarians	19	5	20 February 1954	Arms Park, Cardiff	Tour match
South-West France	8	11	24 February 1954	Club Athletique Beglais, Bordeaux	Tour match
France	0	3	27 February 1954	Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes	Test match
South-Eastern Counties	21	13	1 March 1954	Portman Road, Ipswich	Tour match
Victoria (B.C.)	39	3	9 March 1954	MacDonald Park, Victoria	Tour match
Univ. of Br. Columbia	42	3	11 March 1954	University Stadium, Vancouver	Tour match
B.C. Mainland	37	11	13 March 1954	Brockton Point Oval, Vancouver	Tour match
University of California	14	6	17 March 1954	California Field, Berkeley	Tour match
California All Stars	20	0	20 March 1954	St Ignatius Field, San Francisco	Tour match

Touring party

Management

Manager: N. Millard
Assistant manager: A. E. Marslin
Captain: Bob Stuart

Backs

Jack Kelly (Auckland)
Bob Scott (Auckland)
Morrie Dixon (Canterbury)
Allan Elsom (Canterbury)
Stu Freebairn (Manawatu)
Ron Jarden (Wellington)
Jim Fitzgerald (Wellington)
John Tanner (Auckland)
Brian Fitzpatrick (Wellington)
Colin Loader (Wellington)
Doug Wilson (Canterbury)
Guy Bowers (Wellington)
Laurie Haig (Otago)
Vincent Bevan (Wellington)
Keith Davis (Auckland)

Forwards

Bill McCaw (Southland)
Bob Stuart (Canterbury)
Bill Clark (Wellington)
Peter Jones (North Auckland)
Bob O'Dea (Thames Valley)
Desmond Oliver (Otago)
Keith Bagley (Manawatu)
Nelson Dalzell (Canterbury)
Richard White (Poverty Bay)
Ian Clarke (Waikato)
Peter Eastgate (Canterbury)
Kevin Skinner (Otago)
Hallard White (Auckland)
Ronald Hemi (Waikato)
Arthur Woods (Southland)

References

Notes

^ "Stats - allblacks.com". stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

Bibliography

External links

1953–1954 Tour in Details

New Zealand national rugby union team

New Zealand Rugby

History and Records

Players

Competitions and trophies

Related teams

Matches

World Cup finals	1987 1995 2011 2015 2023
By opponent	Argentina Australia Barbarians British & Irish Lions England France Ireland Italy Japan Munster Scotland South Africa Wales
See also	1888–89 matches Rhodesia (1949) Barbarians (1973) NZRFU Centenary Matches South Africa (1992)

Tours

Australia	1884 1893 1897 1903 1905 1907 1910 1914 1920 1922 1924 1925 1926 1929 1932 1934 1938 1947 1951 1957 1960 1962 1968 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1991 1992
South Africa	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996
Europe	1905–06 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1986 1989 1990 1993 1995 1997 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008
Asia and Oceania	1968 1974 1980 1984 1987
Americas	US (1906) US & Canada 1913) Canada (1925) Canada (1936) US & Canada (1954) Canada (1964) Canada (1967) Canada (1972) Uruguay & Argentina (1976) US & Canada (1980) Argentina (1985) Canada (1989) Argentina (1991) Argentina (2001) Argentina (2006)
Māori All Blacks tours	1888–89 1926–27 1949 1982 2012 2013 2014

See also

v t e Grand Slam tours
Australia	1927–28 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1975–76 1981–82 1984 2009 2013
New Zealand	1905-06 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1972–73 1978 2005 2008 2010
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1969–70 1998 2004 2010

v t e Rugby union tours of England
Argentina	1978 1990 1999 2000 2006 2022
Australia	1908–09 1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1988 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2013
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 (no test) 1978 1979 1983 1993 1997 2002 2005 2006 2008
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1969–70 1992 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008
Romania	1984–85
Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1986
Fiji	1982 (no test) 1985 (no test) 1989
Samoa	1989 (no test) 1995 1996 (no test) 2005
Tonga	1997 (no test)
Pacific Islanders	2008
Canada	1979 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1994 1999 2004
United States	1924 (no test) 1977 (no test) 1999
Maori All Blacks	1888–89 1926–27

v t e Rugby union tours of France
Argentina	1975 1982 1988 1992 1998 2004 2006 2008 2021
Australia	1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008
Canada	1979 1994 2002 2005
Fiji	1964 1989 no test 1990 2001
Ireland	1988
Japan	1973 2000
Maori All Blacks	1926–27
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1953–54 1963–64 1972–73 1977 1986 1981 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006
Pacific Islanders	2008
Samoa	1989 (no test)
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1951–52 1960–61 1992 1996 1997 2001 2002 2005
Tonga	2005
USA	1924 Olympic Games

v t e Rugby union tours of Ireland
Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2002 2004 2008 2021
Australia	1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1992 1996 2002 2004 2005 2006 2009 2013
Canada	2008
Fiji	1985 1995 2002
Italy	1988-89
Japan	2000
New Zealand	1888–89 (Māori) 1905 1924–25 1926–27 (Māori) 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1972–73 1978 1989 1997 2001 2005 2008
Pacific Islanders	2006
Romania	1980 2002
Samoa	1988 1996 2001
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1965 1969–70 1994 (no test) 1996 ("A" team) 1998 2000 2004 2006

v t e Rugby union tours of Scotland
Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2001 2005 2022
Australia	1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1988 1996 1997 2000 2006 2009 2013
New South Wales	1927–28
New Zealand	1888–89 (NZ Natives) 1905 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1978 1979 1983 1993 2001 2005 2008
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1965 1969–70 1994 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2002 2004 2008
Romania	1981 2002
Fiji	1982 (no test) 1989 2002
Samoa	1995 2000 2005
Tonga	1997 (no test) 2001
Pacific Islanders	2006
Japan	1976 (no test) 1986 2004
United States	2000
Canada	2008

v t e Rugby union tours of Wales
Argentina	1976 (no test) 1978 (no test) 1998 2001 2021 2022
Australia	1908–09 1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1992 1996 2001 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013
Canada	1979 (no test) 1999 2002 2008
Fiji	1964 1985 1995 2002 2005
Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1993 2004
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 (no test) 1978 1980 1989 1997 1998 2000 ("A" team) 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008
NZ Māori	1888–89 (NZ Natives) 1926–27 1982
Pacific Islanders	2006
Romania	1979 2002
Samoa	1988 1996 (no test) 2000
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1969–70 1994 1996 2000 2004 2005 2007 2008
Tonga	1997 2001
United States	1987 1997 1999 (no test) 2000
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