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1928 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa


FieldValue
teamNew Zealand
image1928 all blacks team.jpg
captionThe touring All Blacks team,
photographed in Wellington
yearstart1928
matchplayed22
matchwon16
matchdraw1
matchlost5
testplayed4
testwon2
testdraw0
testlost2
opponent1
played14
won12
draw10
lost12

photographed in Wellington In 1928, the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) undertook a three-month tour of South Africa. The series of four Test matches was drawn 2–2 and the overall tour record was sixteen wins, five losses and one draw.

Matches

:Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.

Opposing TeamForAgainstDateVenueStatus
Wes. Province Country11330 May 1928Newlands, Cape TownTour Match
Cape Town Clubs372 June 1928Newlands, Cape TownTour Match
Griqualand West19106 June 1928de Beer's Stadium, KimberlyTour Match
Transvaal069 June 1928Ellis Park, JohannesburgTour Match
Orange Free State20013 June 1928Kroonstad Ground, KroonstadTour Match
Transvaal5016 June 1928Ellis Park, TransvaalTour Match
Western Transvaal19820 June 1928Kruger Park, PotchefstroomTour Match
31323 June 1928Pietermaritzburg Ground, PietermaritzburgTour Match
**South Africa****0****17****30 June 1928****Durban****Test Match**
Northern Provinces18187 July 1928de Beer's Stadium, KimberlyTour Match
Rhodesia44814 July 1928Bulawayo Athletic Club, BulawayoTour Match
**South Africa****7****6****21 July 1928****Ellis Park, Johannesburg****Test Match**
Pretoria Clubs13625 July 1928Eastern Sports Ground, PretoriaTour Match
Orange Free State151128 July 1928Ramblers' Cricket Ground, BloemfonteinTour Match
North-Eastern Districts2701 August 1928Burghersdorp Ground, BurgersdorpTour Match
Border2234 August 1928Recreation Ground, East LondonTour Match
Border3538 August 1928Victoria Grounds, King William's TownTour Match
Eastern Province16311 August 1928Port ElizabethTour Match
**South Africa****6****11****18 August 1928****Port Elizabeth****Test Match**
South-Western Districts12622 August 1928Oudtshoorn Ground, OudtshoornTour Match
Western Province31025 August 1928Newlands, Cape TownTour Match
**South Africa****13****5****1 September 1928****Newlands, Cape Town****Test Match**

Touring party

  • Manager:
  • Assistant manager:
  • Captain: Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)

;Full-back

  • Herb Lilburne (Canterbury)

;Three-quarters

  • Bert Grenside (Hawke's Bay)
  • Alan Robilliard (Canterbury)
  • Charlie Rushbrook (Wellington)
  • Fred Lucas (Auckland)
  • Sydney Carleton (Canterbury)

;Half-backs

  • David Lindsay (Otago)
  • Toby Sheen (Auckland)
  • Lance Johnson (Wellington)
  • Neil McGregor (Canterbury)
  • Mark Nicholls (Wellington)
  • Archie Strang (South Canterbury)
  • Bill Dalley (Canterbury)
  • Frank Kilby (Wellington)

;Forwards

  • Geoff Alley (Canterbury)
  • Cyril Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
  • Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
  • Jim Burrows (Canterbury)
  • Innes Finlayson (North Auckland)
  • Swin Hadley (Auckland)
  • Ian Harvey (Wairarapa)
  • Bill Hazlett (Southland)
  • John Hore (Otago)
  • Rube McWilliams (Auckland)
  • George Scrimshaw (Canterbury)
  • Eric Snow (Nelson)
  • Ron Stewart (South Canterbury)
  • John Swain (Hawkes Bay)
  • Pat Ward (Taranaki)
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