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	Jimmy Duncan
Top point scorer	Billy Wallace (87)
Top try scorer	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

The 1903 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia, also known as the First Trans-Tasman Test,^[1] was the fourth tour by the New Zealand national team to Australia, and marked the first international Test match played between the two national teams.

A warm-up match was played against Wellington before nine matches were played against Australian regional and district sides along with one Test match between the two national sides.^[2]

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

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

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
1 July	Wellington	14–5	New Zealand	Athletic Park, Wellington
18 July	New South Wales	0–12	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales
22 July	Combined Western District	7–47	New Zealand	Bathurst, New South Wales
25 July	New South Wales	0–3	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales
29 July	Metropolitan Union	3–33	New Zealand	University Oval, Sydney, New South Wales
1 August	Queensland	0–17	New Zealand	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Queensland
5 August	Western Queensland	0–29	New Zealand	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Queensland
8 August	Queensland	0–28	New Zealand	Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, Queensland
11 August	Combined Northern Districts	0–53	New Zealand	Albion Cricket Ground, Maitland, New South Wales
15 August	Australia	3–22	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales
19 August	New South Wales Country	0–32	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales

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 Dick 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 Paddy 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

• List of All Blacks tours and series

• Jenkins, Peter; Alvarez, Matthew (1999). Wallaby Gold: 100 Years of Australian Test Rugby. Random House. ISBN 0-091-83726-X.