1949 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour of Australia

The 1949 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour was a collection of rugby union games undertaken by the New Zealand Māori against invitational and national teams of Australia.

The Maoris plays 11 match, winning 9 of them and losing only one (1 tied).

Three test matches against Australia were played. The victory in the first match against the "Wallabies" was clamorous and the Australian coach Johnny Wallace was fired. The new coach was Bill McLean, historical captain of the 1947-48 tour in Europe. For the first time, the Australian team was directed by a coach from Queensland and not from New South Wales.[1]

The matches

Scores and results list NZ Maoris' points tally first.

Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Status
Southern States 35 8 21/5/1949 Melbourne Tour Match
A.C.T. 47 3 24/5/1949 Canberra Tour Match
New South Wales 19 14 28/5/1949 Sydney Tour Match
Newcastle 17 0 1/6/1949 Newcastle Tour Match
 Australia 12 3 4/6/1949 Sydney, Cricket Ground Test Match
New England RU 42 10 8/6/1949 Armidale Tour Match
 Australia 8 8 11/6/1949 Brisbane, Exhibition Ground Test Match
Queensland 13 8 14/6/1949 Exhibition Ground Tour Match
New South Wales 11 9 18/6/1949 Newcastle Tour Match
Central West 51 5 22/6/1949 Orange Tour Match
 Australia 3 18 25/6/1949 Sydney, Cricket Ground Test Match


Touring party

The touring part was:[2]

  • Manager: D S B Heather
  • Assistant Manager: T French
Player Province Position
B W Beazley North Auckland Five-eighths
Alan Blake Wairarapa Forward
Ronald Bryers King Country Forward
William Carrington Poverty Bay Forward
Nau Cherrington North Auckland Three-quarters
Ben Couch Wairarapa Five-eighths
M E Delamore Bay of Plenty Three-quarters
S Heperi Welington Forward
L W Hohaia Taranaki Forward
R L Hohaia Wellington Forward
H W Kenny Wellington Fullback
T D Kipa Auckland Five-eighths
W Lanigan East Coast Three-quarters
R M McKinlay Poverty Bay Three-quarters
J H Marriner King Country Forward
Kingi Matthews Wairarapa Forward
G K Parahi Hawkes Bay Forward
L F Raureti Bay of Plenty Halfback
Tori Reid Hawkes Bay Forward
Peter Smith (Vice Cpt) North Auckland Five-eighths
C W Stirling North Auckland Forward
W H Taylor Golden Bay Moueka Three-quarters
A J West (Cpt) Auckland Forward

Notes and references

  1. ^ 'The Sydney Morning Herald ': "Union Coach Change", 8 June 1949
  2. ^ The Rugby Almananac of New Zealand 1950,, Carman, A., Swan A. C., and Read Masters
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