1897 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

The team that toured to Australia

Manager

I. Hyams

Tour captain(s)

A. Bayly

Top point scorer(s)

Arthur Humphries (42)

Top try scorer(s)

George W. Smith (11)

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

10	09	00	01

Tour chronology

Previous tour

1893 Australia

Next tour

1903 Australia

The 1897 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia was the third tour by the New Zealand national team to Australia. Ten matches were played against regional and district sides.^[1]

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Touring party

Manager: I. Hyams
Captain: Alfred Bayly

Name	Position	Province
Lewis Allen	Back	Taranaki
Barney Armit	Back	Otago
Alfred Bayly	Back	Taranaki
William Roberts	Back	Wellington
George Smith	Back	Auckland
Jimmy Duncan	Back	Otago
Ernest Glennie	Back	Canterbury
Arthur Humphries	Back	Taranaki
John Blair	Forward	Wanganui
Frank Brooker	Forward	Canterbury
Joseph Calnan	Forward	Wellington
Robert Handcock	Forward	Auckland
Bill Hardcastle	Forward	Wellington
William Harris	Forward	Otago
William McKenzie	Forward	Wellington
Hugh Mills	Forward	Taranaki
Thomas Pauling	Forward	Wellington
Frederick Murray	Forward	Auckland
Sydney Orchard	Back	Canterbury
William Wells	Forward	Taranaki
Alex Wilson	Forward	Auckland

Match summary

Complete list of matches played by New Zealand in Australia:^[2]

#	Date	Rival	City	Venue	Score
1	3 Jul	NSW Waratahs	Sydney	Cricket Ground	13–8
2	6 Jul	Western Districts	Bathurst		16–15
3	8 Jul	Central–Western Districts	Orange	Showground	27–3
4	10 Jul	NSW Waratahs	Sydney	Cricket Ground	8–22
5	14 Jul	Northern NSW	Newcastle	Sports Ground	16–0
6	17 Jul	Queensland Reds	Brisbane		16–5
7	21 Jul	Queensland Reds	Brisbane	Union Ground	29–5
8	24 Jul	Queensland Reds	Brisbane	Exhibition Ground	24–6
9	27 Jul	New England	Armidale	Showground	53–5
10	31 Jul	NSW Waratahs	Sydney	Cricket Ground	26–3

**Balance**
Pl	W	D	L	Ps	Pc
10	9	0	1	228	72

References

^ Chasing George Smith Archived 26 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine by David Colquhoun, 26 Jun 2014
^ All Blacks in New South Wales and Queensland on All Blacks website

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See also

v t e Rugby union tours of Australia
British & Irish Lions	1888 1899 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1989 2001 2013 2025
New Zealand	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
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Argentina	1983 1986 1995 2000
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Pacific Islanders	2004
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