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1897 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

Field	Value
image	New zealand rugby 1897.jpg
caption	The team that toured to Australia
team	New Zealand
yearstart	1897
yearfinish	1897
manager	I. Hyams
captain	A. Bayly
top point scorer	Arthur Humphries (42)
top try scorer	George W. Smith (11)
matchplayed	10
matchwon	9
matchdraw	0
matchlost	1
previous	1893 Australia
next	1903 Australia

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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.

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:

#	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

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

References

[http://davcolq.co.nz/blog/chasing-george-smith Chasing George Smith] {{Webarchive. link. (26 May 2018 by David Colquhoun, 26 Jun 2014)
[http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/tourbreak.asp?IDID=5 All Blacks in New South Wales and Queensland] on All Blacks website

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