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1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

Field	Value
image	1903 new zealand team.jpg
caption	Official photo of the touring team
team	New Zealand
yearstart	1903
yearfinish	1903
manager	A.C. Norris
captain	Jimmy Duncan
top point scorer	Billy Wallace (87)
top try scorer	Albert Asher (17)
matchplayed	11
matchwon	10
matchdraw	0
matchlost	1
opponent1
played1	1
won1	1
draw1	0
lost1	0
previous	1897 Australia
next	1905 Australia

| top test point scorer = | top test try scorer = The 1903 New Zealand tour rugby to Australia, also known as the First Trans-Tasman Test, 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.

Touring party

Manager: A.C. Norris
Captain: Jimmy Duncan

Name	Position	Province
Billy Wallace	Back	Wellington
Albert Asher	Wing	Auckland
Duncan McGregor	Wing	Canterbury
Dick McGregor	Centre	Auckland
John Stalker	Centre	Otago
John (Billy) Stead	Five-eighth	Southland
Jimmy Duncan	Five-eighth	Otago
Morrie Wood	Five-eighth	Canterbury
Arthur Humphries	Half-back	Taranaki
Henry Kiernan	Half-back	Auckland
Loftus Armstrong	Wing forward	Wairarapa
Reuben Cooke	Loose forward	Canterbury
Bernard Fanning	Lock	Canterbury
Dave Gallaher	Hooker	Auckland
Fred Given	Flanker	Otago
Paddy Long	Forward	Auckland
Archie McMinn	Loose forward	Wairarapa
George Nicholson	Loose forward	Auckland
Harry Porteous	Forward	Otago
Jack Spencer	Loose forward	Wellington
George Tyler	Hooker	Auckland
Dan Udy	Hooker	Wairarapa

Match summary

Complete list of matches played by New Zealand in Australia:

Scene of the New Zealand test v. Australia, 15 August

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

Pl	W	D	L	Ps	Pc
11	10	0	1	281	27

Test match

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References

Sources

References

"in Australia". [[New Zealand Rugby]].
[http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/tourbreak.asp?IDID=7 All Blacks in New South Wales and Queensland] on All Blacks website

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