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.'The Sydney Morning Herald ': "Union Coach Change", 8 June 1949

The matches

Scores and results list NZ Maoris' points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue StatusSouthern States35821/5/1949MelbourneTour MatchA.C.T.47324/5/1949CanberraTour MatchNew South Wales191428/5/1949SydneyTour MatchNewcastle1701/6/1949NewcastleTour Match 1234/6/1949Sydney, Cricket GroundTest MatchNew England RU42108/6/1949Armidale Tour Match 8811/6/1949Brisbane, Exhibition GroundTest MatchQueensland13814/6/1949Exhibition GroundTour MatchNew South Wales11918/6/1949NewcastleTour MatchCentral West51522/6/1949OrangeTour Match 31825/6/1949Sydney, Cricket GroundTest Match

Touring party The touring part was:The Rugby Almananac of New Zealand 1950,, Carman, A., Swan A. C., and Read Masters

Manager: D S B Heather Assistant Manager: T French

Player Province PositionB W Beazley North Auckland Five-eighths Alan Blake Wairarapa Forward Ron BryersKing Country ForwardWilliam Carrington Poverty Bay Forward Nau Cherrington North AucklandThree-quarters Ben CouchWairarapa Five-eighths M E Delamore Bay of PlentyThree-quartersS Heperi Welington Forward L W Hohaia TaranakiForward R L HohaiaWellington ForwardH W Kenny Wellington FullbackT D KipaAuckland Five-eighths W LaniganEast Coast Three-quarters R M McKinlayPoverty Bay Three-quarters J H MarrinerKing Country Forward Kingi MatthewsWairarapaForward G K ParahiHawkes Bay Forward L F RauretiBay of Plenty HalfbackTori Reid Hawkes Bay Forward Peter Smith (Vice Cpt)North Auckland Five-eighthsC W Stirling North Auckland ForwardW H Taylor Golden Bay Moueka Three-quartersA J West (Cpt)Auckland Forward

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