1953-54 New Zealand rugby union tour of the British Isles, France and North America
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Matches
- Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.
Opposing Team Result Score Date Venue Status Southern Counties Won 24 - 0 31/10/1953 Hove Cambridge University Cambridge University R.U.F.C.The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
Won 22 - 11 4/11/1953 Cambridge London Counties Won 11 - 0 7/11/195 London Oxford University Oxford University RFCThe Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
Won 14 - 5 11/11/1953 Oxford Western Counties Won 11 - 0 14/11/1953 Bristol Llanelli RFC Llanelli RFCLlanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
Won 17 - 3 17/11/1953 Llanelli Cardiff RFC Cardiff RFCCardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
Lost 3 - 8 21/11/1953 Cardiff Glasgow and Edinburgh Won 23 - 3 25/11/1953 Glasgow South of Scotland Won 32 - 0 28/11/1953 Galashiels North of Scotland Won 28 - 3 2/12/1953 Aberdeen Leicestershire and East Midlands Won 3 - 0 5/12/1953 Leicester South-Western Counties Won 9 - 0 9/12/1953 Camborne Swansea Swansea RFCSwansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
Draw 6 - 6 12/12/1953 Swansea Wales Wales national rugby union teamThe Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
Lost 8 - 13 19/12/1953 Cardiff Abertillery Abertillery RFCAbertillery Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Abertillery. According to their web site, they were founded in 1883, though other sources state 1884. Their team colours are green and white and their home ground is Abertillery Park in Abertillery. The club is a member of the...
and Ebbw ValeEbbw Vale RFCEbbw Vale Rugby Football Club is a Welsh Rugby Union Club based in the town of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales. The club currently play in the WRU Division One East and the SWALEC Cup. It also acts as a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons....
Won 22 - 3 23/12/1953 Abertillery Combined Services Won 40 - 8 26/12/1953 London Midland Counties Won 18 - 3 30/12/1953 Birmingham Ulster Draw 5 - 5 2/01/1954 Belfast Ireland Ireland national rugby union teamThe Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
Won 14 - 3 9/01/1954 Dublin Munster Won 6 - 3 13/01/1954 Cork Pontypool Pontypool RFCPontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in the town of Pontypool. Pontypool RFC has a long history within Welsh rugby and is one of the most notable clubs, being present at the formation of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881, but disbanding before the turn of the 19th century...
and Cross KeysCross Keys RFCCross Keys RFC is a rugby union club located in the Welsh village of Crosskeys. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.- History :...
Won 19 - 6 16/01/1954 Pontypool Newport Won 11 - 6 21/01/1954 Newport Neath Neath RFCNeath Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. The club's home ground is The Gnoll, Neath. The first team is known as the Welsh All Blacks because of the team colours: black with only a white cross pattée as an emblem...
and AberavonAberavon RFCAberavon RFC is a rugby union club located in the Welsh town of Port Talbot, although the club's name refers to the older settlement of Aberavon which lies on the western side of the town...
Won 11 - 5 23/01/1954 Neath England England national rugby union teamThe England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
Won 5 - 0 30/01/1954 London North-Eastern Counties Won 16 - 0 6/02/1954 Bradford Scotland Scotland national rugby union teamThe Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
Won 3 - 0 13/02/1954 Edinburgh North-Western Counties Won 17 - 3 17/02/1954 Manchester Barbarians Barbarian F.C.The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...
Won 19 - 5 20/02/1954 Cardiff South-West France Lost 8 - 11 24/02/1954 Bordeaux France France national rugby union teamThe France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
Lost 0 - 3 27/02/1954 Paris South-Eastern Counties Won 21 - 13 1/03/1954 Ipswich Victoria (B.C.) Won 39 - 3 9/03/1954 Victoria University of British Columbia Won 42 - 3 11/03/1954 Vancouver British Columbia Mainland Won 37 - 11 13/03/1954 Vancouver University of California Won 14 - 6 17/03/1954 Berkeley California All Stars Won 20 - 0 20/03/1954 San Francisco