1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada

Manager

Vincent Meredith

Tour captain(s)

Jack Manchester

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

30	26	01	03

Test match

04	02	00	02

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Scotland

1	1	0	0

Ireland

1	1	0	0

Wales

1	0	0	1

England

1	0	0	1

Matches

Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.

Opponent	For	Ag.	Date	Venue	Status
Devon & Cornwall	35	6	14 September 1935	Rectory Ground, Devonport	Tour match
Midland Counties	9	3	19 September 1935	Highfield Road, Coventry	Tour match
Yorkshire & Cumberland	14	3	21 September 1935	Lidget Green, Bradford	Tour match
Abertillery & Cross Keys	31	6	25 September 1935	Abertillery Park, Abertillery	Tour match
Swansea	3	11	28 September 1935	St. Helen's, Swansea	Tour match
Gloucestershire & Somerset	23	3	3 October 1935	Memorial Stadium, Bristol	Tour match
Lancashire & Cheshire	21	8	5 October 1935	Birkenhead	Tour match
Northumberland & Durham	10	6	9 October 1935	Gosforth	Tour match
South of Scotland	11	8	12 October 1935	Mansfield Park, Hawick	Tour match
Glasgow - Edinburgh	9	8	16 October 1935	Old Anniesland, Glasgow	Tour match
Combined Services	6	5	19 October 1935	Aldershot	Tour match
Llanelli RFC	16	8	22 October 1935	Stradey Park, Llanelli	Tour match
Cardiff	20	5	26 October 1935	Arms Park, Cardiff	Tour match
Newport	17	5	31 October 1935	Rodney Parade, Newport	Tour match
London Counties	11	0	2 November 1935	Twickenham, London	Tour match
Oxford University	10	9	7 November 1935	Iffley Road, Oxford	Tour match
Hampshire & Sussex	14	8	9 November 1935	Dean Court, Bournemouth	Tour match
Cambridge University	25	5	14 November 1935	Grange Road, Cambridge	Tour match
Leicestershire & East Midlands	16	3	16 November 1935	Welford Road, Leicester	Tour match
Scotland	18	8	23 November 1935	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Test match
North of Scotland	12	6	27 November 1935	Linksfield Stadium, Aberdeen	Tour match
Ulster	3	3	30 November 1935	Ravenhill, Belfast	Tour match
Ireland	17	9	7 December 1935	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	Test match
Mid-Districts	31	10	12 December 1935	Ynys, Aberdare	Tour match
Neath & Abevaron	13	3	14 December 1935	Aberavon	Tour match
Wales	12	13	21 December 1935	Arms Park, Cardiff	Test match
London Counties	24	5	26 December 1935	Twickenham, London	Tour match
England	0	13	4 January 1936	Twickenham, London	Test match
Vancouver	32	0	25 January 1936	Brockton Point, Vancouver	Tour match
Victoria (B.C.)	27	3	29 January 1936	MacDonald Park, Victoria	Tour match

Touring party

Manager: Vincent Meredith
Assistant manager:
Captain: Jack Manchester

Full-back

Mike Gilbert (West Coast)

Three-quarters

Nelson Ball (Wellington)
Henry Brown (Auckland)
George Hart (Canterbury)
Neville Mitchell (Southland)
Charlie Oliver (Canterbury)

Five-eighths

Jack Griffiths (Wellington)
Harcourt Caughey (Auckland)
Rusty Page (Wellington)
Dave Solomon (Auckland)
Eric Tindill (Wellington)

Halfbacks

Merv Corner (Auckland)
Joey Sadler (Wellington)

Forwards

George Adkins (South Canterbury)
Jack Best (Marlborough)
Bill Collins (Hawke's Bay)
Douglas Dalton (Hawke's Bay)
William Edward Hadley (Auckland)
John Hore (Otago)
Ronald King (West Coast)
Arthur Lambourn (Wellington)
Atholstan Mahoney (Bush Districts)
Jack Manchester (Cantebury)
Rod MacKenzie (Manawatu)
Hubert McLean (Auckland)
Cyril Pepper (Auckland)
Tori Reid (Hawke's Bay)
Frederick Vorrath (Otago)
James Wynyard (Waikato)

The matches

Scotland

23 November 1935

Scotland	8–18	New Zealand
Try: Fyfe Dick Con: Murdoch		Try: Caughey (3) Hadley Con: Gilbert (3)

Murrayfield
Referee: CH Gadney

(England)

Ireland

7 December 1935

Ireland	9–17	New Zealand
Try: Beamish Pen: Bailey Siggins		Try: Mitchell Oliver Hart Con: Gilbert Pen Gilbert (2)

Referee: RW Jeffares

(Ireland)

Wales

21 December 1935

Wales	13–12	New Zealand
Try: Rees-Jones (2) Davey Con: Jenkins (2)		Try: Ball (2) Con: Gilbert Drop: Gilbert

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Cyril Gadney

(England)

Wales: Vivian Jenkins (London Welsh), Geoffrey Rees-Jones (Oxford Univ.), Idwal Rees (Swansea), Claude Davey (Swansea) (capt.), Wilf Wooller (Cambridge Univ.), Cliff Jones (Cambridge Univ.), Haydn Tanner (Swansea), Tom Rees (Newport), Don Tarr, (Swansea), Harry Payne (Swansea), Trevor Williams (Cross Keys), Eddie Watkins (Cardiff), Glyn Prosser (Neath), Jim Lang (Llanelli), Arthur Rees (London Welsh)

New Zealand: G Gilbert, GF Hart, NA Mitchell, N Ball, CJ Oliver, JL Griffiths, BS Sadler, A Lambourn, WE Hadley, D Dalton, ST Reid, RR King, JE Manchester (capt.), A Mahoney, HF McLean

England

4 January 1936

England	13–0	New Zealand
Try: Obolensky (2) Sever Drop: Cranmer

Twickenham
Referee: JW Faull

(Wales)

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History and Records

Players

Competitions and trophies

Related teams

Matches

World Cup finals	1987 1995 2011 2015 2023
By opponent	Argentina Australia Barbarians British & Irish Lions England France Ireland Italy Japan Munster Scotland South Africa Wales
See also	1888–89 matches Rhodesia (1949) Barbarians (1973) NZRFU Centenary Matches South Africa (1992)

Tours

Australia	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
South Africa	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996
Europe	1905–06 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1986 1989 1990 1993 1995 1997 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008
Asia and Oceania	1968 1974 1980 1984 1987
Americas	US (1906) US & Canada 1913) Canada (1925) Canada (1936) US & Canada (1954) Canada (1964) Canada (1967) Canada (1972) Uruguay & Argentina (1976) US & Canada (1980) Argentina (1985) Canada (1989) Argentina (1991) Argentina (2001) Argentina (2006)
Māori All Blacks tours	1888–89 1926–27 1949 1982 2012 2013 2014

See also

v t e Grand Slam tours
Australia	1927–28 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1975–76 1981–82 1984 2009 2013
New Zealand	1905-06 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1972–73 1978 2005 2008 2010
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1969–70 1998 2004 2010

v t e Rugby union tours of England
Argentina	1978 1990 1999 2000 2006 2022
Australia	1908–09 1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1988 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2013
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 (no test) 1978 1979 1983 1993 1997 2002 2005 2006 2008
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1969–70 1992 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008
Romania	1984–85
Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1986
Fiji	1982 (no test) 1985 (no test) 1989
Samoa	1989 (no test) 1995 1996 (no test) 2005
Tonga	1997 (no test)
Pacific Islanders	2008
Canada	1979 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1994 1999 2004
United States	1924 (no test) 1977 (no test) 1999
Maori All Blacks	1888–89 1926–27

v t e Rugby union tours of Ireland
Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2002 2004 2008 2021
Australia	1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1992 1996 2002 2004 2005 2006 2009 2013
Canada	2008
Fiji	1985 1995 2002
Italy	1988-89
Japan	2000
New Zealand	1888–89 (Māori) 1905 1924–25 1926–27 (Māori) 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1972–73 1978 1989 1997 2001 2005 2008
Pacific Islanders	2006
Romania	1980 2002
Samoa	1988 1996 2001
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1965 1969–70 1994 (no test) 1996 ("A" team) 1998 2000 2004 2006

v t e Rugby union tours of Scotland
Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2001 2005 2022
Australia	1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1968 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1988 1996 1997 2000 2006 2009 2013
New South Wales	1927–28
New Zealand	1888–89 (NZ Natives) 1905 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1978 1979 1983 1993 2001 2005 2008
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1965 1969–70 1994 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2002 2004 2008
Romania	1981 2002
Fiji	1982 (no test) 1989 2002
Samoa	1995 2000 2005
Tonga	1997 (no test) 2001
Pacific Islanders	2006
Japan	1976 (no test) 1986 2004
United States	2000
Canada	2008

v t e Rugby union tours of Wales
Argentina	1976 (no test) 1978 (no test) 1998 2001 2021 2022
Australia	1908–09 1927–28 (Waratahs) 1947–48 1957–58 1966–67 1973 1975–76 1981–82 1984 1992 1996 2001 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013
Canada	1979 (no test) 1999 2002 2008
Fiji	1964 1985 1995 2002 2005
Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1993 2004
New Zealand	1905 1924–25 1935–36 1953–54 1963–64 1967 1972–73 1974 (no test) 1978 1980 1989 1997 1998 2000 ("A" team) 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008
NZ Māori	1888–89 (NZ Natives) 1926–27 1982
Pacific Islanders	2006
Romania	1979 2002
Samoa	1988 1996 (no test) 2000
South Africa	1906–07 1912–13 1931–32 1951–52 1960–61 1969–70 1994 1996 2000 2004 2005 2007 2008
Tonga	1997 2001
United States	1987 1997 1999 (no test) 2000
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