1928 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa

March 2014 April 2026 New Zealand 1928 all blacks team.jpg The touring All Blacks team, photographed in Wellington 1928 22 16 1 5 4 2 0 2 ZAF 1928 4 2 0 2 In 1928, the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) undertook a three-month tour of South Africa. The series of four Test matches was drawn 2–2 and the overall tour record was sixteen wins, five losses and one draw. Matches Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue Status Wes. Province Country11330 May 1928Newlands, Cape TownTour Match Cape Town Clubs372 June 1928Newlands, Cape TownTour MatchGriqualand West19106 June 1928de Beer's Stadium, KimberlyTour MatchTransvaal069 June 1928Ellis Park, JohannesburgTour MatchOrange Free State20013 June 1928Kroonstad Ground, KroonstadTour MatchTransvaal5016 June 1928Ellis Park, TransvaalTour MatchWestern Transvaal19820 June 1928Kruger Park, PotchefstroomTour MatchNatal31323 June 1928Pietermaritzburg Ground, PietermaritzburgTour MatchSouth Africa01730 June 1928DurbanTest MatchNorthern Provinces18187 July 1928de Beer's Stadium, KimberlyTour MatchRhodesia44814 July 1928Bulawayo Athletic Club, BulawayoTour MatchSouth Africa7621 July 1928Ellis Park, JohannesburgTest Match Pretoria Clubs13625 July 1928Eastern Sports Ground, PretoriaTour MatchOrange Free State151128 July 1928Ramblers' Cricket Ground, BloemfonteinTour Match North-Eastern Districts2701 August 1928Burghersdorp Ground, BurgersdorpTour MatchBorder2234 August 1928Recreation Ground, East LondonTour MatchBorder3538 August 1928Victoria Grounds, King William's TownTour MatchEastern Province16311 August 1928Port ElizabethTour MatchSouth Africa61118 August 1928Port ElizabethTest Match South-Western Districts12622 August 1928Oudtshoorn Ground, OudtshoornTour MatchWestern Province31025 August 1928Newlands, Cape TownTour MatchSouth Africa1351 September 1928Newlands, Cape TownTest Match Touring party Manager: Assistant manager: Captain: Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay) Full-back Herb Lilburne (Canterbury) Three-quarters Bert Grenside (Hawke's Bay) Alan Robilliard (Canterbury) Charlie Rushbrook (Wellington) Fred Lucas (Auckland) Sydney Carleton (Canterbury) Half-backs David Lindsay (Otago) Toby Sheen (Auckland) Lance Johnson (Wellington) Neil McGregor (Canterbury) Mark Nicholls (Wellington) Archie Strang (South Canterbury) Bill Dalley (Canterbury) Frank Kilby (Wellington) Forwards Geoff Alley (Canterbury) Cyril Brownlie (Hawke's Bay) Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay) Jim Burrows (Canterbury) Innes Finlayson (North Auckland) Swin Hadley (Auckland) Ian Harvey (Wairarapa) Bill Hazlett (Southland) John Hore (Otago) Rube McWilliams (Auckland) George Scrimshaw (Canterbury) Eric Snow (Nelson) Ron Stewart (South Canterbury) John Swain (Hawkes Bay) Pat Ward (Taranaki) External links 1928 Tour in Details All Black tour Category:New Zealand national rugby union team tours of South Africa Rugby union tour Category:Rugby union tours of Zimbabwe Category:1928 in South African rugby union