1882 New South Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand

August 2024 August 2024 New South Wales 1882 Edward Raper Edward Raper 7 4 0 3 The 1882 New South Wales tour of New Zealand was a rugby union tour of New Zealand undertaken by a team from the colony of New South Wales under the auspices of the Southern Rugby Football Union.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238478151 Football The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) Sydney 1 Sep 1882 27 Aug 2024 4 National Library of Australia The team of sixteen players was drawn from seven clubs. A factor in selection was availability. Only six of the twenty-one players that had represented New South Wales against Queensland in August made the tour in September.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108207155 Football The Evening News (Sydney) Sydney 29 Aug 1882 22 Jul 2022 3 National Library of Australia During the tour NSW played matches against provincial New Zealand sides, but they did not play a representative New Zealand team. Soon after the conclusion of the tour, the Sydney Mail newspaper published, in five weekly parts, an account of the travels of the team from Sydney to Dunedin.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161925944 The First N. S. W. Football Team in New Zealand. The Sydney Mail Sydney 4 Nov 1882 Donohue U 19 Jul 2022 803 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161923044 The First N. S. W. Football Team in New Zealand, II The Sydney Mail Sydney 11 Nov 1882 Donohue U 27 Aug 2024 853 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161926399 The First N. S. W. Football Team in New Zealand, III The Sydney Mail Sydney 18 Nov 1882 Donohue U 21 Aug 2024 901 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161925187 First New South Wales Football Team in New Zealand, IV The Sydney Mail Sydney 25 Nov 1882 Donohue U 28 Aug 2024 949 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161926832 First New South Wales Football Team in New Zealand, V The Sydney Mail Sydney 2 Dec 1882 Donohue U 21 Aug 2024 997 National Library of Australia Background The Southern Rugby Football Union (SRFU) arranged for a New South Wales team to tour New Zealand, with the support of rugby union associations and the host venues. As there was no national organisation at the time, the secretary of the Wellington Rugby Football Union acted as delegate for the other New Zealand unions in initial negotiations with the SRFU. The formation of the New Zealand Rugby Union occurred a decade after this tour, in 1892. The captain of the University club, Edward Raper, was assigned the task of collecting a list of players who were willing and able to undertake the tour. At a meeting held three days prior to the team's departure, Raper was appointed both captain and manager.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164384080 Mr E. Raper The Sydney Mail Sydney 23 Feb 1884 23 Aug 2024 352 National Library of Australia R. Thallon, of Balmain club, was appointed secretary. The selected players each paid a deposit a five pounds towards their steamship passage. In the year prior to the tour, 1881, two of the venues that hosted the New South Wales team had opened. The games played at Newtown Park in Wellington and Lancaster Park in Christchurch were the first major rugby matches played at those grounds.Slatter Gordon 1974 Great Days at Lancaster Park Christchurch Whitcombe and Tombs, a division of Whitcoulls Limited 4 - New South Wales Rugby Team 32 0723303894 Touring party The manager and captain of the sixteen player squad was Edward Raper. After the steamship conveying the team made its first port of call in Russell, New Zealand, the names of the players and other passengers appeared in Shipping Telegram columns in newspapers. 5 Sep 1882 Shipping Telegrams https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820905.2.3.2 Star Christchurch 21 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 7 Sep 1882 The Sydney Footballers https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18820907.2.17 Evening Post 21 Aug 2024 XXIV 41 National Library of New Zealand A photograph of this 1882 team, which had been in the possession of George Graham, appeared in The Referee newspaper in 1913.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120482952 The First New South-Wales Rugby Union Football Team The Referee Sydney 27 Aug 1913 3 Sep 2024 12 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120482836 A Pioneer Rugby Team The Referee Sydney 27 Aug 1913 3 Sep 2024 1 National Library of Australia Several of the players' given names in the table below are drawn from a list of NSW players.NSW WARATAHS ALL-TIME PLAYER LISTS http://nswwaratahs.com.au/waratahs/records/all-time-player-lists NSW Waratahs https://web.archive.org/web/20190311142512/http://nswwaratahs.com.au/waratahs/records/all-time-player-lists 11 March 2019 Player Club Position Ref References Initials Name CE Chas Hawkins 1 Balmain Wing, Forward http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132246044 Balmain Football Club Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser Balmain 17 Apr 1886 30 Aug 2024 5 National Library of Australia MH Michael Howard 1 Balmain Half-back, Forward RW Bob Thallon 1 Balmain Wing, Forward AH Archibald McClatchie 1 Burwood Forward C Charles Jennings 1 Glenhead Forward GW George Walker 1 Redfern Three-quarter, (Full) Back http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120505971 Swimming Notes - A Popular Athlete in Distress The Referee Sydney 23 May 1894 29 Aug 2024 3 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231498861 A Real Grand Old Man of Sport Corbett Claude The Sun (Sydney) Sydney 30 Nov 1939 4 Sep 2024 47 National Library of Australia B Roland Hill 1 St. Leonards Forward GW George Addison 1 University Forward ZC Zachary Barry 1 University Forward http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15546936 Death Mr. Z. C. Barry The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney 20 Oct 1914 3 Sep 2024 10 National Library of Australia HM Harold Baylis 1 University (Full) Back, Half-back http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13662073 Advertising The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney 25 Aug 1887 3 Sep 2024 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141952246 Mr. Harold M. Baylis The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga) Wagga 8 Apr 1918 3 Sep 2024 3 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141946432 Great Rugby Players Recalled The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga) Wagga 9 Apr 1918 3 Sep 2024 4 National Library of Australia W William (Paddy) Flynn 1 University Quarter-back, Half-back G Bill Mann 1 University Quarter-back, Forward EJ Edward Raper 1 University Forward, Quarter-back GW George Graham 1 Wallaroo Half-back http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231874898 The Spirit of the Game Altered The Sun (Sydney) Sydney 22 Jul 1906 3 Sep 2024 6 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17822288 Rugby Union - Represented N.S.W. - Mr G. W. Graham The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney 27 Aug 1942 3 Sep 2024 8 National Library of Australia HB Henry Fligg 1 Wallaroo Quarter-back, Half-back GS George Richmond 1 Wallaroo Forward Scoring system Throughout the tour, the result of each match was determined by points. In 1882, this was a relatively new concept. During the Queensland tour of New South Wales in August 1882, matches had been decided on number of goals, and if equal, by the number of tries (where the attempt to kick a goal had failed). Similarly, in an interprovincial match between Otago and Canterbury, also in August 1882, local newspaper reports stated that Otago had won by a margin of “five goals and three tries to nothing”.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18820828.2.21 Interprovincial Football Match - Canterbury v. Otago Otago Daily Times Dungog 28 Aug 1882 23 Aug 2024 2 National Library of New Zealand 6409 In Auckland, by contrast, matches had been determined by points since 1877. A report on the annual meeting of the Auckland Football Club in April 1877 notes that by majority vote, members endorsed a suggestion, “That scoring be by points as follows, a goal 5, try at goal 2, and that 'forcedowns' do not count at all.”https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18770426.2.26 Auckland Football Club Auckland Star Auckland 26 Apr 1877 VIII 2228 23 Aug 2024 3 National Library of New Zealand The club's delegate was requested to support the suggestion at a meeting of delegates. In a late April match between two other clubs, Banks and Warehouses, “The amended system of counting by points was adopted.”https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18770430.2.20 Football The New Zealand Herald Auckland 30 Apr 1877 XIV 4821 23 Aug 2024 3 National Library of New Zealand Later in 1877, a match between Auckland club and Ponsonby was decided by a margin of “6 points (three tries) to 5 (a goal)”.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18770702.2.15 Football The New Zealand Herald Auckland 2 Jul 1877 XIV 4875 23 Aug 2024 2 National Library of New Zealand Under the previous system, the team attaining the goal (from one try) would have been deemed victors over the team that attained three touchdowns but failed at all three attempts to convert the try into a goal. The first match of this 1882 tour was in Auckland and local newspaper reports mention points in the result. The points system used for the tour was: 5 points for a goal from a try. Put another way, 5 points when the try for goal succeeds. 2 points for a touchdown when the attempt at goal is missed. Put another way, 2 points when the try for goal fails. 4 points for a goal from the field. This occurred In the 29 September match against Wellington,;http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161925510 New South Wales V. Wellington — Return Match The Sydney Mail Sydney 14 Oct 1882 21 Aug 2024 660 National Library of Australia Otago Daily Times and Twice in the 3 October match against Auckland.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161925547 New South Wales v. Auckland - Return Match The Sydney Mail Sydney 14 Oct 1882 21 Aug 2024 660 National Library of Australia The New Zealand Herald Match details Match reports published in New Zealand newspapers were subsequently reprinted in Sydney newspapers. For example, a report on the opening match that initially appeared in The New Zealand Herald, and was later reprinted in The Sydney Morning Herald.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28377564 Football The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney 27 Sep 1882 21 Aug 2024 10 National Library of Australia The New Zealand Herald NSW 1st tour match Saturday, 9 September 1882 3:00 PM Auckland 70 New South Wales Reportshttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18820911.2.43 Intercolonial Football Match The New Zealand Herald XIX 6495 Auckland 11 Sep 1882 27 Aug 2024 5 National Library of New Zealand 11 Sep 1882 New South Wales v. Auckland https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18820911.2.11.1 Auckland Star XVI 3771 Auckland 22 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 2 Biggs Sims 1 Ryan Auckland Domain 1 Sep 1882 Intercolonial Football Match https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18820901.2.18 Auckland Star Auckland 21 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 4,000 (estimate) W.W. Robinson Umpires: A.H. Cotter (Auck) & McClatchie (NSW) Team detailsAuckland (blue and white stripes): Full-backs: Webster and Joe Warbrick; three-quarter-back: Thomas Ryan; quarter-backs: Wood, T. Sibbin, and Whiteside; forwards: Henderson (captain), C. H. Croxton, Timothy O'Connor, Arneil, Spencer, Biggs, T. Macky, J. Sims, and Jewitt. On the morning of the match, George Carter was named as a replacement for Ring, who had not arrived by train as had been expected.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18820909.2.26 Intercolonial Football Match The New Zealand Herald XIX 6494 Auckland 9 Sep 1882 27 Aug 2024 4 National Library of New Zealand The team listed in the match report, excludes Carter and includes Biggs, who scored a try. New South Wales (navy blue): Back: Bayliss; three-quarter: Walker; half-backs: Graham and Howard; wings: Thallon and Hawkins; quarter-backs: Flynn, Fligg, and Mann; forwards: Raper (captain), Addison, Barry, Richmond, Jennings, and Hill. Saturday, 16 September 1882 3:20 PM Wellington 214 New South Wales Reportshttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13527942 New South Wales v. Wellington, New Zealand The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney 29 Sep 1882 21 Aug 2024 8 National Library of Australia The New Zealand Herald 18 Sep 1882 Football - New South Wales v. Wellington https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18820918.2.26 Evening Post XXIV 50 Wellington 21 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 1 Hart Udy 4 Raper (2) Hawkins (2) 2 Thallon (2) Newtown Park 15 Sep 1882 Amusements, Meetings &c https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18820915.2.2.8 New Zealand Times XXXIX 6681 21 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 5,000 (estimate) Dr. Collins Umpires: Knapp (Well) & Firth (NSW) Team detailshttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18820915.2.11 Arrival of the Sydney Footballers Evening Post Welllington 15 Sep 1882 XXIV 48 27 Aug 2024 2 National Library of New ZealandWellington: Peat, Heenan, McCardell, Roberts (Wellington Club), A Thomson, Campbell, Cooper (Athletic Club), Morrison, Harvey, Baird, McMasters, Somerville, Hart Udy, Ronaldson, and Hirschberg (Country Districts) In a match preview, positions were given for ten of the 14 players discussed. Utility: Brown Forward: Beard, Cooper*, Harvey*, Peat*, Somerville*, Udy* Quarter-back: Hirschberg* Half-back: Heenan*, A. Thomson Not stated: Morrison*, McCardell, Roberts*, Ronaldson* New South Wales: McClatchie played instead of Richmond. Tuesday, 19 September 1882 2:10 PM West Coast of North Island 29 New South Wales Report 19 Sep 1882 Football - New South Wales v. West Coast https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18820919.2.10 Evening Post XXIV 51 Wellington 22 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 19 Sep 1882 Football - New South Wales v. West Coast https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18820919.2.25 New Zealand Times XXXIX 6684 Wellington 22 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 1 George Bayley 3 Raper Fligg Flynn 1 Thallon Newtown Park 1,000 to 1,500 (estimate) Team detailshttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18820916.2.8 Untitled Evening Post Welllington 16 Sep 1882 XXIV 49 27 Aug 2024 2 National Library of New ZealandWest Coast of North Island: Fullback: Townsend; three-quarter back: Thompson; halfbacks: George Bayly and H. Bayly; quarter-backs: P. G. Smith (captain), Gibbons; forwards: Stewart, Alexander, Wheeler, Powall, Gower, Adamson, Wilby, Pearce, and Craig. Players were selected from the towns of Whanganui, Hāwera and Pātea. Thursday, 21 September 1882 Canterbury 27 New South Wales Reports 22 Sep 1882 Football - New South Wales v. Canterbury https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18820922.2.18 Press Christchurch 22 Aug 2024 XXXVIII 5319 3 National Library of New Zealandhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18820922.2.27 Intercolonial Football Match Lyttelton Times Lyttelton 22 Sep 1882 LVIII 6730 28 Aug 2024 5 National Library of New Zealand 22 Sep 1882 The Football Match - Canterbury v. Sydney https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18820922.2.15 The Southland Times 4432 Invercargill 22 Aug 2024 1 A Anderson 2 Hill Thallon 1 Thallon Lancaster Park 3,000 (estimate) Gate: £119 2s. 1d. Hartland Umpires: Lewin (Cant) & Parker (NSW) Team detailsCanterbury: Fullback, W. E. Leach; half backs, H. Farr and H. Lee; quarter backs, W. J. Cotterill, A. Anderson and J. D. Hall; forwards, William Millton (captain), L. Lane, H. Fenwick, O’Donnell, J. D. Winsloe, R. D. Harman, R. Blanchard, F. Hyman and J. F. Wachaman. New South Wales: Back, Walker; halfbacks, Fligg, Bayliss, and Graham; quarters, Flynn and Raper (captain) j forwards, Addison, Barry, Richmond, McClatchie, Thallon, Hawkins, Howard, Hill, and Mann. Saturday, 23 September 1882 Otago 90 New South Wales Reportshttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161925509 Football The Sydney Mail Sydney 14 Oct 1882 21 Aug 2024 660 National Library of Australia Otago Daily Times 23 Sep 1882 The Football Tour - New South Wales v. Otago https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18820923.2.17 Evening Star 6095 Dunedin 21 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 25 Sep 1882 The Intercolonial Football Tour - New South Wales v. Otago https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18820925.2.10 Evening Star 6096 Dunedin 22 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 3 W Crawshaw W Fowler J Taiaroa 1 P Nicol Mosgiel Ground 2,000 (estimate) G Dixon Umpires: Robertson (Otago) & Lewin (NSW) Team detailsOtago: Full-back, H. Rose; three-quarter backs, W. Crawshaw and J. R. Murray; halfbacks, W. Allan and Jack Taiaroa; forwards, James Allen (captain), James Allan, T. Austin, R. Brown, J. H. Chapman, W. Fowler, W. Fox, H. Hamer, P. Nicol, and W. Wyinks. New South Wales: Back, Walker; halfbacks, Fligg, Bayliss, and Graham; quarters, Flynn and Raper (captain); forwards, Addison, Barry, Richmond, McClatchie, Thallon, Hawkins, Howard, Hill, and Mann. Note: The Umpire, Mr. Lewin, was secretary of the Canterbury Rugby Football Union and had travelled on the train with the NSW team from Christchurch to Dunedin. Friday, 29 September 1882 3:40 PM Wellington 08 New South Wales Reports 7 Oct 1882 Football Match - Sydney v. Wellington https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZMAIL18821007.2.42 New Zealand Mail 21 Aug 2024 557 9 National Library of New Zealand 30 Sep 1882 Football - New South Wales v. Wellington https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18820930.2.19 Evening Post XXIV 61 Wellington 22 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 2 Raper Walker 1 Flynn Newtown Park Team detailsWellington: Forwards: Campbell (captain), Cooper, Peter Webb, Connal, McGregor, Peate, Morrison (Wairarapa), Gibbes and Henry Roberts; quarter-backs, Brown and Kirk; three-quarter-back, McCardell; half-backs, A. Thomson and G.H. Smith; full-back, Firth. Tuesday, 3 October 1882 Auckland 184 New South Wales Reports 4 Oct 1882 Football - The Intercontinental Match - The Return Game https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18821004.2.26 New Zealand Herald XIX 6515 Auckland 22 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 3 Oct 1882 Intercolonial Football Match - Sydney v. Auckland https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18821003.2.35 Auckland Star XVI 3790 Auckland 22 Aug 2024 National Library of New Zealand 4 Whiteside (2) Bindon O'Connor 2 Ryan (2) 1 Jimmy Wood 1 Flynn Auckland Domain 2,000 to 3,000 (estimate) W Robinson Umpires: A Cotter (Auck) & W Sibbon (NSW) Team detailsAuckland: Back, Webster; three-quarter-back, Thomas Ryan and Wood; half-backs, Whiteside, Sims, and Joe Warbrick; forwards, Arneil, George Carter, Clayton, Croxton, Bindon, Henderson, Biggs, Macky, and Timothy O'Connor. New South Wales: Back, Walker; half-backs, Flynn, Bayliss, and Graham; quarter-back, Fligg; forwards, Raper, Richmond, Barry, Mann, McClatchie, Addison, Hawkins, Howard, Hill, and Thallon. Transport The players were conveyed between towns by ships apart from taking trains on a day-trip from Wellington to Masterton, the short distance between Lyttelton Harbour and Christchurch, and the longer trip between Christchurch and Dunedin. The team departed Sydney aboard the steamer, Rotomahana, on Thursday, 30 August 1882, at 7pm, three hours later than had been scheduled. The Rotomahana called at the port of Russell, New Zealand, docking overnight to take on coal, before travelling onto Auckland the next day. On Sunday, 10 September, the day after their first match, the Auckland and New South Wales teams took a day-trip aboard the Rose Casey, to visit the hot springs at Waiwera and later to Kawau Island where they were met by George Grey, who showed the group through his collection of artifacts from Māori culture, his library and "grand paintings" in his Mansion House. Travel from Auckland was aboard the S.S. Hawea, which stopped briefly off the coast of Taranaki, and called at the port of Nelson from 10am to 8pm. Several of the touring party were on deck for the passage through the narrow French Pass around midnight. The port of Picton was reached before dawn and, "After staying for an hour or two, the little Hawea left in the dim light of a rainy morning and got well tossed about in the rough sea between the heads and Wellington", arriving in pouring rain at 11am on Friday, 15 September 1882. A banquet dinner followed the Saturday match against Wellington. On the Sunday, a specially organised train conveyed the team on a day-trip via the Rimutaka Incline to Masterton, where they visited the Te Oreore marae and Ngā Tau e Waru meeting house. Brought out by the excitement of the visit, the residents gave impromptu performances of a haka and song, as well as hastily arranging for their young men to play a scratch rugby match. The Tuesday match against the West Coast of the North Island was moved to an earlier kick-off time to allow the players to depart Wellington at 5pm on the same day aboard the S.S. Manapouri. After initially missing the entrance to Lyttelton port due to dense fog, the team arrived at breakfast time and travelled by train through the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel to Christchurch. During the Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning, and evenings, members of the team raced along the river in canoes, climbed the Cathedral tower, noticed the horse-drawn trams, and attended the theatre. The team departed Christchurch by train at 8am on Friday, 22 September 1882. Crossing the southern Canterbury Plains, the train ran by the ocean on the approaches to Timaru and, later, Oamaru. Here they observed buildings made of, and quarries for Oamaru stone. Just before reaching Port Chalmers, which is the port of Dunedin, and is eight miles distant therefrom, the railway line runs along the edge of a precipice, 200 feet deep, with the sea at its foot, at times approaching within a yard of the treacherous-looking edge. A short delay was caused in this fearsome place by the engine running into a bullock which had come there for the sake of the view. U. Donohue Sydney Mail, 2 December 1882. Arriving in Dunedin shortly after nightfall, the team were met by some of the Otago players, who escorted them on foot to the nearby Criterion Hotel. That evening they attended a concert. After five nights and four days in Dunedin, the team departed from Port Chalmers aboard the S.S. Te Anau on Wednesday, 27 September 1882.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GLOBE18820928.2.3 Shipping Globe XXIV 2644 Canterbury 28 Sep 1882 28 Aug 2024 2 National Library of New Zealand After calling at Lyttelton, the journey to Wellington was delayed by a rough passage. Arriving at 1:30 pm on the Friday, the team was hastily conveyed to their second, or return, match against Wellington, the kick-off for which was pushed back from an intended 2 pm to the actual 3:30pm. After the match, the New South Wales team re-joined the Te Anau, which sailed that night.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18821007.2.59.1 New South Wales v. Wellington Otago Witness Dunedin 7 Oct 1882 1611 28 Aug 2024 21 National Library of New Zealand A proposed match against Napier on the Saturday, did not happen. The delay to the Te Anau and the need for rest being reported as the reason for cancellation. Thirteen members of the New South Wales team did tour the town and had lunch with the Napier footballers.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18821002.2.7 Untitled Hawke's Bay Herald Napier 2 Oct 1882 XXI 6369 28 Aug 2024 2 National Library of New Zealand The team departed Auckland for Sydney aboard the S.S. Rotorua on the evening of 5 October 1882.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18821006.2.17 Untitled The New Zealand Herald Auckland 6 Oct 1882 28 Aug 2024 4 National Library of New Zealand Epilogue At a dinner in Christchurch following the Canterbury game, the New South Wales captain, Edward Raper, expressed a hope to meet a New Zealand team in Sydney the next season and a promise to show such tourists as good a time in Sydney as his team had experienced throughout New Zealand. In responding to this suggestion during his own speech, the Canterbury captain, William Millton, said that he sincerely trusted that a tour to would come off, but there may be great difficulty in getting a combined team. He joked that he might manage to make the trip, if "only as an emergency man." As it turned out, William Millton would lead the 1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales as captain. The New Zealand team's arrival in May 1884 came three months after Edward Raper had died. The cause of Raper's death in February 1884, typhoid, was also the cause of Millton's death in June 1887.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870623.2.27 Obituary The Star (Christchurch) Christchurch 23 Jun 1887 28 Aug 2024 3 National Library of New Zealand The health of George Walker was impacted by typhoid in the 1890s, however, he lived into his eighties. A lasting impact of the tour was the adoption in Australia of the points system used by the Auckland Rugby Union and on the tour. At a meeting of the Southern Rugby Football Union in May 1883, the suggestion of Edward Raper to adopt the system was supported by a majority of the delegates.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28375351 Advertising The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney 14 May 1883 3 Sep 2024 1 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238493279 Football - Southern Rugby Union The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) Sydney 17 May 1883 3 Sep 2024 3 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162080719 Football Notes The Sydney Mail Sydney 26 May 1883 3 Sep 2024 987 National Library of Australia Points were used in the opening match of the 1883 season that same month.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248620190 Football The Courier-Mail Brisbane 23 May 1883 3 Sep 2024 2 National Library of Australia The Brisbane Courier explained the use of points in the report of a club match in July 1883.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3419870 Football Brisbane Courier Brisbane 3 Jul 1883 4 Sep 2024 5 National Library of Australia The result of the inter-colonial match on 15 August 1883 between Queensland and New South Wales was given as a win to the former by twelve points to eleven.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3421042 Intercolonial Football Match - New South Wales v. Queensland Brisbane Courier Brisbane 16 Aug 1883 4 Sep 2024 4 National Library of Australia References Category:New South Wales rugby union team tours Category:Rugby union tours of New Zealand