1913 New Zealand rugby union tour of North America

May 2018 March 2014 1913 All Blacks team that toured California.jpg The New Zealand team wearing blazers and hats, before their departure to North America New Zealand 1913 1913 G.H. Mason Alex McDonald James Graham (66) Tom Lynch (17) 16 16 0 0 1 1 0 0 USA 1 1 0 0 1910 Australia 1914 Australia The 1913 New Zealand tour rugby of North America was the second tour by the New Zealand national rugby union outside Australasia. Sixteen matches were played (all won) along with a Test match against United States sides. The tour had a relevance for American rugby because it came at a time when the local code, American football, was widely criticised prompted by worries over violent play, serious injuries and evidence of sharp practice by college coaches. That dispute, originated in 1906, had led some colleges (such as Stanford and California, Berkeley Universities) to switch from football to rugby. The All Blacks (which had toured in North America for the first time in 1905) had already made their contribution to the spread of the sport in the west coast. New Zealand took the tour seriously, with a squad led by veteran player Alex McDonald that won all their matches in North America with large victories, conceding only 6 points in 16 games. The only test was played against the United States, which included players from Stanford and Berkeley. Such hard defeats were a depressing result for the hosts, with the media emphasizing the skill difference between Californian players and the New Zealand side. The Californian players are the best we have developed in seven years of intercollegiate rugby - the very best. And the score against them was 51 to 3. The only conclusion is that we have not yet learned how to play rugby. It is still a foreign game. The San Francisco Post after the match. As a result, the University of California returned to football in 1915, although Stanford would remain in rugby. Several players competed in the national team in the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games where the US won the gold medal on both occasions.The tour that killed American rugby by Huw Richards on ESPN, 29 Oct 2013 However, the medals were only contested by 2-3 countries, with New Zealand absent. Squad Name Position Province Tour matches Tour points John Cuthill Full-back Otago 14 31 George Loveridge Three-quarters Taranaki 8 20 Tom Lynch Wing South Canterbury 11 50 Dougie McGregor Wing Auckland 10 45 Dick Roberts Centre Taranaki 12 60 Jack Stohr Three-quarter Taranaki 9 59 Doddy Gray Five-eighth Canterbury 11 9 Jock McKenzie Five-eighth Wellington 12 39 Frank Mitchinson Five-eighths Wellington 12 44 Teddy Roberts Half-back Wellington 5 18 Henry Taylor Half-back Canterbury 10 15 Harry Atkinson Lock West Coast 8 3 Alex Bruce Loose forward Auckland 2 3 Mick Cain Hooker Taranaki 14 11 Henry "Norkey" Dewar Forward Taranaki 14 3 James Douglas Loose forward Otago 8 21 Albert Downing Lock Auckland 14 18 James Graham Loose forward Otago 11 66 Alex McDonald (captain) Loose forward Otago 13 35 Toby Murray Wing-forward Canterbury 12 33 George Sellars Hooker Auckland 14 6 Peter Williams Hooker Otago 8 3 Jim Wylie Loose forward Auckland 11 18 Match summary Complete list of matches played by the All Blacks in North America:Match centre - In North America on AllBlacks.comNew Zealand Teams Overseas, An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand #ffff99 silver Test matches thumb|The Stanford University team that played the All Blacks thumb|USA v All Blacks test Rival Date Venue City Country Score Olympic Club 4 October St Ignatius Field San Francisco United States 19–0 University of California 8 October California Field Berkeley United States 31–0 Barbarians Club 11 October St Ignatius Field San Francisco United States 30–0 Stanford University 15 October Stanford Park Palo Alto United States 54–0 Stanford University 18 October Stanford Park Palo Alto United States 56–0 University of Santa Clara 22 October Golden Gate Santa Clara United States 42–0 University of California 25 October California Field Berkeley United States 38–3 Univ. of Nevada, Reno 29 October University Ground Reno United States 55–0 University of California 3 November California Field Berkeley United States 33–0 St. Mary's College 5 November St Ignatius Field San Francisco United States 26–0 Univ. of Southern California 8 November Boyard Field Los Angeles United States 40–0 University of Santa Clara 12 November Golden Gate Santa Clara United States 33–0 USA 15 November California Field Berkeley United States 51–3 Victoria (B.C.) 19 November Oak Bay Ground Victoria Canada 23–0 Victoria (B.C.) 22 November Oak Bay Ground Victoria Canada 35–0 Vancouver 24 November Stanley Park Victoria Canada 44–0 Match details Report 15 November 1913 USA 3–51 NZL W.W. Hill (Australia) 10,000 Gray (2), McDonald (2), McGregor, McKenzie (2), Murray (2), Roberts (3), Wylie Graham (4), McDonald, Mitchinson Peart Team details _usarugby1900 ffffff ffffff ffffff cccccc 000000 United States _allblacks1924 _whitestripe 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 New Zealand J.L. McKim 1 Mick Cain E.B. Hall 2 G.M. Sellars G. Glasscock 3 Jim Wylie R.R. Blas 4 Albert Downing G. Voight 5 James Graham W.P. Darsie 6 Alex McDonald (c) F.J. Gard (c) 7 Henry Dewar W.N. King 8 Toby Murray L. Cass 9 Henry M. Taylor M.M. Mitchell 10 George D. Gray J.C. Urban 11 Dougie McGregor C.A. Austin 12 Jock McKenzie D.B. Carroll 13 Edward Roberts S.B. Peart 14 Frank Mitchinson J.A. Ramage 15 John Cuthill See also 1906–1917 Stanford rugby teams References New Zealand New Zealand tour tour Category:Rugby union tours of the United States Category:New Zealand national rugby union team tours of Canada Category:New Zealand national rugby union team tours of North America Category:1913 in North American sport Category:1913 in American sports 1913