1924–25 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France

March 2014 March 2014 New Zealand 1924 invincibles all blacks.jpg The Invincibles, as they were nicknamed after winning all 32 of their games overseas The 1924 Invincibles All Black team on NZ History website 1924 1925 S.S. Dean Cliff Porter Mark Nicholls (131)Match centre - In Australia, the British Isles, France and Canada on AllBlacks.com Bert Cooke (28) 32 32 0 0 4 4 0 0 IRE 1783 1 1 0 0 WAL 1807 1 1 0 0 ENG 1 1 0 0 FRA 1 1 0 0 1924 NS Wales 1925 NS Wales The Invincibles was a nickname given to the 1924–25 New Zealand national team which toured the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada. The team was captained by Cliff Porter, and numbered among its top players George Nēpia and brothers Cyril and Maurice Brownlie. During the test against England Cyril Brownlie was sent off by the Welsh referee Albert Freethy, the first player to be sent off from a test. Between September 1924 and February 1925, the team played 32 games including four test matches, one each against Ireland, England, Wales, and France. They won all 32 games, scoring 838 points and only having 116 points scored against them. Cliff Porter was tour captain, but played only 17 of the 32 games due to injury, including just one test (against France). During the remaining games, tour vice-captain Johnstone Richardson (Jock) took over the captaincy. Touring party Management Manager: Stanley Dean (Wellington) Captain: Cliff Porter Full-backs George Nēpia (Hawke's Bay) Three-quarters Handley Brown (Taranaki) Gus Hart (Taranaki) Fred Lucas (Auckland) Alan Robilliard (Canterbury) Snowy Svenson (Wellington) Jack Steel (West Coast) Five-eighths Ces Badeley (Auckland) Bert Cooke (Auckland) Neil McGregor (Canterbury) Mark Nicholls (Wellington) Lui Paewai (Hawke's Bay) Half-backs Bill Dalley (Canterbury) Jimmy Mill (Hawke's Bay) Wing forwards Jim Parker (Canterbury) Cliff Porter (Wellington) Forwards Cyril Brownlie (Hawke's Bay) Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay) Les Cupples (Bay of Plenty) Quentin Donald (Wairarapa) Ian Harvey (Wairarapa) Bull Irvine (Hawke's Bay) Read Masters (Canterbury) Brian McCleary (Canterbury) Abe Munro (Otago) Jock Richardson (Southland) Ron Stewart (South Canterbury) Alf West (Taranaki) Andrew White (Southland) Match summary Complete list of matches played by the All Blacks in the British Isles, France and Canada:90 years on Invincibles remain larger than life part of All Blacks history by James Mortimer on All Blacks website, 9 Dec 2014 #ffff66 silver Test matches thumb|250px|Team that played France on January 18 thumb|250px|Scene of the match v France in Paris thumb|250px|Miniature rugby ball presented to Fred Lucas signed by the entire team # Date Rival City Venue Score 1 13 Sep 1924 Devonshire RU Devonport Rectory Ground 11–0 2 18 Sep Cornwall RU Camborne Recreation Ground 29–0 3 20 Sep Somersetshire RU Weston-super-Mare Weston Ground 6–0 4 25 Sep Gloucestershire RU Gloucester Kingsholm Stadium 6–0 5 27 Sep Swansea RFC Swansea St Helens Ground 39–3 6 2 Oct Newport RFC Newport Athletic Ground 13–10 7 4 Oct Leicester Tigers Leicester Welford Road Stadium 27–0 8 8 Oct North Midlands RU Birmingham Villa Park 40–3 9 11 Oct Cheshire RU Birkenhead Birkenhead Park 18–5 10 15 Oct Durham Sunderland Roker Park 43–7 11 18 Oct Yorkshire RU Bradford Lidget Green 42–4 12 22 Oct Lancashire RU Manchester Old Trafford 23–0 13 25 Oct Cumberland Carlisle Brunton Park 41–0 14 1 Nov IRE 1783 Dublin Lansdowne Road 6–0 15 5 Nov Ulster Rugby Belfast Ravenhill Stadium 28–6 16 8 Nov Northumberland RU Gosforth 27–4 17 12 Nov Cambridge University Grange Road 5–0 18 15 Nov London Counties London Twickenham Stadium 31–6 19 20 Nov Oxford University Oxford Iffley Road 33–15 20 22 Nov Cardiff RFC Cardiff National Stadium 16–8 21 29 Nov WAL 1807 Swansea St Helens Ground 19–0 22 2 Dec Llanelli RFC Llanelli Stradey Park 8–3 23 6 Dec East Midlands Northampton Cricket Ground 31–7 24 11 Dec Warwickshire RU Highfield Road 20–0 25 13 Dec Combined Services London Twickenham Stadium 25–3 26 17 Dec Hampshire RU Portsmouth Fratton Park 22–0 27 27 Dec London Counties London Rectory Field 28–3 28 3 Jan 1925 ENG London Twickenham Stadium 17–11 29 11 Jan Selection Francais Colombes Stade Olympique 37–8 30 18 Jan FRA Toulouse Stade des Ponts Jumeaux 30–6 31 14 Feb Vancouver Vancouver Cricket Oval 49–0 32 18 Feb Victoria Vancouver Island Victoria Ground 68–4 The test matches Ireland 1 November 1924 IRE 1783 0–6 NZL Try: Snowy Svenson Pen: Nicholls Lansdowne Road 25,000 A.E. Freethy (Wales) Ireland: 15.Ernie Crawford, 14.Henry Stephenson, 13.George Stephenson, 12.James Gardiner, 11.Tom Hewitt, 10.Frank Hewitt, 9.John McDowell, 8.James Clinch, 7.Robert Crichton, 6.Norman Brand, 5.William Collis, 4.Alex Spain, 3.Dick Collopy, 2.Thomas McClelland, 1.Jim McVicker New Zealand: 15.George Nēpia, 14.Snowy Svenson, 13.Frederick Lucas, 12.Bert Cooke, 11.Augustine Hart, 10.Mark Nicholls, 9.Bill Dalley, 8.Les Cupples, 7.Son White, 6.Jock Richardson (c), 5.Read Masters, 4.Maurice Brownlie, 3.Bull Irvine, 2.Quentin Donald, 1.James Parker Wales 29 November 1924 WAL 1807 0–19 NZL Try: Irvine (2) M Brownlie Svenson Con: Nicholls Pen: Nicholls St Helens 50,000 Col. J.S. Brunton (England) Wales: Tom Johnson (Cardiff), Ernie Finch (Llanelli), Albert Jenkins (Llanelli), Albert Stock (Newport), Rowe Harding (Swansea), Jack Wetter (Newport) capt., Eddie Williams (Neath), Bobby Delahay (Cardiff), Dai Parker (Swansea), Jack Gore, (Blaina), Charlie Pugh (Maesteg), Steve Morris (Cross Keys), Cliff Williams (Llanelli), Douglas Marsden-Jones (London Welsh), Dai Hiddlestone (Neath) New Zealand: G Nēpia, J Steel, AE Cooke, KS Svenson, NP McGregor, MF Nicholls, J Mill, JH Parker, WR Irvine, Q Donald, RR Masters, LF Cupples, CJ Brownlie, MJ Brownlie, J Richardson (capt.) England 3 January 1925 ENG 11–17 NZL Twickenham Stadium, London Albert Freethy (Wales) 60,000 Cove-Smith, Kittermaster Steel, SvensonMJ Brownlie, Parker, Conway Nicholls Corbett Nicholls England:15.Jim Brough, 14.Richard Hamilton-Wickes, 13.Vivian Davies, 12.Leonard Corbett, 11.Cliff Gibbs, 10.Harold Kittermaster, 9.Arthur Young, 8.Tom Voyce, 7.Geoffrey Conway, 6.Freddie Blakiston, 5.Ron Cove-Smith, 4.Wavell Wakefield (cap.), 3.Ronald Hillard, 2.Sam Tucker, 1.Reg Edwards New Zealand:15.George Nēpia, 14.John Steel, 13.Bert Cooke, 12.Mark Nicholls, 11.Snowy Svenson, 10.Neil McGregor, 9.Jimmy Mill, 8.Jock Richardson (cap.), 7.Son White, 6.Cyril Brownlie , 5.Read Masters, 4.Maurice Brownlie, 3.Bull Irvine, 2.Quentin Donald, 1.James Parker, France 18 January 1925 FRA 6–30 NZL Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse H.E.B. Wilkins (England) 30,000 Cassayeet Ribere Cooke (2), Irivine, Porter, Richardson, Steel, Svenson, White Nicholls (3) Team details _whitecollarplain 8CC6F7 8CC6F7 8CC6F7 ffffff 000000 France _allblacks1924 _2_white_stripes 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 New Zealand France: 15.Chilo, 14.Jauregui, 13.Ballette, 12.Ballarin, 11.Hallet, 10.du Manoir, 9.Piteu, 8.Boubee, 7.Ribere, 6.Bioussa, 5.Cassayeet (capt), 4.Laurent, 3.Maury, 2.Marcet, 1.Montade New Zealand: 15.George Nēpia, 14.John Steel, 13.Frederick Lucas, 12.Bert Cooke, 11.Snowy Svenson, 10.Mark Nicholls, 9.Jimmy Mill, 8.Cliff Porter (capt), 7.Son White, 6.Jock Richardson, 5.Cyril Brownlie, 4., 3.Maurice Brownlie, 2.Quentin Donald, 1.Bull Irvine Bibliography Chester, R., Palenski, R., and McMillan, N. (1998) The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. 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