1894 Waratahs tour of New Zealand

1894 Waratahs tour of New Zealand
Summary	P W D L
Total	13 4 1 8
Test match	1 1 0 0
Opponent	P W D L
New Zealand[1]	1 1 0 0

The 1894 Waratahs tour of New Zealand was a collection of rugby union games undertaken by the New South Wales Teams against invitational and national teams of New Zealand.

The Waratahs won four of the matches, including the intercolonial match against New Zealand, and lost the other eight.

Matches

Scores and results list New South Wales' points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Auckland	11	14	25 August 1894	Auckland	Tour Match
North Island	3	15	29 August 1894	Auckland	Tour Match
Taranaki	6	21	1 September 1894	New Plymouth	Tour Match
Wanganui - Manawatu	0	13	3 September 1894	Recreation Ground, Palmerston North	Tour Match
Hawke's Bay	12	17	5 September 1894	Napier	Tour Match
Wellington	5	9	8 September 1894	Newtown Park, Wellington	Tour Match
South Canterbury	23	0	10 September 1894	Timaru	Tour Match
Canterbury	3	11	13 September 1894	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	Tour Match
New Zealand XV	8	6	15 September 1894	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	Tour Match [2]
West Coast	10	8	19 September 1894	Greymouth	Tour Match
Nelson Bays	13	4	22 September 1894	Nelson	Tour Match
Wairarapa	3	21	25 September 1894	Wairarapa	Tour Match

Touring party

The New South Wales Rugby Union selected 25 players to represent the colony on tour:^[3]

• Alcock (Wallaroo)
• Barry (Orange)
• Brand (Armidale)
• Bliss (Armidale)
• Clayton (Orange)
• Cupples (Pirates)
• Carson (Orange)
• Cobb (Newcastle)
• Dibbs (Wallaroo)
• Edwards (Newcastle)
• Galloway (Randwick)
• Henlen (Randwick)
• Hanna (Paddington)

• Lane (Wallaroo)
• Lohan (Orange)
• Lusk (Pirates)
• McMahon (Randwick)
• Parish (Randwick)
• Ranken (Bathurst)
• Riley (Randwick)
• Surman (Randwick)
• Sawyer (University)
• Scott (Wallaroo)
• Walsh (Pirates)
• Wyburd (Bathurst)

References

All found on link and other

• Auckland Star, Monday 27 August 1894 p 3
• Evening Post, Thursday 30 August 1894 p. 3
• Taranaki Herald, Saturday 1 September 1894 p 2
• Wanganui Chronicle, Tuesday 4 September 1925 p 12
• Evening Post, Monday 10 September 1894 p. 3
• Barrier Miner (Broken Hill), Monday 10 September 1894 p 3
• Otago Daily News, Thursday 13 September 18794 p 4
• Otago Daily News, Monday 17 September 18794 p 4
• Barrier Miner (Broken Hill), Thursday 20 September 1894 p 3
• Auckland Star, Monday 24 September 1894 p 2
• Barrier Miner (Broken Hill), Wednesday 26 September 1894 p 2

Notes

1. Not official test for NZRU
2. New Zealand XV match in detail
3. The NSW team cannot be called thoroughly representative as ten players from the home intercolonial matches played that year (including Colquhoun, Roberts and Barrie) were unable to make the tour."Football: Team for New Zealand.". Evening News. Sydney. 15 August 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2015.