1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada
# 1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada

## Matches

Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.

| Opponent | For | Ag. | Date | Venue | Status |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devon & Cornwall | 35 | 6 | 14 September 1935 | Rectory Ground, Devonport | Tour match |
| Midland Counties | 9 | 3 | 19 September 1935 | Highfield Road, Coventry | Tour match |
| Yorkshire & Cumberland | 14 | 3 | 21 September 1935 | Lidget Green, Bradford | Tour match |
| Abertillery & Cross Keys | 31 | 6 | 25 September 1935 | Abertillery Park, Abertillery | Tour match |
| Swansea | 3 | 11 | 28 September 1935 | St. Helen's, Swansea | Tour match |
| Gloucestershire & Somerset | 23 | 3 | 3 October 1935 | Memorial Stadium, Bristol | Tour match |
| Lancashire & Cheshire | 21 | 8 | 5 October 1935 | Birkenhead | Tour match |
| Northumberland & Durham | 10 | 6 | 9 October 1935 | Gosforth | Tour match |
| South of Scotland | 11 | 8 | 12 October 1935 | Mansfield Park, Hawick | Tour match |
| Glasgow - Edinburgh | 9 | 8 | 16 October 1935 | Old Anniesland, Glasgow | Tour match |
| Combined Services | 6 | 5 | 19 October 1935 | Aldershot | Tour match |
| Llanelli RFC | 16 | 8 | 22 October 1935 | Stradey Park, Llanelli | Tour match |
| Cardiff | 20 | 5 | 26 October 1935 | Arms Park, Cardiff | Tour match |
| Newport | 17 | 5 | 31 October 1935 | Rodney Parade, Newport | Tour match |
| London Counties | 11 | 0 | 2 November 1935 | Twickenham, London | Tour match |
| Oxford University | 10 | 9 | 7 November 1935 | Iffley Road, Oxford | Tour match |
| Hampshire & Sussex | 14 | 8 | 9 November 1935 | Dean Court, Bournemouth | Tour match |
| Cambridge University | 25 | 5 | 14 November 1935 | Grange Road, Cambridge | Tour match |
| Leicestershire & East Midlands | 16 | 3 | 16 November 1935 | Welford Road, Leicester | Tour match |
| Scotland | 18 | 8 | 23 November 1935 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | Test match |
| North of Scotland | 12 | 6 | 27 November 1935 | Linksfield Stadium, Aberdeen | Tour match |
| Ulster | 3 | 3 | 30 November 1935 | Ravenhill, Belfast | Tour match |
| Ireland | 17 | 9 | 7 December 1935 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | Test match |
| Mid-Districts | 31 | 10 | 12 December 1935 | Ynys, Aberdare | Tour match |
| Neath & Abevaron | 13 | 3 | 14 December 1935 | Aberavon | Tour match |
| Wales | 12 | 13 | 21 December 1935 | Arms Park, Cardiff | Test match |
| London Counties | 24 | 5 | 26 December 1935 | Twickenham, London | Tour match |
| England | 0 | 13 | 4 January 1936 | Twickenham, London | Test match |
| Vancouver | 32 | 0 | 25 January 1936 | Brockton Point, Vancouver | Tour match |
| Victoria (B.C.) | 27 | 3 | 29 January 1936 | MacDonald Park, Victoria | Tour match |

## Touring party

* Manager: Vincent Meredith
* Assistant manager:
* Captain: Jack Manchester

### Full-back

* Mike Gilbert (West Coast)

### Three-quarters

* Nelson Ball (Wellington)
* Henry Brown (Auckland)
* George Hart (Canterbury)
* Neville Mitchell (Southland)
* Charlie Oliver (Canterbury)

### Five-eighths

* Jack Griffiths (Wellington)
* Harcourt Caughey (Auckland)
* Rusty Page (Wellington)
* Dave Solomon (Auckland)
* Eric Tindill (Wellington)

### Halfbacks

* Merv Corner (Auckland)
* Joey Sadler (Wellington)

### Forwards

* George Adkins (South Canterbury)
* Jack Best (Marlborough)
* Bill Collins (Hawke's Bay)
* Douglas Dalton (Hawke's Bay)
* William Edward Hadley (Auckland)
* John Hore (Otago)
* Ronald King (West Coast)
* Arthur Lambourn (Wellington)
* Atholstan Mahoney (Bush Districts)
* Jack Manchester (Cantebury)
* Rod MacKenzie (Manawatu)
* Hubert McLean (Auckland)
* Cyril Pepper (Auckland)
* Tori Reid (Hawke's Bay)
* Frederick Vorrath (Otago)
* James Wynyard (Waikato)

## The matches

### Scotland

* 23 November 1935

| Scotland | 8–18 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Fyfe Dick Con: Murdoch | | Try: Caughey (3) Hadley Con: Gilbert (3) |

* Murrayfield Referee: CH Gadney (England)

### Ireland

* 7 December 1935

| Ireland | 9–17 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Beamish Pen: Bailey Siggins | | Try: Mitchell Oliver Hart Con: Gilbert Pen Gilbert (2) |

* Referee: RW Jeffares (Ireland)

### Wales

* 21 December 1935

| Wales | 13–12 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Rees-Jones (2) Davey Con: Jenkins (2) | | Try: Ball (2) Con: Gilbert Drop: Gilbert |

* Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Cyril Gadney (England)

Wales: Vivian Jenkins (London Welsh), Geoffrey Rees-Jones (Oxford Univ.), Idwal Rees (Swansea), Claude Davey (Swansea) (capt.), Wilf Wooller (Cambridge Univ.), Cliff Jones (Cambridge Univ.), Haydn Tanner (Swansea), Tom Rees (Newport), Don Tarr, (Swansea), Harry Payne (Swansea), Trevor Williams (Cross Keys), Eddie Watkins (Cardiff), Glyn Prosser (Neath), Jim Lang (Llanelli), Arthur Rees (London Welsh)

New Zealand: G Gilbert, GF Hart, NA Mitchell, N Ball, CJ Oliver, JL Griffiths, BS Sadler, A Lambourn, WE Hadley, D Dalton, ST Reid, RR King, JE Manchester (capt.), A Mahoney, HF McLean

### England

* 4 January 1936

| England | 13–0 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Obolensky (2) Sever Drop: Cranmer | | |

* Twickenham Referee: JW Faull (Wales)
