1922 New Zealand v Australia soccer match

The 1922 association football match between New Zealand and Australia was not only the first international match for both sides,^[1][2][3] but the first international held in Oceania.^[4] New Zealand won 3–1, initiating a long-time rivalry between both teams, that have met more than 60 times since that first encounter.^[5]

New Zealand v Australia (1922)

The match programme cover
Event	International friendly
New Zealand Australia 3 1
Date	17 June 1922
Venue	Carisbrook Park, Dunedin, New Zealand
Referee	M. Thornley (New Zealand)
Attendance	10,000~

Match details

The first Australia team playing New Zealand in 1922

New Zealand	3–1	Australia
Cook 20', ?' Knott ?'	Report	Maunder 45'

17 June 1922

14:45

Carisbrook Park, Dunedin

Attendance: 10,000~

Referee: M. Thornley (New Zealand)

New Zealand

Australia

GK 1 Reg Craxton RB 2 Rewi Braithwaite LB 3 Robert McAuley RH 4 Bill Brownlee CH 5 Jock Corbett LH 6 Dan Jones OR 7 Walter Brundell IR 8 Bill Knott CF 9 Ted Cook IL 10 George Campbell (c) OL 11 Charles Ballard

GK 1 George Cartwright RB 2 Allen Fisher LB 3 Dave Cumberford RH 4 Alex Gibb (c) CH 5 Clarence Shenton LH 6 Peter Doyle OR 7 William Dane IR 8 Jock Cumberford CF 9 William Maunder IL 10 Dave Ward OL 11 Tom Thompson

See also

• Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry
• History of the Australia men's national soccer team
• History of the New Zealand men's national football team
• 1872 Scotland v England football match

References

1. Hilton, Tony; Smith, Barry (1991). An Association with Soccer: The NZFA Celebrates Its First 100 Years. New Zealand Football. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-0473012915.
2. "Socceroo Internationals for 1922". OzFootball.
3. Zlotkowski, Andrew (15 October 2015). "New Zealand – list of matches". RSSSF.
4. "First Soccer Test". Evening Post. Vol. 103, no. 142. Papers Past. 19 June 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
5. Smith, Tony (16 September 2022). "Argy-bargy over New Zealand's first football series win over Australia 100 years ago". Stuff. Retrieved 22 September 2022.