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