1963 England rugby union tour of Australasia

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Series of rugby union matches

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

06	01	00	05

Test match

03	00	00	03

Opponent

P	W	D	L

New Zealand

2	0	0	2

Australia

1	0	0	1

The 1963 England rugby union tour of Australasia was the first overseas tour by the England national rugby union team.

Scotland, Ireland and France had preceded England in embarking on short tours to the Southern Hemisphere, and the RFU can be criticised for not having understood that an itinerary of six hard matches including three Test matches in a mere 18 days is somewhat severe, especially when 2 Test matches, against different countries, fall within 4 days at the end of the trip.

Matches

Scores and results list England's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Wellington	14	9	18 May 1963	Athletic Park, Wellington	Tour match
Otago	9	14	22 May 1963	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Tour match
New Zealand	11	21	25 May 1963	Eden Park, Auckland	Test match
Hawke's Bay	5	20	28 May 1963	McLean Park, Napier	Tour match
New Zealand	6	9	1 June 1963	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	Test match
Australia	9	18	4 June 1963	Sportground, Sydney	Test match

Touring party

Manager: J.T.W. Berry
Assistant Manager: M.R. Steele-Bodger
Captain: Mike Weston (Durham City) 16 caps

References

Collins, Tony (2009). A social history of English Rugby Union : sport and the making of the middle classes. Milton Park, Abingdon: Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 1134023359.
"International Teams > England > Games Played". rugbydata.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2007.

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Australia	1963 1975 1988 1991 1997 1998 1999 2003 2004 2006 2010 2016 2022
New Zealand	1963 1973 1985 1998 2003 2004 2008 2010 2014 2024
South Africa	1972 1984 1994 1998 2000 2007 2012 2018
Argentina	1981 1990 1997 2002 2013 2017
Romania	1989
South Pacific	1973 1979 1988 1991
North America	1982 1993 2001
Asia	1971 1979

v t e Rugby union tours of New Zealand
British & Irish Lions	1888 (no test) 1904 1908 1930 1950 1959 1966 1971 1977 1983 1993 2005 2017
Australia	1905 1913 1931 1936 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1962 1964 1972 1978 1982 1986 1990 1991
New South Wales	1882 1894 1921 1923 1925 1928
South Africa	1921 1937 1956 1965 1981 1994
Argentina	1979 1989 1997 2001 2004
England	1963 1973 1985 1998 2003 2004 2008 2010 2014 2024
France	1961 1968 1979 1984 1986 1989 1994 1999 2001 2003 2007 2013 2018
Ireland	1976 1992 1997 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012 2022
Italy	1980 (no test) 2002 2003 (no test)
Scotland	1975 1981 1990 1996 2000 2004
Wales	1969 1988 2003 2010 2016
Romania	1991 (no test)
Japan	1974
Fiji	1974 1980 1989 (no test) 1996 1997 2003
Western Samoa	1996 2005 (no test)
Pacific Islanders	2004
Canada	1995 2007

Matches

Touring party

Full back

Three-quarters

Half-backs

Forwards

References