The 1922 association football match between New Zealand and Australia was not only the first full international match for both sides, but the first international held in Oceania. New Zealand won 3–1, initiating a long-time rivalry between both teams, that have met more than 60 times since that first encounter.
Match details
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 1872 Scotland v England football match
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