title: 1931 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand
text: # 1931 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand
  
  The 1931 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of rugby union games undertaken by the Australia team in New Zealand against invitational and national teams of New Zealand.
  
  The Queensland Rugby Union had collapsed in 1919 and would not be reborn until 1929 leaving the New South Wales Rugby Union to administer the game in Australia at the national representative level. In 1931 finally an "all-australian" team was refounded.
  
  ## Preliminary match
  
  Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.
  
  | Opposing Team | For | Against | Date | Venue | Status |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | The Rest | 38 | 29 | 3 August 1931 | Sydney | Preliminary |
  
  ## Tour match
  
  Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.
  
  | Opposing Team | For | Against | Date | Venue | Status |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Otago | 3 | 3 | 22 August 1931 | Carisbrook, Dunedin | Tour match |
  | Southland | 8 | 14 | 26 August 1931 | Rugby Park, Invercargill | Tour match |
  | Canterbury | 13 | 16 | 29 August 1931 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | Tour match |
  | Nelson / West Coast | 5 | 14 | 2 September 1931 | Trafalgar Park, Nelson | Tour match |
  | Wellington | 8 | 15 | 5 September 1931 | Athletic Park, Wellington | Tour match |
  | New Zealand Māori | 14 | 3 | 9 September 1931 | Showgrounds, Palmerston North | Test match |
  | New Zealand | 13 | 20 | 12 September 1931 | Eden Park, Auckland | Test match |
  | Hawke's Bay | 27 | 11 | 16 September 1931 | McLean Park, Napier | Tour match |
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1979). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1979–80. Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-354-09087-9.
  * The Brisbane Courier Tuesday 4 August 1931 p 6
  * Morning Bulletin Monday 24 August 1931 p 10
  * The Canberra Times Thursday 27 August 1931 p 1
  * Townsville Daily Bulletin Monday 31 August 1931 p 9
  * The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 3 September 1931 p 14
  * The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 7 September 1931 p 13
  * The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 10 September 1931 p 12
  * Morning Bulletin Monday 14 September 1931 p 10
  * The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 17 September 1931 p 12
  