title: 1928 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa
text: # 1928 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa
  
  In 1928, the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) undertook a three-month tour of South Africa. The series of four Test matches was drawn 2–2 and the overall tour record was sixteen wins, five losses and one draw.
  
  ## Matches
  
      Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.
  
  | Opposing Team | For | Against | Date | Venue | Status |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Wes. Province Country | 11 | 3 | 30 May 1928 | Newlands, Cape Town | Tour Match |
  | Cape Town Clubs | 3 | 7 | 2 June 1928 | Newlands, Cape Town | Tour Match |
  | Griqualand West | 19 | 10 | 6 June 1928 | de Beer's Stadium, Kimberly | Tour Match |
  | Transvaal | 0 | 6 | 9 June 1928 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | Tour Match |
  | Orange Free State | 20 | 0 | 13 June 1928 | Kroonstad Ground, Kroonstad | Tour Match |
  | Transvaal | 5 | 0 | 16 June 1928 | Ellis Park, Transvaal | Tour Match |
  | Western Transvaal | 19 | 8 | 20 June 1928 | Kruger Park, Potchefstroom | Tour Match |
  | Natal | 31 | 3 | 23 June 1928 | Pietermaritzburg Ground, Pietermaritzburg | Tour Match |
  | South Africa | 0 | 17 | 30 June 1928 | Durban | Test Match |
  | Northern Provinces | 18 | 18 | 7 July 1928 | de Beer's Stadium, Kimberly | Tour Match |
  | Rhodesia | 44 | 8 | 14 July 1928 | Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo | Tour Match |
  | South Africa | 7 | 6 | 21 July 1928 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | Test Match |
  | Pretoria Clubs | 13 | 6 | 25 July 1928 | Eastern Sports Ground, Pretoria | Tour Match |
  | Orange Free State | 15 | 11 | 28 July 1928 | Ramblers' Cricket Ground, Bloemfontein | Tour Match |
  | North-Eastern Districts | 27 | 0 | 1 August 1928 | Burghersdorp Ground, Burgersdorp | Tour Match |
  | Border | 22 | 3 | 4 August 1928 | Recreation Ground, East London | Tour Match |
  | Border | 35 | 3 | 8 August 1928 | Victoria Grounds, King William's Town | Tour Match |
  | Eastern Province | 16 | 3 | 11 August 1928 | Port Elizabeth | Tour Match |
  | South Africa | 6 | 11 | 18 August 1928 | Port Elizabeth | Test Match |
  | South-Western Districts | 12 | 6 | 22 August 1928 | Oudtshoorn Ground, Oudtshoorn | Tour Match |
  | Western Province | 3 | 10 | 25 August 1928 | Newlands, Cape Town | Tour Match |
  | South Africa | 13 | 5 | 1 September 1928 | Newlands, Cape Town | Test Match |
  
  ## Touring party
  
  * Manager:
  * Assistant manager:
  * Captain: Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
  
  ### Full-back
  
  * Herb Lilburne (Canterbury)
  
  ### Three-quarters
  
  * Bert Grenside (Hawke's Bay)
  * Alan Robilliard (Canterbury)
  * Charlie Rushbrook (Wellington)
  * Fred Lucas (Auckland)
  * Sydney Carleton (Canterbury)
  
  ### Half-backs
  
  * David Lindsay (Otago)
  * Toby Sheen (Auckland)
  * Lance Johnson (Wellington)
  * Neil McGregor (Canterbury)
  * Mark Nicholls (Wellington)
  * Archie Strang (South Canterbury)
  * Bill Dalley (Canterbury)
  * Frank Kilby (Wellington)
  
  ### Forwards
  
  * Geoff Alley (Canterbury)
  * Cyril Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
  * Maurice Brownlie (Hawke's Bay)
  * Jim Burrows (Canterbury)
  * Innes Finlayson (North Auckland)
  * Swin Hadley (Auckland)
  * Ian Harvey (Wairarapa)
  * Bill Hazlett (Southland)
  * John Hore (Otago)
  * Ruben McWilliams (Auckland)
  * George Scrimshaw (Canterbury)
  * Eric Snow (Nelson)
  * Ron Stewart (South Canterbury)
  * John Swain (Hawkes Bay)
  * Edward Ward (Taranaki)
  