the fourth and final test was played at eden park in auckland on 29 july 1950. early on, bevan shot through a gap and graham mexted carried on almost to the lion's goal-line. later in the match richard white led a good movement and the lion's line was close at hand when bevan ran from a scrum, only to be swamped. bevan then sparkled with two dashing breaks and bill meates almost scored from the second. the final score was 11–8 to the all blacks.