the first test against the lions in the 1950 series was played at carisbrook in dunedin on 27 may 1950. as the all black forwards started to show improvement, bevan received a ball quickly from a scrum, which he gathered and started a run wide across the field on the open side. in an attempt to beat the lions defence, he gave the ball a tap with his foot but it bounced head high and jack kyle had it for the lions. in a flash he was through the all blacks, and racing for the line 25 yards away. a shoulder-high tackle by nau cherrington stopped him for only an instant before he was over the line. later in the game, george beatty received a pass from bevan about the twenty-five. with the pace on beatty passed to roy roper, who beat four men and scored a few yards from the corner. with seven minutes left, bob scott came up into a rush and kicked high toward the lions' goal before a scrum was then ordered not more than 10 yards from the post. ron elvidge called for a pass from bevan down the blindside which he received and away went the all black captain on an irresistible dash for the corner past at least three defenders. elvidge crashed over for the try and the match ended with the scores tied at 9–9.