Results - 1896
Sat 12 Sep | 2:30 pm | A | Representative | ![]() |
Whanganui RFU | 00 - 20 | Match Center |
Wed 09 Sep | 2:30 pm | A | Representative | ![]() |
Whanganui RFU | 20 - 09 | Match Center |
Thu 06 Aug | 2:30 pm | H | Representative | ![]() |
Whanganui RFU | 28 - 00 | Match Center |
Thu 30 Jul | 2:30 pm | H | Representative | ![]() |
Whanganui RFU | 00 - 11 | Match Center |
Thu 09 Jul | 2:30 pm | H | Representative | ![]() |
Whanganui RFU | 32 - 00 | Match Center |
Peter McDonnell #59
New Zealand won the game 9-0 and there is little record of how McDonnell performed against probably the weakest side ever to tour this country. The Queenslanders lost all six of their matches, including a loss to Wellington by 49-7 (14 tries to none). The only remarkable aspect about Queensland’s one-off unofficial international against New Zealand was the fact that because they were in dispute with the national union at the time Otago refused to allow any of their players, including Jimmy Duncan, to appear for New Zealand. Other than his sole New Zealand appearance, McDonnell has another claim to fame. In Wanganui’s 32-0 win over Manawatu in 1896 he scored four tries, the first man to have scored that many in a New Zealand first class game. McDonnell entered representative rugby with Hawke’s Bay in 1893 and reappeared for the Bay in 1895. In 1894 he played for Wanganui and brought his tally of matches for that union to nine in the 1896-1900 seasons. Profile by Lindsay Knight |
FULL NAME | Peter McDonnell |
BORN | Thursday, 1 January 1874 in Wanganui, New Zealand |
DIED | Wednesday, 24 May 1950 in Wanganui |
POSITION | Wing three-quarter |
LAST SCHOOL | Te Aute College |
RUGBY CLUB (First made All Blacks from) |
Wanganui |
PROVINCE | Wanganui |
ALL BLACK DEBUT | Saturday, 15 August 1896 v Queensland at Wellington aged 22 years, 227 days |
ALL BLACK TESTS | 0 0 |
ALL BLACK GAMES | 1 1 |
TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES | 1 1 |
STARTING POSITIONS | |
ALL BLACK GAME POINTS | 0pts |
TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS | 0pts |
ALL BLACK NUMBER | 59 |
ALL BLACK GAMES THAT MCDONNELL PLAYED(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced |
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1896 |
15 Aug vs Queensland at Wellington 9-0 |
McDonnell did not score any points for the All Blacks. |
McDonnell played in no test matches for the All Blacks. |