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Preparations - New Zealand Natives' rugby tour of 1888/89
In the absence of any body regulating the game in New Zealand, Eyton was free to promote a tour of Britain as a private venture
The 'Noble Maori' arrive - New Zealand Natives' rugby tour
After playing nine matches in New Zealand and two in Melbourne in the southern winter of 1888 (with only two losses), the Natives set off for Britain by steamer.
Daily routines - New Zealand Natives' rugby tour of 1888/89
Between their first and last matches in Britain, the Natives played on average every 2.3 days.
Unsporting behaviour? - NZ Natives' rugby tour of 1888/89
Although hacking and tripping had been banned in the 1870s to make the game safe enough to appeal to gentlemen, rugby remained dangerous.
Natives and northerners - NZ Natives' rugby tour, 1888/89
In 1888 the gentlemen who ran the Rugby Union (and the Empire) were based in southern England, and the England test was played in London. Yet the playing strength of the English game was in the north.
Rugby and society - New Zealand Natives' rugby tour, 1888/89
What effect did the Natives' tour have on rugby and wider New Zealand society? It showed that New Zealanders could compete on equal terms with representatives of the imperial centre at rugby in a way they were embarrassingly unable to do at cricket
Further information - NZ Natives' rugby tour of 1888/89
This web feature was written by David Green and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team. Books Caroline Daley, Girls and women, men and boys: gender in Taradale 1886–1930, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1999 Andrew Davies, Leisure, gender and poverty: working-class culture in Salford and Manchester, 1900–1939, Open University Press, Buckingham, 1992 Thomas R. Ellison, The art of rugby football, with hints and instructions on every point of the game, Geddis and Blomfield, Wellington, 1902
Rugby jerseys drying on washing line
Rugby jerseys drying, 1930s
US servicemen playing rugby
A rugby game between US servicemen and a New Zealand team was described as 'mayhem'

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