Life dates 21st September He took a serious view of the obligations of the landowners to the land and its owners. Bledisloe was appointed Governor-General of New Zealand at the end of and assumed office on 19 March His deep knowledge of agriculture gave him an understanding of New Zealand possessed by few Vice-Regal representatives and he did everything possible to widen his appreciation of the country and its history.
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Man behind Bledisloe is unidentified. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print; notes from the back a print taken at the same occasion: PAColl; and a newspaper article in the Manawatu Evening Standard, 18 June , page 2 ATL newspaper microfilm Click to request to view this item, access digital version if available , and see more information.
This item is available as a high resolution download. Between and it was contested irregularly in the course of rugby tours between the two countries.
New Zealand won it 19 times and Australia four times in this period. In the years to it was contested annually, sometimes as a series of three matches and other times in a single match. During these years New Zealand won it 11 times and Australia three times. Since the cup has been contested as part of the annual Tri Nations tournament. Until the cup was contested in a three match series: the two Tri Nations matches between these sides and a third match.
New Zealand won these series in and , and Australia won it in From through , the third match was not played; during those years, Australia and New Zealand played each other twice as part of the Tri Nations for the cup.
If both teams won one of these games, or if both games were drawn, the cup was retained by its current holder. The non-holder had to win the two games or with a draw to regain the Cup. A criticism of this system was that with the closeness in the level of ability between the two sides, years where each team won one game each were very common , , , and in these years, many rugby fans felt dissatisfied with one team keeping the cup in a series tied at In , the Bledisloe was retained by Australia when John Eales kicked a goal from the sideline in the final moments of the match.
Another one of the most dramatic matches was played on September 1 of at Stadium Australia, in what would be Wallaby great John Eales' last ever test. Australians were hoping to send their skipper off in a grand style. A fairy tale ending was looking right in the first half when the Wallabies held a solid 19 to six lead over the All Blacks. However in the dying moments of the game no. From onwards, the Bledisloe Cup will again be played for over a 3 match series, as the Tri Nations has been lengthened so that each participating nation plays the others three times instead of twice.
This will ensure that in most seasons, a clear winner of the Bledisloe Cup will be found. He was born in in Glasgow, at the age of 4years he moved to Bradford where he attended the Bradford Grammar school from The first world war interupted his career and following the ceaseation of hostilities he took up an appointment in as Keeper of Archaeology in National Museum of Wales. He left this position in to take up duties as Keeper of Archaeology in the Museum of London.
In he became Director General of the Archaeological survey of India. In he was Secretary of the British Academy.
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