Source: Page authors, Daily newspapers.

Friendly Matches
Saturday August 7 1954 Kensington Oval, Kensington Park, Adelaide, Australia Referee: Joe Harvey (Australia) Attendance: Not recorded
AUSTRALIAN XI Ron Lord, Jack Mather, Guido Pittoni, Ron Adair, Tom Jack (c), Les Suchanek, Charlie Stewart, Franco Franchi, Anatollus Kitas, Adrian Harnsen, Charlie Takacs Manager: Not recorded Goal: Cooper 17 Own Goal	1	-	3	New Zealand Bert Hiddlestone, Tim Cooper, William Westerveld, Dennis Charlton, James Hunter (c), Phillip Traynor, Reginald King, Allan Smith, Alan Preston, Ken Olley, Gordon Barker Manager: Jim Kershaw Goals: King 46, 60, 89
Australia played host to a three match series against their old foes New Zealand. Before the first 'test match' New Zealand played an Australian XI in Adelaide.

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