July 16 down the years

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Lions skipper Ciaran Fitzgerald and New Zealand captain Andy Dalton pose together following their fourth Test clash in Auckland © Getty Images

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Players/Officials Ciaran Fitzgerald | Okey Geffin | Andy Haden | Jock Hobbs | Stu Wilson

Teams British and Irish Lions | New Zealand

1983
New Zealand inflicted a record 38-6 defeat on Ciaran Fitzgerald's Lions at Eden Park in Auckland.

A hat-trick of tries from All Blacks winger Stu Wilson and further scores from Jock Hobbs, Allan Hewson and Andy Haden powered the hosts to a crushing victory. The result condemned the Lions to a 4-0 whitewash in the Test series following a 16-12 victory in the opener in Christchurch, a 9-0 win in their second clash in Wellington and a 15-8 success in Dunedin.

1949
The darkest year in New Zealand Test history began in Cape Town with a 15-11 defeat by South Africa at Newlands. Okey Geffin is the source of the Springboks' points, landing a then record five penalty goals.

The All Blacks lost every one of their six matches in 1949 including a total of four defeats at the hands of the Springboks with Australia also inflicting two defeat on their cross-Tasman rivals. Their heaviest defeat came at the hands of the Wallabies who beat them 16-9 in the final match of the year in Auckland.

1966
The Lions crashed 20-3 to New Zealand in Dunedin in the first Test of their four-match rubber. The tourists, who had arrived in New Zealand on the back of a 2-0 series victory over Australia, were eventually whitewashed 4-0 in the Test series with the hosts recording a 16-12 victory in the second match in Wellington, a 19-6 win in Christchurch and 24-11 success in Auckland.

1955
The Lions, after a run of six wins, were stunned 20-0 at Port Elizabeth by an Eastern Province side whose front-row unexpectedly dominates the tourists. The Lions stock dropped to its lowest point of the tour.

1910
England's Cherry Pillman reaches fifty tour points in his tenth match of the Lions tour of South Africa, his try and two conversions helping the visitors to a 19-13 win in the return match with Natal in Durban.

1921
In only their second match in New Zealand, the Springboks are sorely tested by Taranaki who hold the tourists to a scoreless draw in New Plymouth.

1930
Lions skipper Doug Prentice played a captain's part landing five goal kicks in his team's 25-11 win against Poverty Bay/East Coast at Gisborne.

1977
A brace of tries from Elgan Rees, one from Andy Irvine and two Phil Bennett penalties bring the Lions a morale-boosting 18-13 victory against Waikato at Hamilton.

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