1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

March 2014 March 2014 21 May – 1 October James Baxter ENG Doug Prentice NZL (1–3) AUS (1–0) ENG Carl Aarvold (9) Argentina 1927 Argentina 1936 29 21 0 8 5 1 0 4 NZL 4 1 0 3 AUS 1 0 0 1 The 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia was the twelfth tour by a British Isles team and the fifth to New Zealand and Australia. This tour is recognised as the first to represent a bona fide British teamGodwin (1981), pg 231. and the first to be widely dubbed the 'Lions', after the nickname was used by journalists during the 1924 tour of South Africa.Griffiths (1987), pg 9:7. Led by England's Doug Prentice and managed by James Baxter the tour took in 28 matches, seven in Australia and 21 in New Zealand. Of the 28 games, 24 were against club or invitational teams, four were test matches against New Zealand and one was a test match against Australia. The test match results saw the Lions lose to Australia, and win only one of the four New Zealand tests. As with earlier trips, the selectors had a difficult time putting together the final team that made up the British Isles tour. Roughly a hundred players were approached before the 29 who eventually sailed could be chosen. Of the Lions, the players who stood out on the tour included Roger Spong, Harry Bowcott and Jack Bassett, while Ivor Jones impressed in the pack and set up a memorable try in the first game against New Zealand which gave the Lions their only test win. Touring party Manager: James Baxter Full Backs Jack Bassett (Penarth and Wales) William Gordon MacGregor Bonner (Bradford) Three-Quarters Carl Aarvold (Cambridge U. and England) Jim Reeve (Harlequins and England) Jack Morley (Newport and Wales) Anthony "Tony" L Novis (Blackheath and England) Roy Jennings (Redruth) Harry Bowcott (Cambridge U. and Wales) Tommy Jones-Davies (London Welsh and Wales) Paul Murray (Wanderers and Ireland) Half backs Roger Spencer Spong (Old Millhillians and England) Wilf Sobey (Old Millhillians and England) Tom Knowles (Birkenhead Park) Howard Poole (Cardiff) Forwards Doug Prentice (Leicester and England) (captain) Henry Rew (Blackheath and England) Dai Parker (Swansea and Wales) WB Welsh (Hawick and Scotland) Brian Henry Black (Oxford U. and England) Mike Dunne (Lansdowne and Ireland) George Beamish (Leicester and Ireland) James "Jimmy" Leo Farrell (Bective Rangers and Ireland) John Hodgson (Northern) Henry O'Hara O'Neill (Queens and Ireland) Ivor Jones (Llanelli and Wales) Harry Wilkinson (Halifax and England) Sam Martindale (Kendal and England) Douglas Kendrew (Leicester and England) Harold Jones (Manchester and England) Doc on One RTÉ radio has broadcast a documentary about Mike Dunne who corresponded with a Maori princess, Rau Ellison, and sent her his Lions jersey. But their potential romance didn't happen as her family arranged a marriage for her with a neighbouring farmer.2013-11-22 Lions on Tour - The Jersey Returns! https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/647572-doconone-podcast-lions-rugby-tour-jersey-all-blacks-mickey-dunne-new-zealand 2023-08-28 RTE Radio enWhen the All Blacks had to wear white https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/when-the-all-blacks-had-to-wear-white-1.3137118 2023-08-28 The Irish Times en There also was an article in the Irish Independent c 2005 based on Mike Dunne's diaries of the tour. Match summary Complete list of matches played by the British Isles in New Zealand and Australia:British & Irish Lions results on Rugby Football HistoryEarly Lions: Squads and results (1888–1938) on BBC Sport, 18 May 2005 #ffff99 silver Test matches thumb|300px|The All Blacks (wearing white shirts) that played the second test v the Lions on 5 July # Date Rival City Country Result Score121 MayWanganui yWanganui New ZealandWon19–3224 MayTaranaki yNew Plymouth New ZealandWon23–7328 MayManawhenua yPalmerston North New ZealandWon34–8431 MayWairarapa yMasterton New ZealandWon19–653 JuneWellington yWellington New ZealandLost8–1267 JuneCanterbury yChristchurch New ZealandLost8–14711 June14px West Coast-BullerGreymouth New ZealandWon34–11814 JuneOtago yDunedin New ZealandWon33–9921 JuneNew ZealandDunedin New Zealand Won6–31025 JuneSouthland yInvercargill New ZealandWon9–31128 June15px Ashburton /South Canterbury y /North Otago yTimaru New ZealandWon16–9125 JulyNew ZealandChristchurch New Zealand Lost10–13139 JulyNew Zealand New Zealand Māori Wellington New Zealand Won19–131412 JulyHawke's Bay yNapier New ZealandWon14–31516 JulyEast Coast y /Poverty Bay y /Bay of Plenty yGisborne New ZealandWon25–111619 JulyAuckland yAuckland New ZealandLost6–191726 JulyNew ZealandAuckland New Zealand Lost10–151830 JulyNorth Auckland yWhangārei New ZealandWon38–5192 AugWaikato y /Thames Valley y /King Country yHamilton New ZealandWon40–16209 Aug New ZealandWellington New Zealand Lost8–222112 Aug Nelson y /Marlborough y /Golden Bay-Motueka yBlenheim New ZealandWon41–32223 AugNew South Wales NSW Waratahs Sydney Australia Won29–102330 Aug AUS Sydney Australia Lost5–6243 Sep Queensland Queensland Reds Brisbane AustraliaWon26–16256 Sep Australia Australian XV Brisbane AustraliaWon29–142610 Sep New South Wales NSW Waratahs Sydney Australia Lost3–282713 Sep Victoria Victoria Melbourne AustraliaWon41–362822 Sep Western Australia Western Australia Perth AustraliaWon71–3291 Oct Ceylon Ceylon Not listed in traditional Lions tests. As a British crown colony, the island was known as Ceylon; it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1948. note ceylonColombo Sri LankaWon45–0 Notes note Balance Played in Pl W D L Ps Pc New Zealand 21 15 0 6 420 205 Australia 7 5 0 2 204 113 Ceylon 1 1 0 0 45 0 Total 29 21 0 8 669 318 Match details New Zealand (First test) 21 June 1930 NZL 3–6 GBR British Isles Report G.F. Hart J.C. Morley, J.S.R. Reeve Carisbrook, Dunedin 27,000 S. Hollander (Canterbury, New Zealand) Team details _collar _2_white_stripes ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 000000 New Zealand _collarwhite _whitetop 000066 000066 000066 ffffff ff0000 British Isles New Zealand: 15.G.Nepia; 14.G.F.Hart, 13.F.W.Lucas, 12.A.E.Cookie, 11.D.J.Oliver; 10.H. T. Lilburne, 9.J.J.Mill; 8.C.G.Porter (capt), 7.W.A.Batty, 6.W.E.Hazlett; 5.I.Finlayzon, 4.; 3.R.G.McWilliams, 2.W.R.Irvine, 1.A.I.Cottrell British Isles: 15.J.Bassett; 14.J.C.Morley, 13.H.M.Bowcott, 12.C.D.Aarvold (capt), 11.J.S.R.Reeve; 10.R.S.Spong, 9.P.F.Murray; 8.G. R. Beamish, 7.I.Jones, 6.J.McD.Hodgson; 5.B.H.Black, 4.J.L.Farrell; 3.H.Rew, 2.D.Parker, 1.H.O'Neill Bibliography Godwin Terry Rhys, Chris The Guinness Book of Rugby Facts & Feats 1987 Guinness Superlatives Limited Enfield 0-85112-214-0 Griffiths John The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records 1987 Phoenix House London 0-460-07003-7 Perera SS 100 Years of Rugby Football in Sri Lanka 1879–1978 1981 Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union https://books.google.com/books?id=HxA1HQAACAAJ References Category:1930 rugby union tours 1930 1930 1930 1930 1930 Category:1930 in Irish sport Category:1929–30 in English rugby union Category:1929–30 in Welsh rugby union Category:1929–30 in Scottish rugby union Category:1929–30 in British rugby union Category:1930 in New Zealand rugby union Category:1930 in Australian rugby union Category:1930 in Ceylon