1910 British Lions tour to South Africa

March 2014 March 2014 British Lions 1910 24 13 3 8 3 1 0 2 RSA 1910 3 1 0 2 British isles rugby team 1910.jpg 250px Official photo of the British Isles team 11 June – 6 September Walter E. Rees ENG William Cail IRE 1783 Tommy Smyth RSA 1910 2–1 ENG Jack Spoors (9) Argentina 1910 South Africa 1924 The 1910 British Isles tour to South Africa was the eighth tour by a British Isles rugby union team and the fourth to South Africa. It is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950. As well as South Africa, the tour included a game in Bulawayo in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Led by Ireland's Tommy Smyth and managed by Walter E. Rees and W Cail the tour took in 24 matches. Of the 24 games, 21 were against club or invitational teams and three were test matches against the South African national team. The British Isles team lost two and won one test match against the Springboks. Seven players from Newport RFC were selected for the tour which was for a time the record for players selected from one club for a British Lions Tour. The Lions jerseys switched from red to blue, with white shorts and red socks. This combination would remain until 1950.Lions change their stripes on Lions website, 17 Apr 2005 left _collarwhite _whitetop 000099 000099 000099 ffffff ff0000 Team kit Touring party Managers: Walter E. Rees and William Cail Name PositionClubCountry1°Test2°Test3°TestTests played Non-tests played Lions Rugby Official Site - Player ArchiveStanley WilliamsFull BackNewportEngland England313Mel BakerThree-QuarterNewportWales 1807 Wales111Reg PlummerThree-QuarterNewportWales 1807 Wales012Maurice Edward NealeThree-QuarterBristolEngland England311Alexander FosterThree-QuarterCity of DerryIreland 1783 Ireland215C.G. TimmsThree-QuarterEdinburgh UniversityScotland Scotland Timms was never capped for Scotland. note timms011Jack Jones Jones had also been on the 1908 tour of Australia and New Zealand. note jonesThree-QuarterNewportWales 1807 Wales317Jack SpoorsThree-QuarterBristolEngland England316Kenneth Berridge WoodThree-QuarterLeicesterEngland England 1Noel Forbes HumphreysHalf backTynedaleWales 1807 Wales Uncapped note ucapp05Arthur Norman McClintonHalf backNorth of IrelandIreland 1783 Ireland08G.A.M. IsherwoodHalf backCheshire and SaleEngland England note ucapp316Eric MilroyHalf backWatsoniansScotland Scotland04Tommy Smyth (captain)ForwardNewportIreland 1783 Ireland216William TyrrellForwardQueen's UniversityIreland 1783 Ireland010Dyne Fenton SmithForwardRichmondEngland England320Phil WallerForwardNewportWales 1807 Wales3James Reid-KerrForwardGreenock WanderersScotland Scotland00R.C. StevensonForwardSt Andrews University RFCScotland Scotland312L.M. Speirs Speirs played no games nor did he appear in the official photograph of the tour, but he is listed as having been selected. note speirsForwardWatsoniansScotland Scotland00E. O'D CreanForwardLiverpoolEngland England note ucapp04Harry JarmanForwardNewportWales 1807 Wales314O.J.S. PiperForwardCork ConstitutionIreland 1783 Ireland115William Albert RobertsonForwardEdinburgh UniversityScotland Scotland010Charles PillmanForwardBlackheathEngland England214William Joseph AshbyForwardQueen's CollegeIreland 1783 Ireland02F.G. HandfordForwardKersalEngland England315Tom RichardsForwardBristolAustralia Australia210Jim WebbForwardAbertilleryWales 1807 Wales37 Notes note Results Complete list of matches played by the British Isles in South Africa:British & Irish Lions results on Rugby Football HistoryEarly Lions: Squads and results (1888–1938) on BBC Sport, 18 May 2005 #ffff99 silver Test matches DateOpponentLocationResultScore111 JuneSouth Western DistrictsMossel BayWon14–4215 JuneWestern Province (County)Cape TownWon11–3318 JuneWestern Province (College)Cape TownWon9–3422 JuneWestern Province (Town)Cape TownDrew11–11525 JuneWestern ProvinceCape TownWon5–3629 JuneGriqualand WestKimberleyLost0–872 JulyTransvaalJohannesburgLost8–2785 JulyPretoriaPretoriaWon17–097 JulyTransvaal (County)JohannesburgWon45–4109 JulyTransvaalJohannesburgLost6–131113 JulyNatalPietermaritzburgWon18–161216 JulyNatalDurbanWon19–131320 July Orange River CountyBloemfonteinWon12–91423 JulyGriqualand WestKimberleyLost 3–91527 JulyCape ColonyKimberleyLost 0–191630 July Southern Rhodesia Bulawayo Won 24–11176 August RSA 1910Wanderers Ground, JohannesburgLost 10–141810 August North Eastern DistrictsBurgersdorpDrew 8–81913 AugustBorderEast LondonWon 30–102017 AugustBorderKing Williams TownDrew 13–132120 AugustEastern ProvincePort ElizabethWon 14–62227 August RSA 1910Crusaders Ground, Port ElizabethWon8–3233 September RSA 1910Newlands, Cape TownLost 5–21246 SeptemberWestern ProvinceCape TownLost 0–8 Balance Pl W D L Ps Pc 24 13 3 8 290 236 References expanded British Lions tour Category:British & Irish Lions tours of South Africa British Lions Tour To South Africa, 1910 Category:Rugby union tours of Zimbabwe 1910 1910 Category:1909–10 in British rugby union Category:1910 in Irish sport Category:1910 in Southern Rhodesia