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1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

Rugby union team tour

1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

Rugby union team tour

FieldValue
image1904 british isles rugby team.jpg
imagesize250px
captionThe British Isles team
date18 June – 31 August
coachArthur O'Brien
captainSCO David Bedell-Sivright
test series winners(v Australia):
British Isles (0–3)
(v New Zealand):
(1–0)
top test point scorerWAL Percy Bush (20)
preceded bySouth Africa 1903
succeeded byNew Zealand & Australia 1908

British Isles (0–3) (v New Zealand): (1–0) |top test point scorer = WAL Percy Bush (20) |top test try scorer =

The 1904 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was the sixth tour by a British Isles rugby union team and the third to New Zealand or Australia. It is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950.

Led by Scotland captain David Bedell-Sivright and managed by Arthur O'Brien the tour included 19 matches, 14 in Australia and 5 in New Zealand. Four of the fixtures were test matchesthree against Australia and one against the New Zealand All Blacks. The Lions won all three Australian tests but lost the All Blacks game.

This was the first time that a British team played both Australia and New Zealand in the same tour. It was also the last series until 1989 in which Australian matches were the major component; in between the only Australian fixtures were those appended onto a longer New Zealand tour. The team's captain, Bedell-Sivright, a veteran of the 1903 tour of South Africa, was requested to lead the team by England's Rugby Football Union. Bedell-Sivright broke his leg in the opening match of the New Zealand leg of the tour and Teddy Morgan took over the captaincy.

The uniforms worn by the Lions remained the same as previous tours, blue used in thick hoops and the red and white in thin bands.

Touring party

  • Manager: Arthur O'Brien

Full-backs

  • Christopher Stanger-Leathes (Northern)

Three-quarters

  • John Fisher (Hull and East Ridings)
  • Rhys Gabe (Cardiff)
  • Fred Jowett (Swansea)
  • Willie Llewellyn (Newport)
  • Teddy Morgan (London Welsh)
  • Pat McEvedy (Guy's Hospital)
  • Arthur O'Brien (Guy's Hospital)

Half-backs

  • Percy Bush (Cardiff)
  • Tommy Vile (Newport)
  • Frank Hulme (Birkenhead Park)

Forwards

  • David Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge University and ) (captain)
  • Sid Bevan (Swansea)
  • Sidney Nelson Crowther (Lennox FC)
  • John Sharland (Streatham)
  • Denys Dobson (Oxford University)
  • Charlie Patterson (Malone RFC)
  • Reg Edwards (Malone RFC)
  • Arthur Harding (Cardiff)
  • Burnett Massey (Hull and East Ridings)
  • Ron Rogers (Bath)
  • Stuart Saunders (Guy's Hospital)
  • D.H. Traill (Guy's Hospital)
  • Blair Swannell (Northampton)
Caricature published in ''The New Zealand Free Lance'' following New Zealand's defeat of the British Isles in their Test match in Wellington

Results

Complete list of matches played by the British Lions:

Test matches

MatchDateOpponentLocationResultScore
Match 118 JuneNSW WaratahsSydney, AustraliaWon27–0
Match 222 JuneWestern District CombinedBathurst, AustraliaWon21–6
Match 325 JuneNSW WaratahsSydney, AustraliaWon29–6
Match 429 JuneMetropolitan UnionSydney, AustraliaWon19–6
Match 52 JulySydney, AustraliaWon17–0
Match 66 JulyNorthern DistrictsNewcastle, AustraliaWon17–3
Match 79 JulyQueensland RedsBrisbane, AustraliaWon24–5
Match 813 JulyMetropolitan UnionBrisbane, AustraliaWon17–3
Match 916 JulyQueensland RedsBrisbane, AustraliaWon18–7
Match 1020 JulyToowoombaToowoomba, AustraliaWon12–3
Match 1123 JulyBrisbane, AustraliaWon17–3
Match 1227 JulyNew EnglandArmidale, AustraliaWon26–9
Match 1330 JulySydney, AustraliaWon16–0
Match 146 AugustCanterbury / West Coast RUChristchurch, New ZealandWon5–3
Match 1510 AugustOtago / Southland RUDunedin, New ZealandWon14–8
Match 1613 AugustWellington, New ZealandLost3–9
Match 1717 AugustTaranaki / Wanganui / Manawatu RUNew Plymouth, New ZealandDrew0–0
Match 1820 AugustAuckland RUAuckland, New ZealandLost0–13
Match 1931 AugustNSW WaratahsSydney, AustraliaWon5–0
Played inMatchesWonLostDrawnPoints forPoints againstAustraliaNew ZealandTotal
14140026551
52212233
19162128784

Test details

Australia 1st Test

Llewellyn Con: Harding O'Brien Drop: Bush

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Australia: Jack Verge, Charlie White, Jack Hindmarsh, Stan Wickham, Charlie Redwood, Lew Evans, Snowy Baker, Alec Burdon, Eric Dore, Frank Nicholson (c), Billy Richards, Denis Lutge, Thomas Colton, Harold Judd, Patrick Walsh

British Isles: Christopher Stanger-Leathes, Willie Llewellyn, AB O'Brien, Rhys Gabe, T Morgan, P Bush, Frankie Hulme, Darkie Bedell-Sivright (c), DH Trail, D Dobson, S Bevan, Stuart Saunders, SN Crowther, B Swannell, Boxer Harding |}

Australia 2nd Test

Llewellyn O'Brien Goal: Bush

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Australia: Jack Verge, Stan Wickham (c), Phil Carmichael, Doug McLean, Snr., Charlie Redwood, John Manning, Snowy Baker, Alec Burdon, Allen Oxlade, Voy Oxenham, Alex McKinnon, Denis Lutge, Puddin Colton, Harold Judd, Patrick Walsh

British Isles: AB O'Brien, Willie Llewellyn, Rhys Gabe, Pat McEvedy, T Morgan**(c)**, P Bush, Tommy Vile, Reg Edwards DH Trail, D Dobson, S Bevan, Stuart Saunders, SN Crowther, B Swannell, Boxer Harding |}

Australia 3rd Test

Morgan, Swannell

Team details

New Zealand

Pen: Wallace

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New Zealand: Dick McGregor, Duncan McGregor, Eric Harper, ME Wood, Billy Wallace, Billy Stead (c), Patrick Harvey, Dave Gallaher, George Tyler, Paddy McMinn, WS Glenn, Tom Cross, Bernard Fanning, George Nicholson, Charlie Seeling

British Isles: AB O'Brien, PF McEvedy, Willie Llewellyn, Rhys Gabe, T Morgan (c), P Bush, Tommy Vile, RJ Rogers, DH Trail, Denys Dobson, Sid Bevan, RW Edwards, SN Crowther, Blair Swannell, Arthur Harding |}

;Notes

References

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080607011421/http://www.lionsrugby.com/history/412.php Lions change their stripes] on Lions website, 17 Apr 2005
  2. "Player archives – Chris Stanger-Leathes". British Lions Ltd.
  3. "Player archives – John Fisher". British Lions Ltd.
  4. "Player archives – John Sharland". British Lions Ltd.
  5. "Player archives – Charlie Patterson". British Lions Ltd.
  6. "Player archives – Reg Edwards". British Lions Ltd.
  7. "Player archives – Burnett Massey". British Lions Ltd.
  8. "Player archives – Ron Rogers". British Lions Ltd.
  9. "Player archives – Stuart Saunders". British Lions Ltd.
  10. "Past Tour Results: 1903–1904". British Lions Ltd.
  11. [http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/lions_results.html British & Irish Lions results] on Rugby Football History
  12. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/4428407.stm Early Lions: Squads and results (1888–1938)] on BBC Sport, 18 May 2005
  13. [https://www.theroar.com.au/2012/08/25/brief-history-of-the-quirky-colours-of-the-wallaby-jersey/ Brief history of the quirky colours of the Wallaby jersey] by Spiro Zavos on The Roar website, 25 Aug 2012
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