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1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

Field	Value
date	21 May – 1 October
coach	James Baxter
captain	ENG Doug Prentice
test series winners	(1–3)
(1–0)
top test point scorer	ENG Carl Aarvold (9)
preceded by	Argentina 1927
succeeded by	Argentina 1936
matchplayed	29
matchwon	21
matchdraw	0
matchlost	8
testplayed	5
testwon	1
testdraw	0
testlost	4
opponent1
played1	4
won1	1
draw1	0
lost1	3
opponent2
played2	1
won2	0
draw2	0
lost2	1

(1–0) |top test point scorer = ENG Carl Aarvold (9) |top test try scorer =

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 team and the first to be widely dubbed the 'Lions', after the nickname was used by journalists during the 1924 tour of South Africa.

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.

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:

Test matches

The All Blacks (wearing white shirts) that played the second test v the Lions on 5 July

#	Date	Rival	City	Country	Result	Score
1	21 May		Wanganui	New Zealand	Won	19–3
2	24 May		New Plymouth	New Zealand	Won	23–7
3	28 May		Palmerston North	New Zealand	Won	34–8
4	31 May		Masterton	New Zealand	Won	19–6
5	3 June		Wellington	New Zealand	Lost	8–12
6	7 June		Christchurch	New Zealand	Lost	8–14
7	11 June	[[File:West Coast-Buller rugby colours.png	14px]] West Coast-Buller	Greymouth	New Zealand	Won	34–11
8	14 June		Dunedin	New Zealand	Won	33–9
9	21 June		Dunedin	New Zealand	Won	6–3
10	25 June		Invercargill	New Zealand	Won	9–3
11	28 June	[[File:Mcantab.png	15px]] Ashburton /
/
Timaru	New Zealand	Won	16–9
12	5 July		Christchurch	New Zealand	Lost	10–13
13	9 July	New Zealand New Zealand Māori	Wellington	New Zealand	Won	19–13
14	12 July		Napier	New Zealand	Won	14–3
15	16 July	/
/
Gisborne	New Zealand	Won	25–11
16	19 July		Auckland	New Zealand	Lost	6–19
17	26 July		Auckland	New Zealand	Lost	10–15
18	30 July		Whangārei	New Zealand	Won	38–5
19	2 Aug	/
/
Hamilton	New Zealand	Won	40–16
20	9 Aug		Wellington	New Zealand	Lost	8–22
21	12 Aug	/
/
Blenheim	New Zealand	Won	41–3
22	23 Aug	New South Wales NSW Waratahs	Sydney	Australia	Won	29–10
23	30 Aug		Sydney	Australia	Lost	5–6
24	3 Sep	Queensland Queensland Reds	Brisbane	Australia	Won	26–16
25	6 Sep	Australia Australian XV	Brisbane	Australia	Won	29–14
26	10 Sep	New South Wales NSW Waratahs	Sydney	Australia	Lost	3–28
27	13 Sep	Victoria Victoria	Melbourne	Australia	Won	41–36
28	22 Sep	Western Australia Western Australia	Perth	Australia	Won	71–3
29	1 Oct	Ceylon Ceylon	Colombo	Sri Lanka	Won	45–0

;Notes

Played in	Pl	W	L	Ps	Pc
New Zealand	21	15	6	420	205
Australia	7	5	2	204	113
Ceylon	1	1	0	45	0
Total	29	21	8	669	318

Match details

New Zealand (First test)

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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

References

Godwin (1981), pg 231.
Griffiths (1987), pg 9:7.
(2013-11-22). "Lions on Tour - The Jersey Returns!".
"When the All Blacks had to wear white".
[http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/lions_results.html British & Irish Lions results] on Rugby Football History
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/4428407.stm Early Lions: Squads and results (1888–1938)] on BBC Sport, 18 May 2005

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