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==Tour overview==
==Tour overview==
Managed and captained by the Reverend [[Matthew Mullineux]] the Australian tour took in 21 matches; four were test matches against the [[Australia national rugby union team|Australian national team]], while the remainder were against regional and invitational teams. The team consisted of 21 players, nine had international experience, five had played for [[England national rugby union team|England]], three for [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]], and one for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]]. Attempts were made to recruit several high-profile players, but [[J. F. Byrne|Byrne]] declined due to pressure of business, while [[Ernest Fookes]] was awaiting a serious medical operation.<ref name="Nelson Evening Mail">{{cite web | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NEM18990614.2.12.1| title=The English Footballers | work=Nelson Evening Mail | author= | date=1899-07-14 | accessdate=2009-08-30|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5jWKgEp9A|archivedate=2009-09-03|deadurl=no}}</ref> The final member to join the team was Scottish international [[Alf Bucher]], after failed approaches were made to recruit fellow Scot [[James Couper]] and Welsh wing [[Viv Huzzey]].<ref name="Brisbane Courier">{{cite web | url=http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3694804 | title=The English Football Team - A letter from Rev M. Mullineaux | work=The Brisbane Courier | author= | date=1899-07-01 | accessdate=2009-08-30|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5jWKgwnNh|archivedate=2009-09-03|deadurl=no}}</ref>
Managed and captained by the Reverend [[Matthew Mullineux]] the Australian tour took in 21 matches; four were test matches against the [[Australia national rugby union team|Australian national team]], while the remainder were against regional and invitational teams. The team consisted of 21 players, nine had international experience, five had played for [[England national rugby union team|England]], three for [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]], and one for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]]. Attempts were made to recruit several high-profile players, but [[J. F. Byrne|Byrne]] declined due to pressure of business, while [[Ernest Fookes]] was awaiting a serious medical operation.<ref name="Nelson Evening Mail">{{cite web | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NEM18990614.2.12.1| title=The English Footballers | work=Nelson Evening Mail | author= | date=1899-07-14 | accessdate=2009-08-30|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5jWKgEp9A|archivedate=2009-09-03|deadurl=no}}</ref> The final member to join the team was Scottish international [[Alf Bucher]], after failed approaches were made to recruit fellow Scot [[James Couper]] and Welsh wing [[Viv Huzzey]].<ref name="Brisbane Courier">{{cite web | url=http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3694804 | title=The English Football Team - A letter from Rev M. Mullineaux | work=The Brisbane Courier | author= | date=1899-07-01 | accessdate=2009-08-30|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5jWKgwnNh|archivedate=2009-09-03|deadurl=no}}</ref>
[[File:1899 Australian Team.jpg|250px|left|thumb|<small>The Australian rugby union team in 1899</small>]]
[[File:1899 Australian Team.jpg|250px|left|thumb|The Australian rugby union team in 1899]]


The team played in a kit comprising of a jersey with thick blue bands and thinner red and white bands, representing the colours of the [[Union Jack]]; with dark blue shorts and blue stockings finished with red and white tops.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article6531017.ece Lions name is a source of great pride] ''[[The Times]]'' 19 June 2009</ref> The team caps were [[Maroon (color)|maroon]] in colour and bore the motif of a kangaroo.<ref name="AdvertAdelArrive" /> Formal dress comprised a navy blazer, with a breast badge that read "The Anglo-Australian Rugby Football Team".<ref name="Parry-Jones57"/>
The team played in a kit comprising of a jersey with thick blue bands and thinner red and white bands, representing the colours of the [[Union Jack]]; with dark blue shorts and blue stockings finished with red and white tops.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article6531017.ece Lions name is a source of great pride] ''[[The Times]]'' 19 June 2009</ref> The team caps were [[Maroon (color)|maroon]] in colour and bore the motif of a kangaroo.<ref name="AdvertAdelArrive" /> Formal dress comprised a navy blazer, with a breast badge that read "The Anglo-Australian Rugby Football Team".<ref name="Parry-Jones57"/>

Revision as of 10:15, 9 September 2010

The 1899 British Isles tour to Australia was the fourth rugby union tour by a British Isles team and the second to Australia; though the first tour in 1888 was a private venture, making the 1899 tour the first official undertaking of Australia. It is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950.

This tour was the first to truly represent the British Isles, with players from all four Home Nations. Despite this fact, many Australian newspapers, and some British dailies, referred to the tourists as "the English football team".[1]

Tour overview

Managed and captained by the Reverend Matthew Mullineux the Australian tour took in 21 matches; four were test matches against the Australian national team, while the remainder were against regional and invitational teams. The team consisted of 21 players, nine had international experience, five had played for England, three for Ireland, and one for Scotland and Wales. Attempts were made to recruit several high-profile players, but Byrne declined due to pressure of business, while Ernest Fookes was awaiting a serious medical operation.[2] The final member to join the team was Scottish international Alf Bucher, after failed approaches were made to recruit fellow Scot James Couper and Welsh wing Viv Huzzey.[3]

The Australian rugby union team in 1899

The team played in a kit comprising of a jersey with thick blue bands and thinner red and white bands, representing the colours of the Union Jack; with dark blue shorts and blue stockings finished with red and white tops.[4] The team caps were maroon in colour and bore the motif of a kangaroo.[5] Formal dress comprised a navy blazer, with a breast badge that read "The Anglo-Australian Rugby Football Team".[6]

Voyage and travel

The tour party left Charing Cross Station on 9 May 1899; coincidentally the day the Australian cricket team began their 1899 tour of England. There they travelled to France, where they boarded the P&O liner RMS Oceana[7] at the port of Marseilles. The ocean trip to Australia took five weeks traveling via the Red Sea of which the traveling party complained of the heat.[8] The team briefly stopped at Albany, Western Australia in good health., and were met by delegates of the Perth Rugby Union, and the Mayor. From there they completed their voyage, docking at Adelaide on June 11,[5] where they were met by delegates of the South Australian Football Association, principally J. R. Anderson, and D. T. Lawes, as well as W. A. Rand, the secretary of the New South Wales Rugby Union.[5] Rand acted as host and financier[5] accompanying the British team for the duration of the tour.[8] They travelled overland by the express train to Melbourne on June 12. From Melbourne they continued their journey to Sydney.[6]

British Isles lost the first test, but won the last three tests to take the series 3-1. After the first loss to the Australians, team captain Mullineux dropped himself from the team for the rest of the tour, with Frank Stout taking the captain's role for the remaining tests. The decision by Mullineux to replace his position with Charles Adamson is seen as the tour's turning point,[9] which saw the British team begin to win matches by more convincing margins and eventually control the test games. Adamson finished the tour as the test top scorer, with 17 points, including a try in both the second and fourth tests. Another player to impress on the tour was the sole Welsh representative, Gwyn Nicholls. Nicholls was the first Welsh player to represent a British team in a test match, and was outstanding at centre in all weather conditions.

Touring party

Full Backs

Three-Quarters

Half backs

Forwards

Results

Date Opponent Location Result Score
Match 1 June 14 Central Southern Goulburn Won 11-3
Match 2 June 17 New South Wales Sydney Won 4-3
Match 3 June 20 Metropolitan Sydney Won 8-5
Match 4 June 24 Australia Sydney Lost 3-13
Match 5 June 28 Toowoomba Toowoomba Won 19-5
Match 6 July 1 Queensland Brisbane Lost 3-11
Match 7 July 5 Bundaberg Bundaberg Won 36-3
Match 8 July 8 Rockhampton Rockhampton Won 16-3
Match 9 July 11 Mount Morgan Mount Morgan Won 29-3
Match 10 July 15 Central Queensland Rockhampton Won 22-3
Match 11 July 19 Maryborough Maryborough Won 27-8
Match 12 July 22 Australia Brisbane Won 11-0
Match 13 July 25 New England Armidale Won 6-4
Match 14 July 27 Northern Newcastle Won 28-0
Match 15 July 29 New South Wales Sydney Won 11-5
Match 16 August 1 Metropolitan Sydney Lost 5-8
Match 17 August 5 Australia Sydney Won 11-10
Match 18 August 9 Western Districts Bathurst Won 19-0
Match 19 August 12 Australia Sydney Won 13-0
Match 20 August 15 GP School Sydney Won 21-3
Match 21 August 19 Victoria Melbourne Won 30-0

The matches

First Test

June 24
15:05 [10]
Australia13 – 3British Isles
Try: Colton1
Evans
Spragg
Con: Spragg (2)		Try: Nicholls
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 28,000[11]
Referee: WG Garrard New Zealand(New Zealand)

1 The try recorded as scored by Colton is often credited to Kelly, as both players, along with Evans jumped on a loose ball over the try line; there is no definitive record if Colton or Kelly were awarded the try.[12]

Australia: Bob McCowan, Charlie White, Frank Row captain, Lonnie Spragg, William Evans, Peter Ward, Austin Gralton, James Carson, Dooee Tanner, Patrick Carew, Walter Davis, Charlie Ellis, Hyram Marks, Ginger Colton, Alex Kelly

British Isles Esmond Martelli, Alf Bucher, Charlie Adamson, Gwyn Nicholls, Gerry Doran, Matthew Mullineux captain, George Cookson, Frank Stout, Wallace Jarman, Tom McGown, John Franscombe, H.G.S. Gray, Frederick Belson, Alan Ayre-Smith, George Gibson

Touch umpires: Blair Swannell and William Warbrick

Match Summary

The first Test ever played by Australia was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground under excellent weather conditions.[13] The temperature on the day of the game reached 60 °F (16 °C),[14] and there was almost no breeze.[10] There was a great deal of interest in the match, with the Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Courier both reporting 30,000 in attendance,[10][13] and the United Press Association reporting 27,000 in attendance.[15] The attendance was officially recorded as 28,000.[16][17] Tickets for the game were one shilling for general admission, and two shillings for grand stand seats, while children were admitted at half price.[18] In all the game grossed ₤1200.[10] A full program of events had been scheduled with a preliminary rugby match played by local teams, Wallaroo, and Randwick at 1:45pm, as well as heats of a one mile bicycle race by the League of Wheelmen.[18] The final of the bicycle race was scheduled during the half-time break.[19] Special trams had been arranged for the event,[18] with the Tramway Service reporting that every available tram had been used for the extra traffic on the day; fully 131 carloads were conveyed to the match.[20]

It had been noted in the lead up to the Test that the British team was out of condition.[8] The writer Player in the Brisbane Courier, believed that the first Test was Australia's only chance to beat the British team, as he felt that with the British team's condition improving during the tour, they would be impossible to beat.[8] The British team had been dealing with some illness and injury, necessitating the fielding of a team in the Test that was not their first choice, but in the end identical to the team that played New South Wales the previous weekend.[15] Elliot Nicholson, Alec Timms, and Charles Thompson were all listed as playing,[21] but last minute changes were made.[10][22] While at a swimming bath, Nicholson injured his foot on a protruding nail, and was unable to play. Bucher played in his place. Timms did not recover from an injury received in the match at Goulburn in time to make the field. Adamson, was moved from the halves to the three-quarters to fill his place, and in turn Cookson filled the opening in the halves left by Adamson. Martelli, who had injured his thumb in the match against Goulburn,[23] and had taken the field against New South Wales, but had to retire due to injury,[24] recovered in time to play in place of Thompson. It had been feared on the evening before the match, that Gwyn Nicholls had caught influenza and would be incapacitated,[22] but instead was a severe cold.[10] Rev. Mullineux also took to the field with a cold.[10] The British played field of four players, at three-quarters, and two half-backs, that contrasted with the Australian field of only one half-back, two at five-eighth, and three at three-quarters.[21]

The Australian team on the other hand had no such changes, although the inclusion of M'Cowan had been in doubt only a week before the game,[25] due to a strain.[21] The team consisted of six Queensland players, with the balance made up by New South Wales representatives.[21] Selectors chose to keep the New South Wales three-quarter combination of Spragg, Row and White intact.[21] The only noted absences from the team were Tom Pauling and A. J. Lewis, who suffered injuries in the inter-colonial match the week before the Test.[21] Training of the team was supervised by William Warbrick.[26] The Australian team wore the blue colours of NSW.[10]

In the week preceding the match, Mullineux had requested that a conference be held to review some differences in the interpretation of the rules of the game from how the game was played in Britain.[27]

While the two teams played an evenly matched game until the British performance, particularly in defense,[15] dropped off towards the later stages.[10][15] The poor condition of the British team was noticeable, and was attributed as the reason the British lost the game.[10] The writer for the United Press Association was of the opinion that the British performance was somewhat poorer than in the game played against New South Wales the previous weekend.[15] The British did show some deft ball handling skills in the game: The beautiful series of passes which gained the try for the Englishmen was considered as being an excellent object lesson in backing up. Some of the players, without looking where they were throwing the ball, passed simply because they knew their comrades would be in position to receive it. [10] The British were criticised for the slow rate in which they got the ball from the scrum, an area of play, in which Australia excelled.[15] The writer for the Queanbeyan Age, noted that the Australians forwards played too fast for the British.[17] The United Press Association named White and Ward as the outstanding players for Australia.[15]

First half

Mullineux having won the coin toss elected to defend the northern end of the field.[10] Gralton opened play with the kick off. Mullineux made a mark in the first minutes of the game, but he kicked poorly.[10] Soon after, a free kick was awarded to the British.[13] The Nicholls kick for touch remained within the field of play and came within five yards of the Australian try line.[28] Doran received and carried the ball in to touch.[13] Another free kick to the British resulted from the lineout.[10] The goal attempt by Martelli was unsuccessful.[10]

Play continued with both teams attacking the other strongly. Gralton, Ward and Evans for Australia, made good passing combinations on a number of occasions.[10][13] Cookson and Stout making notable plays for Britain, with Stout showing in one run: a remarkable feint, having to stop almost dead and then wheel round to hoax his opponent.[10] Britain pressured the Australian line, with play coming to within five yards from the try line. Pressure was applied through passing the ball starting from Mullineux, and on to Cookson, Bucher, Nicholls, and Doran who was tackled well by Spragg.[13] A scrum that was formed close to the Australian try line, was won by Australia, and Gralton cleared the ball to mid-field with a kick.[10] Subsequent play shifted the attack to the British half. Here the Gralton, Ward, Evans combination brought Evans close to the British try line.[10] A subsequent scrum yielded the ball to Gralton who forced his way forward, but he lost the ball.[10] and the British cleared the ball to the western sideline.[10] The relief was short lived, as the attack was once again brought against the British in the center of the field.[10] Evans receiving the ball, made an unsuccessful drop goal attempt[29] sending the ball high and wide of the goal.[15] The ball dropped in front of the British fullback Martelli who overran the ball,[15] having let the ball bounce.[10] Australian players came rushing through and jumped upon the loose ball.[10] The referee awarded the try, against the protests of the British who claimed that Kelly had illegally interfered with Martelli getting to the ball,[10] as well as an off-side by the Australians.[10][17] The reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald wrote that, From the press table, in the balcony of the members' pavilion, the interference appeared to be simply a jostle but it seemed hard to come to any other conclusion than that Kelly and Colton were off-side.[10] The try scorer is officially recorded as Colton,[16] however Kelly is in other places recorded as the try scorer.[10][15] The conversion attempt by Spragg was unsuccessful.[13]

The restart of play was the scene of some amusement to the spectators, with the Australians returning the British drop-out, with a kick for touch. The touch umpire raised his flag, to signal touch had been found near the British 25. However, play continued, and the ball was kicked downfield into the Australians half. Some of the British players expecting play to be halted for a lineout, stood near the touch umpire who continued to hold his flag aloft. Play continued, with the Australians eventually returning play back upfield, and eventually finding touch a few yards from where the touch umpire was still standing with flag raised. The umpire alerted the referee to the earlier touch, but he was overruled.[10]

In the following passage of play, the British having been awarded a penalty, kicked for touch, bringing it down into Australians half. Carson who had been performing strongly in the lineouts, won the ball from the British throw-in, allowing Australia to return the ball back to half-way. The British showed some of their strong ball handling skills in the following phases. Ensuing play resulted in a penalty against Australia, which was unsuccessfully kicked for a goal attempt by Martelli. The Australians brought the ball upfield in a strong attack that resulted in the British forcing the ball in goal. The end of the half was called.[10]

Second half

Stout kicked off for England in the second half and the ball was subsequently returned into touch, near the half way.[10] The first fifteen minutes of the half were characterised as evenly matched,[10] White had a one run, where he successfully fended a couple of tackle attempts and followed on with a kick for touch[13] to bring the ball into the British half.[10] After a number of phases Evans secured the ball, and kicked downfield to Martelli. However, a penalty against Australia allowed the British to relieve.[10]

Play progressed in neutral territory for a few phases until Mullineux began a series of passes that were praised for the high level of skill shown.[10][13] The passes went from Mullineux to Cookson, then Francomb, then Doran and on to Nicholls, who was about to cross the touch line only a couple of yards from the try line.[10] In time he blindly passed back, and Adamson, who was in support, received the ball[10] passed on to Nicholls[30] who making it through numerous Australian defenders[17] crossed the line for the try.[30] Martelli missed the conversion attempt.

The British in the next passage of play were successful in bringing the ball back into the Australians 25,[10] and were soon awarded a free kick.[10] The attempt at goal was poor, and the Australians cleared the ball far down field.[10] The British punt attempt to return the ball back to the Australians end was poor and was charged down,[10] and with the Carew and Cookson[10] pressing their attack by kicking the ball along the ground found their way to the British 25, where the ball was put into touch.[13] The Australians lost the ball in one of the following phases, by way of a Bucher intercept,[13] and had to return to their 25 to defend.[10] A penalty was awarded to the English for off-side play[13] but Martelli's kick for goal was again unsuccessful.[13] Francomb followed the goal kick attempt through, and was narrowly beaten to the ball by Row, who forced it in goal.[10]

In the resumption of play, the ball was returned to the British try line by way of a deep kick by Evans.[10] Martelli carried the ball into touch only a couple of yards from the British try line.[10][13] Play continued in the British half, with a temporary relief kick being made by Britain.[13] The match was now within the last seven minutes.[17] After a series of scrums,[13] Australia secured possession, and Spragg almost scored in the corner, but it was ruled that he stepped into touch.[10] In the following passage of play, Spragg received the ball by way of a scrum win and quick passes,[17] and made a dodgy run[10] to break through the British line and score a try about halfway between the corner and the goal posts.[17] In turn he kicked for the conversion and was successful.[10]

The Australians received the kick restart, and Carew kicked the ball back into British territory.[10] The Australians forwards coming downfield, overwhelmed Martelli and secured the resulting loose ball.[17] The ball went from Ward, to Evans and on to Spragg, who being blocked by the British Defense, passed the ball back to Evans who crossed the line, running around to score the try under the goal posts.[17] The conversion kick by Spragg, was once again successful.[17] Full time was called, after the kick was made.[10]

Second Test

July 22
Australia0 – 11British Isles
Try: Nicholls
Adamson
Ayre-Smith
Con: Adamson
Exhibition Ground, Brisbane
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: WH Beattie

Australia: RH McCowan captain, Thomas Ward, Albert Henry, SA Spragg, WT Evans, PM Ward, Ernest Currie, WH Tanner, Chalres Graham, PJ Carew, H Marks, CS Ellis, Arthur Corfe, Robert Challoner, Norm Street

British Isles Charles Thompson, H.G.S. Gray, Alec Timms, Gwyn Nicholls, Gerry Doran, Charlie Adamson, George Cookson, Frank Stout captain, Wallace Jarman, Tom McGown, Guy Evers, Blair Swanell, William Judkins, Alan Ayre-Smith, George Gibson

Third Test

August 5
Australia10 – 11British Isles
Try: Spragg (2)
Con: Spragg (2)		Try: Bucher (2)
Timms
Con: Adamson (2)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: WS Corr

Australia: Wally Cobb, Syd Miller, FL Row captain, SA Spragg, PM Ward, Iggy O'Donnell, Arch Boyd, Bill Webb, George Bouffler, PJ Carew, W Davis, CS Ellis, Roger Barton, AJ Colton, Sine Boland

British Isles Charles Thompson, Alf Bucher, Alec Timms, Gwyn Nicholls, Elliot Nicholson, Chalrie Adamson, George Cookson, Frank Stout captain, Wallace Jarman, Tom McGown, Guy Evers, Blair Swanell, William Judkins, Alan Ayre-Smith, George Gibson

Fourth Test

August 12
Australia0 – 13British Isles
Try: Bucher (2)
Adamson
Con: Adamson (2)
Pen: Adamson
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: WS Corr

Australia: WG Cobb, RH McCowan, FL Row captain, SA Spragg, PM Ward, Iggy O'Donnell, AS Gralton, W Webb, Jack O'Donnell, PJ Carew, W Davis, CS Ellis, Bill Hardcastle, Jum Sampson, Sine Boland

British Isles Charles Thompson, Alf Bucher, Alec Timms, Gwyn Nicholls, Elliot Nicholson, Chalres Adamson, George Cookson, Frank Stout captain, Wallace Jarman, Tom McGown, Guy Evers, Blair Swanell, William Judkins, Ayer Ayre-Smith, George Gibson

Notes

  1. ^ Griffiths (1987), pg 9:4.
  2. ^ "The English Footballers". Nelson Evening Mail. 1899-07-14. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "The English Football Team - A letter from Rev M. Mullineaux". The Brisbane Courier. 1899-07-01. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Lions name is a source of great pride The Times 19 June 2009
  5. ^ a b c d "Rugby Footballers.: The English Team". The Advertiser. Adelaide, South Australia. 12 June 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  6. ^ a b Parry-Jones (1999), pg 57.
  7. ^ "West Australia: English Football Team". The Advertiser. Adelaide, South Australia. 9 June 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  8. ^ a b c d "Notes. - by "Player"". The Brisbane Courier. Brisbane, Australia. 26 June 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  9. ^ 1899 Australian Tour Lions-tour.com. Accessed 2009-05-25. Archived 2009-05-27.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay "The English Footballers: First Test Match Against Australia". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW. 26 June 1899. p. 8. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  11. ^ "New South Wales. Internationsl Rugby Football". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 26 June 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  12. ^ Griffiths (1987), 8:3.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "International Football. England v. Australia". The Brisbane Courier. Brisbane, Australia. 26 June 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  14. ^ "Meteorological Reports". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. 26 June 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "England v. Australia". Star. Canterbury, New Zealand. United Press Association. 26 June 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  16. ^ a b "Great Britain tour - Sydney, 24 June 1899". ESPN scrum.com. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Australia wins at Football". Queanbeyan Age. Queanbeyan, Australia. 28 June 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  18. ^ a b c "Sydney Cricket Ground" (Advertisment). Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW. 23 June 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  19. ^ "League of Wheelmen". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. 20 June 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  20. ^ "The Tramway Service". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. 29 June 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  21. ^ a b c d e f "The English Footballers: England v. Australia". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW. 24 June 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  22. ^ a b "The English Football Team". The Brisbane Courier. Brisbane, Queensland. 24 June 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  23. ^ "Intercolonial Football. The English Team". The Brisbane Courier. Brisbane, Australia. 17 June 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  24. ^ "International Football. England v. New South Wales". The Brisbane Courier. Brisbane, Australia. 19 June 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  25. ^ "Football Notes. by "Three-Quarter."". The Queenslander. Vol. LV, no. 1232. 17 June 1899. p. 1111. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  26. ^ "Football. The Australian team to meet England". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. 21 June 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  27. ^ "Latest News In Brief". The Queenslander. No. 1233. Brisbane, Australia. 24 June 1899. p. 1149. Retrieved 9 September 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |vol= ignored (|volume= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ The Sydney Morning Herald states the lineout was within five yards of the British 25. The Brisbane Courier states it was kicked to within five yards of the try line.
  29. ^ Both the Sydney Morning Herald, and The Brisbane Courier state that the kick was a drop goal attempt, whereas the United Press Association account states that the kick for goal was from a free kick.
  30. ^ a b The try is officially awarded to Nicholls, however some discrepancies exist in the match reports. The Sydney Morning Herald asserted it was Bucher who made the try. The Brisbane Courier cited Adamson as the try scorer. The United Press Association claimed the try was scored not from a passing rush, but from a lineout reception by Nicholls, who broke through the defense.

References

  • Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0460070037. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Jenkins, Vivian (1981). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1981-82. Aylesbury: Rothmans Publications Ltd. ISBN 090757405X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Parry-Jones, David (1999). Prince Gwyn, Gwyn Nicholls and the First Golden Era of Welsh Rugby. Bridgend: seren. ISBN 1854112627.
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