1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
British Lions to Australia and New Zealand 1904 | |
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Date | 18 June – 31 August |
Coach(es) | Arthur O'Brien |
Tour captain(s) | David Bedell-Sivright |
Test series winners | (v Australia) British and Irish Lions (0–3) (v New Zealand) New Zealand (1–0) |
Top test point scorer(s) | Percy Bush (20) |
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 matches – three 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.
Touring party
- Manager: Arthur O'Brien
Full-backs
Three-quarters
- John Fisher (Hull and East Ridings)[2]
- 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
Forwards
- David Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge University and Scotland) (captain)
- Sid Bevan (Swansea)
- Sidney Nelson Crowther (Lennox FC)
- John Sharland (Streatham)[3]
- Denys Dobson (Oxford University)
- Charlie Patterson (Malone RFC)[4]
- Reg Edwards (Malone RFC)[5]
- Arthur Harding (Cardiff)
- Burnett Massey (Hull and East Ridings)[6]
- Ron Rogers (Bath)[7]
- Stuart Saunders (Guy's Hospital)[8]
- D.H. Traill (Guy's Hospital)
- Blair Swannell (Northampton)
Results
Match | Date | Opponent | Location | Result | Score |
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Match 1 | 18 June | New South Wales | Sydney, Australia | Won | 27–0 |
Match 2 | 22 June | Combined Western District | Bathurst, Australia | Won | 21–6 |
Match 3 | 25 June | New South Wales | Sydney, Australia | Won | 29–6 |
Match 4 | 29 June | Metropolitan Union | Sydney, Australia | Won | 19–6 |
Match 5 ‡ | 2 July | Australia | Sydney, Australia | Won | 17–0 |
Match 6 | 6 July | Northern Districts | Newcastle, Australia | Won | 17–3 |
Match 7 | 9 July | Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | Won | 24–5 |
Match 8 | 13 July | Metropolitan Union | Brisbane, Australia | Won | 17–3 |
Match 9 | 16 July | Queensland | Brisbane, Australia | Won | 18–7 |
Match 10 | 20 July | Toowoomba | Toowoomba, Australia | Won | 12–3 |
Match 11 ‡ | 23 July | Australia | Brisbane, Australia | Won | 17–3 |
Match 12 | 27 July | New England | Armidale, Australia | Won | 26–9 |
Match 13 ‡ | 30 July | Australia | Sydney, Australia | Won | 16–0 |
Match 14 | 6 August | Canterbury/West Coast Combined | Christchurch, New Zealand | Won | 5–3 |
Match 15 | 10 August | Otago-Southland Combined | Dunedin, New Zealand | Won | 14–8 |
Match 16 ‡ | 13 August | New Zealand | Wellington, New Zealand | Lost | 3–9 |
Match 17 | 17 August | Taranaki, Wanganui and Manawatu Combined | New Plymouth, New Zealand | Drew | 0–0 |
Match 18 | 20 August | Auckland | Auckland, New Zealand | Lost | 0–13 |
Match 19 | 31 August | New South Wales | Sydney, Australia | Won | 5–0 |
‡ – Recognised as a test match.
Played in | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | Points for | Points against |
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Australia | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 51 |
New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 33 |
Total | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 287 | 84 |
The matches
Australia 1st Test
2 July |
Australia | 0–17 | British Isles |
Try: Bush Llewellyn Con: Harding O'Brien drop: Bush |
Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 34,000 Referee: T.G. Pauling |
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
23 July |
Australia | 3–17 | British Isles |
Try: Burdon | Try: Bush Llewellyn O'Brien Goal: Bush |
Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 15,000 Referee: W.H Beattie |
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
30 July |
Australia | 0–16 | British Isles |
Try: Gabe Llewellyn Morgan Swannell Con: Bush O'Brien |
Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 24,000 Referee: T.G Pauling |
Australia: Charlie Redwood, Fred Nicholson, Frank Futter, Stan Wickham (c), Doug McLean, Snr., Lew Evans, Francis Finley, Jack Meibusch, Allen Oxlade, Billy Richards, Blue Dixon, Denis Lutge, Jim White, 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, Burnett Massey, SN Crowther, Blair Swannell, Boxer Harding
New Zealand Test
13 August |
New Zealand | 9–3 | British Isles |
Try: D McGregor (2) Pen: Wallace | Pen: Harding |
Athletic Park, Wellington Attendance: 20,000 Referee: F.T. Evans (Auckland, New Zealand) |
New Zealand: RW McGregor, Duncan McGregor, Eric Harper, ME Wood, Billy Wallace, Billy Stead (c), P Harvey, Dave Gallaher, George Tyler, Paddy McMinn, WS Glenn, Tom Cross, BJ 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
References
- ^ "Player archives – Chris Stanger-Leathes". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Player archives – John Fisher". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Player archives – John Sharland". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Player archives – Charlie Patterson". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Player archives – Reg Edwards". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Player archives – Burnett Massey". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Player archives – Ron Rogers". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Player archives – Stuart Saunders". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Past Tour Results: 1903–1904". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
Further reading
- Thomas, Clem; updated by Thomas, Greg (2005). The History of The British and Irish Lions. Mainstream Books. pp. 50–54. ISBN 1-84596-030-0.
External links
- "1904: Australia & New Zealand". British Lions Ltd. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- "The Lions down under: 1904". British Lions Ltd. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2015.