- Touring party Full Backs Three-Quarters Half backs Forwards
- Match summary
- Bibliography
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}{{EngvarB|date=March 2014}}{{Lionstour |tour= 1930 British Lions Tour to New Zealand and Australia |image = |imagesize = |caption = |date = 21 May – 1 October |coach = James Baxter |captain = {{flagicon|ENG}} Doug Prentice |test series winners = {{ru|NZL}} (1–3) {{ru|AUS}} (1–0) |result = |top test point scorer = {{flagicon|ENG}} Carl Aarvold (9) |top point scorer = |top test try scorer = |top try scorer = |preceded by= Argentina 1927 |succeeded by= Argentina 1936 }}{{Infobox Tour Rugby | image = | caption = | date = | tour = | team = British Lions | yearstart = 1930 | yearfinish = 1930 | destination = New Zealand and Australia | manager = |coach = |captain = | top try scorer = | top test point scorer = | top test try scorer = | matchplayed = 29 | matchwon = 21 | matchdraw =0 | matchlost = 8 | testplayed = 5 | testwon = 1 | testdraw = 0 | testlost = 4 | opponent1 = {{ru|NZL}} | played1 = 4 | won1 = 1 | draw1 = 0 | lost1 = 3 | opponent2 = {{ru|AUS}} | played2 = 1 | won2 = 0 | draw2 = 0 | lost2 = 1 }}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[1] and the first to be widely dubbed the 'Lions', after the nickname was used by journalists during the 1924 tour of South Africa.[2] 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{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Full Backs- Jack Bassett (Penarth and Wales)
- William Gordon MacGregor Bonner (Bradford)
Three-Quarters- Carl Aarvold (Cambridge U. and England)
- James "Jim" SR Reeves (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 Finbarr Murray (Wanderers and Ireland)
Half backs- Roger Spencer Spong (Old Millhillians and England)
- Wilfred "Wilf" Henry Sobey (Old Millhillians and England)
- Thomas "Tom" Caldwell Knowles (Birkenhead Park)
- Howard Poole (Cardiff)
{{col-2}}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)
- Michael "Mike" Joseph Dunne (Lansdowne and Ireland)
- George Beamish (Leicester and Ireland)
- James "Jimmy" Leo Farrell (Bective Rangers and Ireland)
- John McDonald Hodgson (Northern)
- Henry O'Hara O'Neill (Queens and Ireland)
- Ivor Jones (Llanelli and Wales)
- Harry Wilkinson (Halifax and England)
- Samuel "Sam" Airey Martindale Martindale (Kendal and England)
- Douglas Kendrew (Leicester and England)
- HCS Jones (Manchester and England)
{{col-2}}{{col end}}Match summaryComplete list of matches played by the British Isles in New Zealand and Australia:[3][4] {{colorbox|#ffff99|border=#999999}} Test matches# | Date | Rival | City | Country | Result | Score |
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1 | 21 May | Wanganui RU | Wanganui | New Zealand | Won | 19–3 | 2 | 24 May | Taranaki RU | New Plymouth | New Zealand | Won | 23–7 | 3 | 28 May | Manawhenua RU | Palmerston North | New Zealand | Won | 34–8 | 4 | 31 May | Wairarapa–Bush RU | Masterton | New Zealand | Won | 19–6 | 5 | 3 June | Wellington RU | Wellington | New Zealand | Lost | 8–12 | 6 | 7 June | Canterbury RU | Christchurch | New Zealand | Lost | 8–14 | 7 | 11 June | West Coast/Buller RU | Greymouth | New Zealand | Won | 34–11 | 8 | 14 June | Otago RU | Dunedin | New Zealand | Won | 33–9 | 9 | 21 June | New Zealand}} | Dunedin | New Zealand | Won | 6–3 | 10 | 25 June | Southland | Invercargill | New Zealand | Won | 9–3 | 11 | 28 June | Ashburton/South Canterbury/North Otago RU | Timaru | New Zealand | Won | 16–9 | 12 | 5 July | New Zealand}} | Christchurch | New Zealand | Lost | 10–13 | 13 | 9 July | New Zealand Māori | Wellington | New Zealand | Won | 19–13 | 14 | 12 July | Hawke's Bay RU | Napier | New Zealand | Won | 14–3 | 15 | 16 July | East Coast/Poverty Bay/Bay of Plenty RU | Gisborne | New Zealand | Won | 25–11 | 16 | 19 July | Auckland RU | Auckland | New Zealand | Lost | 6–19 | 17 | 26 July | New Zealand}} | Auckland | New Zealand | Lost | 10–15 | 18 | 30 July | North Auckland RU | Whangarei | New Zealand | Won | 38–5 | 19 | 2 Aug | Waikato/Thames Valley/King Country RU | Hamilton | New Zealand | Won | 40–16 | 20 | 9 Aug | New Zealand}} | Wellington | New Zealand | Lost | 8–22 | 21 | 12 Aug | Nelson, Marlborough, Golden Bay and Motueka | Blenheim | New Zealand | Won | 41–3 | 22 | 23 Aug | NSW Waratahs | Sydney | Australia | Won | 29–10 | |
23 | 30 Aug | AUS}} | Sydney | Australia | Lost | 5–6 | 24 | 3 Sep | Queensland Reds | Brisbane | Australia | Won | 26–16 | 25 | 6 Sep | Australian XV | Brisbane | Australia | Won | 29–14 | 26 | 10 Sep | NSW Waratahs | Sydney | Australia | Lost | 3–28 | 27 | 13 Sep | Victoria | Melbourne | Australia | Won | 41–36 | 28 | 22 Sep | Western Australia | Perth | Australia | Won | 71–3 | 29 | 1 Oct | Ceylon}} Ceylon {{refn|Not listed in traditional Lions tests. As a British crown colony, the island was known as Ceylon; it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1948.|group=note|name=ceylon}} | Colombo | Sri Lanka | Won | 45–0 |
- Notes
1. ^Godwin (1981), pg 231. 2. ^Griffiths (1987), pg 9:7. 3. ^British & Irish Lions results on Rugby Football History 4. ^Early Lions: Squads and results (1888–1938) on BBC Sport, 18 May 2005
BalancePlayed in | Pl | W | D | L | Ps | Pc |
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New Zealand | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 420 | 205 | Australia | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 204 | 113 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | Total | 29 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 669 | 318 | Bibliography- {{cite book |last=Godwin |first= Terry|author2= Rhys, Chris|title= The Guinness Book of Rugby Facts & Feats |year=1987 |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Limited |location=Enfield |isbn=0-85112-214-0}}
- {{cite book |last=Griffiths |first=John|author2= |title=The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records |year=1987 |publisher=Phoenix House |location=London |isbn=0-460-07003-7}}
- {{cite book |last= Perera |first=SS|author2= |title=100 Years of Rugby Football in Sri Lanka 1879–1978 |year=1981 |publisher=Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxA1HQAACAAJ}}
References{{reflist}}{{British and Irish Lions tours}}{{Rugby Union Tours in New Zealand}}{{DEFAULTSORT:British Lions Tour To New Zealand And Australia}} 10 : 1930 rugby union tours|British and Irish Lions tours of Australia|British and Irish Lions tours of New Zealand|1930 in Irish sport|1929–30 in English rugby union|1929–30 in Welsh rugby union|1929–30 in Scottish rugby union|1929–30 in British rugby union|1930 in New Zealand rugby union|1930 in Australian rugby union |