1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia information
1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia
Date
21 May – 1 October
Coach(es)
James Baxter
Tour captain(s)
Doug Prentice
Test series winners
New Zealand (1–3) Australia (1–0)
Top test point scorer(s)
Carl Aarvold (9)
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1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia
Summary
P
W
D
L
Total
29
21
00
08
Test match
05
01
00
04
Opponent
P
W
D
L
New Zealand
4
1
0
3
Australia
1
0
0
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.
^Godwin (1981), pg 231.
^Griffiths (1987), pg 9:7.
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