1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

The 1904 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was the sixth tour by a British Isles

British and Irish Lions

The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...

team and the fourth to New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

and Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950.

Led by David Bedell-Sivright

David Bedell-Sivright

David Revell "Darkie" Bedell-Sivright was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities. Bedell-Sivright was one of the true characters of the sport of rugby and was chosen to lead a British Isles team on a tour of Australia...

and managed by Arthur O'Brien

Arthur O'Brien

Arthur Boniface O'Brien was a New Zealand rugby union fullback who played club rugby for Guy's Hospital. O'Brien is most notable for playing international rugby for the British Isles team on its 1904 tour of Australia, for which he was also elected team manager.-Rugby career:New Zealand born,...

the tour took in 19 matches, 14 in Australia and 5 in New Zealand. Of the games four were test matches, three played against Australia national rugby union team

Australia national rugby union team

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

and one against the New Zealand All Blacks

All Blacks

The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....

. The Lions won all three Australia tests but lost the All Blacks' game.

This was the first time that a British team would take in both Australia and New Zealand in the same tour and would become a Lions tradition up until 1971. The team captain, Bedell-Sivright, a veteran of the 1903 tour of South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, was requested to lead the team by the England Rugby Board. Bedell-Sivright broke his leg in the opening match of the New Zealand section of the tour and Teddy Morgan

Teddy Morgan

Edward "Teddy" Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks and is remembered for scoring the winning try...

took over the captaincy.

Full Backs

C.F. Stranger Leathes (Northern
Northern Football Club
Northern Football Club are a rugby union club that was founded in 1875, and are based in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. Their strip is coloured navy Blue, Red and White...

)

Three-Quarters

J.L. Fisher (Hull and East Ridings)
Rhys Gabe
Rhys Gabe
Rhys Thomas "Rusty" Gabe born as Rees Thomas Gape, was a Welsh rugby union player who played club rugby for Llanelli, London Welsh and Cardiff and gained 24 caps for Wales, mainly as a centre.-Rugby career:...

(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...

)
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett (rugby player)
Fred Jowett was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales and the British Lions. Jowett played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Glamorgan. His first and only cap was on January 10, 1903 at St Helens Ground in Swansea against England...

(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...

)
Willie Llewellyn
Willie Llewellyn
William Morris "Willie" Llewellyn was a Welsh international rugby union player. He captained Wales in 1905 and London Welsh in 1902. He was a member of the winning Welsh team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks, toured with the British Isles to Australasia in 1904 and won three Triple Crown...

(Newport)
Teddy Morgan
Teddy Morgan
Edward "Teddy" Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks and is remembered for scoring the winning try...

(London Welsh)
Pat McEvedy
Pat McEvedy
Patrick "Pat" Francis McEvedy was a rugby union player from New Zealand.) in 1922...

(Guy's Hospital
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club is the name given to the modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital were the first to merge...

)
Arthur O'Brien
Arthur O'Brien
Arthur Boniface O'Brien was a New Zealand rugby union fullback who played club rugby for Guy's Hospital. O'Brien is most notable for playing international rugby for the British Isles team on its 1904 tour of Australia, for which he was also elected team manager.-Rugby career:New Zealand born,...

(Guy's Hospital
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club is the name given to the modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital were the first to merge...

)

Half backs

Percy Bush
Percy Bush
Percy Frank Bush was a Welsh rugby union player who played international rugby for Wales on eight occasions. Playing at fly-half, Bush is regarded as one of the most talented Welsh players before the first World War.-Rugby career:...

(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...

)
Tommy Vile
Tommy Vile
Major Thomas Henry "Tommy" Vile MBE was a Welsh international rugby union player. He played club rugby predominantly for Newport, captaining the side twice and played county rugby for Monmouthshire. He also represented the British Isles in Australia, and after retiring from playing became an...

(Newport)
Frank Croft Hulme (Birkenhead Park)

Forwards

David Bedell-Sivright
David Bedell-Sivright
David Revell "Darkie" Bedell-Sivright was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities. Bedell-Sivright was one of the true characters of the sport of rugby and was chosen to lead a British Isles team on a tour of Australia...

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

and ) (captain)
Sid Bevan
Sid Bevan
Thomas Sydney "Sid" Bevan was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales and the British Lions. Bevan played club rugby for Swansea, joining the club in 1897.-Rugby career:...

(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...

)
Sidney Nelson Crowther
Sidney Nelson Crowther
Sidney Crowther was a rugby union international who represented Great Britain on the 1904 tour to Australia and New Zealand.-Early life:...

(Lennox FC
Lennox Football Club
Lennox Football Club was an English 19th century rugby union football club that disbanded in the early twentieth century. It is notable for producing a number of international players and for its role in the Rugby Football Union fight against professionalism....

)
J.T. Sharland (Streatham)
Denys Dobson
Denys Dobson
Denys Douglas Dobson was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Oxford University and Newton Abbot. Dobson played international rugby for England and the British Isles team on its 1904 tour of Australia...

(Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...

)
C.D. Patterson (Malone RFC
Malone RFC
Malone RFC is a rugby union club based in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It is currently in the Second Division of the All-Ireland League. The club is affiliated with the Ulster Branch, itself part of the Irish Rugby Football Union...

)
R.W. Edwards (Malone RFC
Malone RFC
Malone RFC is a rugby union club based in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It is currently in the Second Division of the All-Ireland League. The club is affiliated with the Ulster Branch, itself part of the Irish Rugby Football Union...

)
Arthur Harding
Arthur Harding
Arthur Flowers Harding was an English-born international rugby union player who played for and captained the Wales national team. Often called 'Boxer' Harding, he was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in a game considered one of the greatest in the history of...

(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...

)
B.S. Massey (Hull and East Ridings)
R.J. Rogers (Bath
Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...

)
F. McK Saunders (Guy's Hospital
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club is the name given to the modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital were the first to merge...

)
D.H. Traill
David Trail
David Trail was a rugby union international who represented a forerunner of the British and Irish Lions, known as the Anglo-Welsh on their tour of Australasia in 1904.-Early life:...

(Guy's Hospital
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club is the name given to the modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital were the first to merge...

)
Blair Swannell
Blair Swannell
Major Blair Inskip Swannell was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Northampton...

(Northampton
Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....

)

Results

	Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Match 1	18 June	New South Wales New South Wales Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Won	27-0
Match 2	22 June	Combined Western District	Bathurst Bathurst, New South Wales -CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Won	21-6
Match 3	25 June	New South Wales New South Wales Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Won	29-6
Match 4	29 June	Metropolitan Union	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Won	19-6
Match 5	2 July	Australia Australia national rugby union team The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Won	17-0
Match 6	6 July	Northern Districts	Newcastle Newcastle, New South Wales The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Won	17-3
Match 7	9 July	Queensland	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Won	24-5
Match 8	13 July	Metropolitan Union	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...	Won	17-3
Match 9	16 July	Queensland	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...	Won	18-7
Match 10	20 July	Toowoomba	Toowoomba Toowoomba, Queensland Toowoomba is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Won	12-3
Match 11	23 July	Australia Australia national rugby union team The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...	Won	17-3
Match 12	27 July	New England	Armidale Armidale, New South Wales Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale Dumaresq Shire had a population of 19,485 people according to the 2006 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Won	26-9
Match 13	30 July	Australia Australia national rugby union team The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Won	16-0
Match 14	6 August	Canterbury/West Coast Combined	Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Won	5-3
Match 15	10 August	Otago-Southland	Dunedin Dunedin Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Won	14-8
Match 16	13 August	New Zealand	Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Lost	3-9
Match 17	17 August	Taranaki, Ranganui and Manawatu	New Plymouth New Plymouth New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated.... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Drew	0-0
Match 18	20 August	Auckland	Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...	Lost	0-13
Match 19	31 August	New South Wales New South Wales Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Won	5-0

Australia 1st Test

Australia: Jack Verge

Jack Verge

Cuthbert Arthur "Jack" Verge was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Verge, a fullback, was born in Kempsey, New South Wales and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 2 July 1904.-References:...

, Charlie White

Charlie White

Charlie White is a Los Angeles-based artist.White received his BFA in 1994 from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and received his MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, in 1998...

, Jack Hindmarsh

Jack Hindmarsh

John A. "Jack" Hindmarsh was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Hindmarsh, a centre, was born in Brisbane, Queensland and claimed international rugby cap for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 2 July 1904.-References:...

, Stan Wickham

Stan Wickham

Stan Wickham was a pioneer Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative centre who captained the Australian national side on a number of occasions in the early 1900s...

, Charlie Redwood

Charlie Redwood

Charles Edward Joseph "Charlie" Redwood was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Redwood, a wing, was born in Blenheim and claimed a total of 4 international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against New Zealand, at Sydney, on 15 August 1903.-References:...

, Lew Evans

Lew Evans

Llewellyn John "Lew" Evans was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Evans, a fly-half, was born in Brisbane, Queensland and claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against New Zealand, at Sydney, on 15 August 1903...

, Snowy Baker

Reginald Baker

Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker was an Australian athlete, sports promoter and film actor, who was born in Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales...

, Alec Burdon, Eric Dore

Eric Dore

Edmund 'Eric' Dore was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Dore, a hooker, claimed one international rugby cap for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 2 July 1904.-References:...

, Frank Nicholson

Frank Nicholson (rugby)

Frank Villenueve Nicholson was an Australian Boer War veteran and rugby union player, a state and national representative who made two Test appearances in 1903-1904, captaining the side on one occasion....

(c), Billy Richards

Billy Richards (rugby)

Edward William "Billy" Richards was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Richards, a lock, was born in Vegetable Creek, New South Wales and claimed a total of 5 international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 2 July 1904.-References:...

, Denis Lutge

Denis Lutge

Denis "Dinny" Lutge was a pioneer Australian rugby league and rugby union player, a dual-code international...

, Thomas Colton

Puddin Colton

Thomas Joseph "Puddin" Colton was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Colton, a flanker, was born in Brisbane, Queensland and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 2 July 1904...

, Harold Judd, Patrick Walsh

Pat Walsh (rugby)

Patrick Bernard "Nimmo" Walsh was a pioneer Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code international, who saw active duty with the Australian Imperial Force in the first World War...

.

British Isles: Christopher Stanger-Leathes, Willie Llewellyn

Willie Llewellyn

William Morris "Willie" Llewellyn was a Welsh international rugby union player. He captained Wales in 1905 and London Welsh in 1902. He was a member of the winning Welsh team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks, toured with the British Isles to Australasia in 1904 and won three Triple Crown...

, AB O'Brien, Rhys Gabe

Rhys Gabe

Rhys Thomas "Rusty" Gabe born as Rees Thomas Gape, was a Welsh rugby union player who played club rugby for Llanelli, London Welsh and Cardiff and gained 24 caps for Wales, mainly as a centre.-Rugby career:...

, T Morgan

Teddy Morgan

Edward "Teddy" Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks and is remembered for scoring the winning try...

, P Bush

Percy Bush

Percy Frank Bush was a Welsh rugby union player who played international rugby for Wales on eight occasions. Playing at fly-half, Bush is regarded as one of the most talented Welsh players before the first World War.-Rugby career:...

, Frankie Hulme, Darkie Bedell-Sivright (c), DH Trail

David Trail

David Trail was a rugby union international who represented a forerunner of the British and Irish Lions, known as the Anglo-Welsh on their tour of Australasia in 1904.-Early life:...

, D Dobson

Denys Dobson

Denys Douglas Dobson was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Oxford University and Newton Abbot. Dobson played international rugby for England and the British Isles team on its 1904 tour of Australia...

, S Bevan

Sid Bevan

Thomas Sydney "Sid" Bevan was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales and the British Lions. Bevan played club rugby for Swansea, joining the club in 1897.-Rugby career:...

, Stuart Saunders, SN Crowther, B Swannell

Blair Swannell

Major Blair Inskip Swannell was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Northampton...

, Boxer Harding.

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Australia 2nd Test

Australia: Jack Verge

Jack Verge

, Stan Wickham

Stan Wickham

Stan Wickham was a pioneer Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative centre who captained the Australian national side on a number of occasions in the early 1900s...

(c), Phil Carmichael

Phil Carmichael

Philip Patrick "Phil" Carmichael was a rugby union player who represented Australia. He won a gold medal in rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics....

, Doug McLean, Snr.

Doug McLean, Snr.

Douglas James "Doug" McLean was a pioneer Australian representative rugby union and rugby league footballer, a dual-code international...

, Charlie Redwood

Charlie Redwood

, John Manning

John Manning (rugby)

John Manning was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Manning, a fly-half, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed one international rugby caps for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Brisbane, on 23 July 1904....

, Snowy Baker

Reginald Baker

Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker was an Australian athlete, sports promoter and film actor, who was born in Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales...

, Alec Burdon, Allen Oxlade

Allen Oxlade

Allen Martindale Oxlade was an Australian rugby union player a state and national representative hooker who captained the Wallabies in 1907.-Early life and club rugby:...

, Voy Oxenham

Voy Oxenham

Anselm McEvoy "Voy" Oxenham was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Oxenham, a prop, was born in Brisbane, Queensland and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain, at Brisbane, on 23 July 1904.-References:...

, Alex McKinnon

Alex McKinnon (rugby)

Alexander "Alex" McKinnon was a rugby union player who represented Australia.McKinnon, a lock, was born in Smeaton, Victoria and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Brisbane, on 23 July 1904.-References:...

, Denis Lutge

Denis Lutge

Denis "Dinny" Lutge was a pioneer Australian rugby league and rugby union player, a dual-code international...

, Puddin Colton

Puddin Colton

, Harold Judd, Patrick Walsh

Patrick Walsh

Patrick Walsh was an American politician and journalist.Walsh was born in Ballingarry, County Limerick, Ireland. With his parents he emigrated in 1852 to Charleston, South Carolina, where he was apprenticed to a printer...

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British Isles: AB O'Brien, Willie Llewellyn

Willie Llewellyn

, Rhys Gabe

Rhys Gabe

, Pat McEvedy, T Morgan

Teddy Morgan

Edward "Teddy" Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks and is remembered for scoring the winning try...

(c) , P Bush

Percy Bush

, Tommy Vile, Reg Edwards DH Trail

David Trail

David Trail was a rugby union international who represented a forerunner of the British and Irish Lions, known as the Anglo-Welsh on their tour of Australasia in 1904.-Early life:...

, D Dobson

Denys Dobson

, S Bevan

Sid Bevan

Thomas Sydney "Sid" Bevan was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales and the British Lions. Bevan played club rugby for Swansea, joining the club in 1897.-Rugby career:...

, Stuart Saunders, SN Crowther, B Swannell

Blair Swannell

Major Blair Inskip Swannell was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Northampton...

, Boxer Harding.

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Australia 3rd Test

Australia: Charlie Redwood

Charlie Redwood

, Fred Nicholson

Fred Nicholson (rugby)

Frederick Charles "Fred" Nicholson was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Nicholson, a wing, was born in Brisbane, Queensland and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 30 July 1904.-References:...

, Frank Futter

Frank Futter

Francis Cuthbert "Frank" Futter was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Futter, a centre, was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales and claimed one international rugby caps for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 30 July 1904.-References:...

, Stan Wickham

Stan Wickham

Stan Wickham was a pioneer Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative centre who captained the Australian national side on a number of occasions in the early 1900s...

(c), Doug McLean, Snr.

Doug McLean, Snr.

Douglas James "Doug" McLean was a pioneer Australian representative rugby union and rugby league footballer, a dual-code international...

, Lew Evans

Lew Evans

, Francis Finley

Francis Finley

Francis George Finley was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Finley, a scrum-half, was born in Armidale, New South Wales and claimed one international rugby caps for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 30 July 1904.-References:...

, Jack Meibusch

Jack Meibusch

John Henry "Jack" Meibusch was a rugby union player who represented in the Australia national rugby union team.Meibusch, a prop, was born in Surat, Queensland and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 30 July 1904...

, Allen Oxlade

Allen Oxlade

Allen Martindale Oxlade was an Australian rugby union player a state and national representative hooker who captained the Wallabies in 1907.-Early life and club rugby:...

, Billy Richards

Billy Richards (rugby)

, Blue Dixon

Blue Dixon

Ernest Joseph "Blue" Dixon was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Dixon, a lock, was born in Brisbane, Queensland and claimed one international rugby caps for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 30 July 1904.-References:...

, Denis Lutge

Denis Lutge

Denis "Dinny" Lutge was a pioneer Australian rugby league and rugby union player, a dual-code international...

, Jim White

Jim White (rugby)

James Matthew "Jim" White was a rugby union player who represented Australia.White, a flanker, was born in Orange, New South Wales and claimed one international rugby caps for Australia, playing against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 30 July 1904.-References:...

, Harold Judd, Patrick Walsh

Patrick Walsh

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British Isles: AB O'Brien, Willie Llewellyn

Willie Llewellyn

, Rhys Gabe

Rhys Gabe

, Pat McEvedy, T Morgan

Teddy Morgan

Edward "Teddy" Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks and is remembered for scoring the winning try...

(c) , P Bush

Percy Bush

, Tommy Vile, Reg Edwards DH Trail

David Trail

David Trail was a rugby union international who represented a forerunner of the British and Irish Lions, known as the Anglo-Welsh on their tour of Australasia in 1904.-Early life:...

, D Dobson

Denys Dobson

, S Bevan

Sid Bevan

Thomas Sydney "Sid" Bevan was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales and the British Lions. Bevan played club rugby for Swansea, joining the club in 1897.-Rugby career:...

, Burnett Massey, SN Crowther, Blair Swannell

Blair Swannell

Major Blair Inskip Swannell was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Northampton...

, Boxer Harding

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New Zealand: RW McGregor, Duncan McGregor

Duncan McGregor

Duncan McGregor , was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He was a member of the legendary 1905 Original All Blacks and went on the 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.-Rugby Football:...

, Eric Harper

Eric Harper

Eric Tristram Harper was a New Zealand sportsman, who is most notable for playing rugby union for the New Zealand national rugby union team and in 1905 became one of the Original All Blacks when he toured Britain and Ireland with Dave Gallaher's team.A keen athlete, Harper was a hurdler at...

, ME Wood, Billy Wallace

Billy Wallace

William Joseph Wallace , usually known as Billy Wallace, was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He was a member of the legendary 1905 Original All Blacks. Wallace won his first Test cap for New Zealand on 15 August 1903 against Australia...

, Billy Stead

Billy Stead

Billy Stead was a New Zealand rugby union player born in Invercargill who played for the All Blacks in their 1905 tour. Stead also played for Southland, and later coached various teams, including Southland and the New Zealand Māori...

(c), P Harvey, Dave Gallaher

Dave Gallaher

David "Dave" Gallaher was a New Zealand rugby union footballer, best known as the captain of "The Originals", the first New Zealand national rugby union team to be known as the All Blacks....

, GA Tyler, FA McMinn, WS Glenn, Tom Cross

Tom Cross (rugby)

Tom "Angry" William Cross was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.-Rugby Football:...

, BJ Fanning, GW Nicholson, Charlie Seeling

Charlie Seeling

Charles Edward "Bronco" Seeling was a New Zealand international rugby football player of the early 20th century. He played in the forwards for the original All Blacks, appearing in 11 tests.Seeling then signed with English rugby league club, Wigan in 1910...

British Isles: AB O'Brien, PF McEvedy, Willie Llewellyn

Willie Llewellyn

, Rhys Gabe

Rhys Gabe

, T Morgan (c), P Bush, Tommy Vile

Tommy Vile

Major Thomas Henry "Tommy" Vile MBE was a Welsh international rugby union player. He played club rugby predominantly for Newport, captaining the side twice and played county rugby for Monmouthshire. He also represented the British Isles in Australia, and after retiring from playing became an...

, RJ Rogers, DH Trail

David Trail

David Trail was a rugby union international who represented a forerunner of the British and Irish Lions, known as the Anglo-Welsh on their tour of Australasia in 1904.-Early life:...

, Denys Dobson

Denys Dobson

, Sid Bevan

Sid Bevan

Thomas Sydney "Sid" Bevan was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales and the British Lions. Bevan played club rugby for Swansea, joining the club in 1897.-Rugby career:...

, RW Edwards, SN Crowther, Blair Swannell

Blair Swannell

Major Blair Inskip Swannell was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Northampton...

, Arthur Harding

Arthur Harding

Arthur Flowers Harding was an English-born international rugby union player who played for and captained the Wales national team. Often called 'Boxer' Harding, he was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in a game considered one of the greatest in the history of...

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