1927 British Lions tour to Argentina

Touring party

Manager: James "Bim" Baxter

Name	Position	Club	Country	First Test	Second Test	Third Test	Fourth Test
RC Wakefield Roger Cuthbert Wakefield Roger Cuthbert Wakefield CMG, OBE, FRICS was a prominent English surveyor, former director of the British Sudan Survey department, and an early twentieth century rugby union international who is known as one of the “lost lions” due to his participation on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina...		Cambridge University RUFC	uncapped
JNS Wallens	Full Back			Played		Played	Played
AF Hamilton Smythe	Three-Quarter Centre		uncapped			Played
RF Kelly Robert Kelly (rugby union) Robert Forrest Kelly was a Scottish rugby union player.He was a Three-Quarter Centre, and played four times for , against , , and in the 1927-8 season....	Three-Quarter Centre			Played	Played		Played
EG Taylor Edward Taylor (rugby union) Edward Graham Taylor was a Scottish rugby union player.He was a wing and played twice for , against and in 1927.He also went on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina.-References:...	Wing	Oxford University RFC 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:...			Played	Played	Played
C D Aarvold	Wing	Cambridge University RUFC	(received cap in 1928)	Played	Played	Played	Played
PS Douty Peter Douty Peter Sime Douty was a Scottish rugby union player.He was a scrum half, and played three times for , against , and in the 1927-8 season....	Full Back/Half back Scrum-half				Played	Played
George Arthren McIlwaine	Forward Flanker	Cambridge University RUFC	South Africa uncapped	Played	Played	Played	Played
AD Allen	Forward Prop	Cambridge University RUFC	uncapped	Played	Played	Played	Played
Granville Coghlan Granville Coghlan Granville Boyle Coghlan was an educationalist and an early twentieth century rugby union international who is known as one of the “lost lions” due to his participation on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina which, although retrospectively recognised as a Lions tour, did not confer test status...	Forward Lock	Cambridge University RUFC	England uncapped		Played		Played
TW Gubb Thomas Gubb Thomas Witheridge Gubb was a South African businessman and an early twentieth century rugby union international who is known as one of the “lost lions” due to his participation on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina which, although retrospectively recognised as a Lions tour, did not confer...	Forward Lock	Oxford University RFC 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:...	South Africa uncapped			Played
DS Troup	Forward Lock/Forward Flanker	Oxford University RFC 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:...	uncapped	Played		Played
E Coley	Forward Flanker		(received cap in 1929)		Played		Played
TO Pike	Forward Flanker		Ireland	Played
DE Law	Forward Hooker			Played	Played	Played	Played
CT Payne	Forward Prop		Ireland	Played	Played	Played	Played
DJ MacMyn David MacMyn Dr David James MacMyn TD, BA, MB, BCHIR was a rugby union international who represented Scotland from 1925 to 1928 later becoming president of the Scottish Rugby Union. He also practiced as a surgeon.-Early life:... *(tour captain)*	Forward Number 8	London Scottish F.C. London Scottish F.C. London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...		Played	Played	Played	Played
EDG Hammett				Played	Played	Played
JL Farrell James Leo Farrell James "Jimmy" Leo Farrell was an Irish rugby player. He played for Ireland and the British Lions on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina and the 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia-References:* * * *...	Forward Lock		Ireland	Played	Played	Played	Played
WH Sobey	Half back Scrum-half		(received cap in 1930)	Played	Played		Played
JOJ Malfroy Jules Malfroy Jules Olmer John Malfroy was a prominent New Zealand lawyer, former legal advisor during the Second World War to the British government and an early twentieth century rugby union international who is known as one of the “lost lions” due to his participation on the 1927 British Lions tour to...	Half back Scrum-half	Cambridge University RUFC	New Zealand uncapped
RS Spong Roger Spong Roger Spong was a rugby union international who represented England from 1929 to 1932.-Early life:Roger Spong was born on 23 October 1906 in Barnet into the family that had founded and ran Spong and Co...	Half back Fly-half		(received cap in 1929)	Played	Played	Played	Played
GS Wilson	Wing		(received cap in 1929)	Played			Played

Results

	Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Match 1	July 24	Anglo-argentinos		Won	0-27
Match 2	July 27	San Isidro Athletic Club San Isidro Athletic Club San Isidro Athletic Club are a defunct football club from San Isidro, Argentina. The club were predecessors of Club Atlético San Isidro who have gone on to become the most successful club in Argentine rugby union-History:...		Won	0-14
Match 3	July 31	Argentina Argentina national rugby union team The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international rugby union matches. The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union .Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British...	Estadio G.E.B.A. Estadio G.E.B.A. Estadio G.E.B.A. was a multi-use stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the home ground of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires. The stadium held 18,000 spectators... , Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...	Won	0-37
Match 4	August 3	Combinado Gimnasia Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (Sports Club) Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata is an Argentine sports club from La Plata, province of Buenos Aires. It was founded on June 3, 1887, as Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima... y CUBA Club Universitario de Buenos Aires Club Universitario de Buenos Aires is a sports club with headquarters in the Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina's federal district...		Won	0-24
Match 5	August 7	Argentina Argentina national rugby union team The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international rugby union matches. The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union .Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British...	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...	Won	0-46
Match 6	August 10	Combinado Belgrano Belgrano Athletic Club Belgrano Athletic Club is an amateur sports club from the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of Argentina's oldest institutions still in existence, Belgrano is one of the four clubs that founded the Argentine Rugby Union.... y Buenos Aires Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires This article is about a Rugby organization. URBA can also refer to the URBA mass transport system.The Buenos Aires Rugby Union , usually referred as URBA, is the governing body that organises and controls the rugby union in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as the Buenos Aires Provincial...		Won	3-44
Match 7	August 14	Argentina Argentina national rugby union team The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international rugby union matches. The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union .Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British...	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...	Won	3-34
Match 8	August 15	Combinado Clubes		Won	3-29
Match 9	August 21	Argentina Argentina national rugby union team The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international rugby union matches. The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union .Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British...	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...	Won	0-43

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