1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

The British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia in 1950 was the first post-war tour made by the Lions. The Lions, sporting newly redesigned jerseys and displaying a fresh style of play, managed to win 22 and draw one of 29 matches over the two nations. The Lions won the opening four fixtures before losing to Otago and Southland, but succeeded in holding the All Blacks to a nine-all draw. The Lions performed well in the remaining All Black tests though they lost all three, the team did not lose another non-test in the New Zealand leg of the tour. The Lions won all their games in Australia except for their final fixture against a New South Wales XV in Newcastle. They won both of the two tests against Australia, in Brisbane and in Sydney.

quad

Backs:
*AW Black (Edinburgh University and Scotland)
*Billy Cleaver (Cardiff and Wales)
*NJ Henderson (Queen's University RFC and Ireland)
*Lewis Jones (Llanelli and Wales)
*Ken Jones (Newport and Wales)
*Jack Kyle (Queen's University RFC and Ireland)
*MF Lane (University College Cork R.F.C. and Ireland)
*R Macdonald (Edinburgh University and Scotland)
*Jack Matthews (Cardiff and Wales)
*GW Norton (Bective Rangers and Ireland)
*I Preece (Coventry and England)
*G Rimmer (Waterloo and England)
*DWC Smith (London Scottish and Scotland)
*Malcolm Thomas (Newport and Wales)
*Bleddyn Williams (Cardiff and Wales)
*WR Willis (Cardiff and Wales)

Forwards:
*Grahame Budge (Edinburgh Wanderers and Scotland)
*Tom Clifford (Young Munster and Ireland)
*C Davies (Cardiff and Wales)
*DM Davies (Somerset Police and Wales)
*Bob Evans (Newport and Wales)
*Don Hayward (Newbridge and Wales)
*ER John (Neath and Wales)
*PW Kininmonth (Richmond and Scotland)
*JS McCarthy (Dolphin and Ireland)
*JW McKay (Queen's University RFC and Ireland)
*Karl Mullen (capt) (Old Belvedere and Ireland)
*JE Nelson (Malone and Ireland)
*VG Roberts (Penryn and England)
*John Robins (Birkenhead Park and Wales)
*Rees Stephens (Neath and Wales)

Manager: LB Osborne

Results

*Lions 24-3 Nelson, Marlborough, Golden Bay and Motueka
*Lions 24-9 Buller
*Lions 32-3 West Coast
*Lions 9-23 Otago
*Lions 0-11 Southland
*Lions 9-9 New Zealand (Dunedin)
*Lions 27-8 South Canterbury
*Lions 16-5 Canterbury
*Lions 29-6 Ashburton County-North Otago
*Lions 0-8 New Zealand (Christchurch)
*Lions 27-13 Wairarapa-Bush
*Lions 20-0 Hawke's Bay
*Lions 27-3 East Coast, Poverty Bay and Bay of Plenty
*Lions 12-6 Wellington
*Lions 3-6 New Zealand (Wellington)
*Lions 31-3 Wanganui
*Lions 25-3 Taranaki
*Lions 13-8 Manawatu–Horowhenua
*Lions 30-0 Waikato, Thames Valley and King Country
*Lions 8-6 North Auckland
*Lions 32-9 Auckland
*Lions 8-11 New Zealand (Auckland)
*Lions 14-9 New Zealand Maoris
*Lions 47-3 Combined Country
*Lions 22-6 New South Wales
*Lions 19-6 Nrut|Australia (Brisbane)
*Lions 24-3 Nrut|Australia (Sydney)
*Lions 26-17 Metropolitan Union
*Lions 12-17 New South Wales XV
*Lions 44-6 Ceylon (unofficial)

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