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The 1904 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was the sixth tour by a
British Isles
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rugby union
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team and the third to New Zealand or Australia. It is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950.
Led by Scotland
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captain David Bedell-Sivright
David Revell "Darkie" Bedell-Sivright (8 December 1880 – 5 September 1915) was a Scottish international rugby union forward who captained both Scotland and the British Isles. Born in Edinburgh, and educated at Fettes College where he l ...
and managed by Arthur O'Brien
Arthur Boniface O'Brien (15 May 1878 – 31 May 1951)test matchesthree against Lions change their stripes
on Lions website, 17 Apr 2005
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
and one against the New Zealand All Blacks
The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ...
. The Lions won all three Australian tests but lost the All Blacks' game.
This was the first time that a British team played both Australia and New Zealand in the same tour. It was also the last series until 1989 in which Australian matches were the major component; in between the only Australian fixtures were those appended onto a longer New Zealand tour. The team's captain, Bedell-Sivright, a veteran of the 1903 tour of South Africa, was requested to lead the team by England's Rugby Football Union
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. Bedell-Sivright broke his leg in the opening match of the New Zealand leg of the tour and Teddy Morgan
Edward "Teddy" Morgan (22 May 1880 – 1 September 1949) was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the victorious Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in the famous '' Match of the Century'' and is remembered for ...
took over the captaincy.
The uniforms wore by the Lions remained the same than previous tours, blue used in thick hoops and the red and white in thin bands.on Lions website, 17 Apr 2005
Touring party
*Manager:Arthur O'Brien
Arthur Boniface O'Brien (15 May 1878 – 31 May 1951)Christopher Stanger-Leathes
Christopher Francis Stanger-Leathes (9 May 1881 – 27 February 1966) was an English international rugby union player.
Stanger-Leathes was born at Kensington in May 1881. He was educated at Sherborne School, where he played for the school c ...
( Northern)
Three-quarters
* John Fisher (Hull and East Ridings) *Rhys Gabe
Rhys Thomas "Rusty" Gabe (22 June 1880 – 15 September 1967) born as Rees Thomas Gape,Jenkins (1991), pg 60. 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 c ...
(Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
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* Fred Jowett (Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe).
The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...
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*Willie Llewellyn
William Morris "Willie" Llewellyn (1 January 1878 – 12 March 1973) 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 Black ...
( Newport)
*Teddy Morgan
Edward "Teddy" Morgan (22 May 1880 – 1 September 1949) was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the victorious Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in the famous '' Match of the Century'' and is remembered for ...
(London Welsh
London Welsh Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cymry Llundain) was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, ...
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*Pat McEvedy
Patrick Francis McEvedy (17 March 1880 – 2 March 1935) was a rugby union player from New Zealand. He has the unique distinction of being on two British Lions tours, but never actually being capped for any nation. McEvedy was born in Southbri ...
(Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre.
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*Arthur O'Brien
Arthur Boniface O'Brien (15 May 1878 – 31 May 1951)Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre.
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Half-backs
*Percy Bush
Percy Frank Bush (23 June 1879 – 19 May 1955) 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 of the pre-First World W ...
(Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
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*Tommy Vile
Major Thomas Henry Vile MBE (6 September 1882 – 30 October 1958) 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 repres ...
( Newport)
*Frank Croft Hulme (Birkenhead Park
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Forwards
*David Bedell-Sivright
David Revell "Darkie" Bedell-Sivright (8 December 1880 – 5 September 1915) was a Scottish international rugby union forward who captained both Scotland and the British Isles. Born in Edinburgh, and educated at Fettes College where he l ...
(Cambridge University
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*Sid Bevan
Thomas Sidney "Sid" Bevan (2 May 1877 – 17 October 1933)
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on Rugby Football HistoryEarly Lions: Squads and results (1888–1938)
on BBC Sport, 18 May 2005 Test matches
1904 , Australia & New Zealand tour
on British Lions website (archived, 6 June 2014) * {{DEFAULTSORT:British Lions Tour To Australia And New Zealand 1904 1904 1903–04 in British rugby union 1904 in Irish sport 1904 in Australian rugby union 1904 in New Zealand rugby union 1904 rugby union tours
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Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe).
The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...
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*Sidney Nelson Crowther
Sidney Crowther (1875–1914) was an English rugby union international who represented Great Britain on the 1904 tour to Australia and New Zealand.
Early life
Sidney Crowther was born in the early part of 1875 in Keston, Kent and grew up at H ...
( Lennox FC)
*John Sharland (Streatham
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Streatham was in Surrey ...
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* Denys Dobson (Oxford University
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*Charlie Patterson (Malone RFC
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*Reg Edwards (Malone RFC
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*Arthur Harding
Arthur Flowers Harding (8 August 1878 – 15 May 1947) 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 Wales team for the famous '' ...
(Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
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*Burnett Massey (Hull and East Ridings)
*Ron Rogers ( Bath)
*Stuart Saunders (Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre.
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* D.H. Traill (Guy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre.
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*Blair Swannell
Blair Inskip Swannell (20 August 1875 – 25 April 1915) was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Northampton, and internationally for the British Isles and later Australia. He was invited to tour with t ...
(Northampton
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Results
Complete list of matches played by the British Lions:British & Irish Lions resultson Rugby Football HistoryEarly Lions: Squads and results (1888–1938)
on BBC Sport, 18 May 2005 Test matches
Test details
Australia 1st Test
----Australia 2nd Test
----Australia 3rd Test
----New Zealand
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Further reading
*External links
1904 , Australia & New Zealand tour
on British Lions website (archived, 6 June 2014) * {{DEFAULTSORT:British Lions Tour To Australia And New Zealand 1904 1904 1903–04 in British rugby union 1904 in Irish sport 1904 in Australian rugby union 1904 in New Zealand rugby union 1904 rugby union tours