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1910 British Lions tour to South Africa

Field	Value
team	British Lions
yearstart	1910
matchplayed	24
matchwon	13
matchdraw	3
matchlost	8
testplayed	3
testwon	1
testdraw	0
testlost	2
opponent1
played1	3
won1	1
draw1	0
lost1	2
image	British isles rugby team 1910.jpg
imagesize	250px
caption	Official photo of the British Isles team
date	11 June – 6 September
coach
captain	IRE Tommy Smyth
test series winners
result	2–1
top test point scorer	ENG Jack Spoors (9)
preceded by	[Argentina 1910](1910-british-lions-tour-to-argentina)
succeeded by	[South Africa 1924](1924-british-lions-tour-to-south-africa)

|top test point scorer = ENG Jack Spoors (9) |top test try scorer =

The 1910 British Isles tour to South Africa was the eighth tour by a British Isles rugby union team and the fourth to South Africa. It is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950. As well as South Africa, the tour included a game in Bulawayo in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.

Led by Ireland's Tommy Smyth and managed by Walter E. Rees and W Cail the tour took in 24 matches. Of the 24 games, 21 were against club or invitational teams and three were test matches against the South African national team. The British Isles team lost two and won one test match against the Springboks.

Seven players from Newport RFC were selected for the tour which was for a time the record for players selected from one club for a British Lions Tour.

The Lions jerseys switched from red to blue, with white shorts and red socks. This combination would remain until 1950.

Touring party

Managers: Walter E. Rees and William Cail

Name	Position	Club	Country
Test	2°
Test	3°
Test	Tests
played	Non-tests
played
Stanley Williams	Full Back	Newport	England England	3	13
Mel Baker	Three-Quarter	Newport	Wales Wales	1	11
Reg Plummer	Three-Quarter	Newport	Wales Wales	0	12
Maurice Edward Neale	Three-Quarter	Bristol	England England	3	11
Alexander Foster	Three-Quarter	City of Derry	Ireland Ireland	2	15
C.G. Timms	Three-Quarter	Edinburgh University	Scotland Scotland	0	11
Jack Jones	Three-Quarter	Newport	Wales Wales	3	17
Jack Spoors	Three-Quarter	Bristol	England England	3	16
Kenneth Berridge Wood	Three-Quarter	Leicester	England England	1
Noel Forbes Humphreys	Half back	Tynedale	Wales Wales	0	5
Arthur Norman McClinton	Half back	North of Ireland	Ireland Ireland	0	8
G.A.M. Isherwood	Half back	Cheshire and Sale	England England	3	16
Eric Milroy	Half back	Watsonians	Scotland Scotland	0	4
Tommy Smyth (captain)	Forward	Newport	Ireland Ireland	2	16
William Tyrrell	Forward	Queen's University	Ireland Ireland	0	10
Dyne Fenton Smith	Forward	Richmond	England England	3	20
Phil Waller	Forward	Newport	Wales Wales	3
James Reid-Kerr	Forward	Greenock Wanderers	Scotland Scotland	0	0
R.C. Stevenson	Forward	St Andrews University RFC	Scotland Scotland	3	12
L.M. Speirs	Forward	Watsonians	Scotland Scotland	0	0
E. O'D Crean	Forward	Liverpool	England England	0	4
Harry Jarman	Forward	Newport	Wales Wales	3	14
O.J.S. Piper	Forward	Cork Constitution	Ireland Ireland	1	15
William Albert Robertson	Forward	Edinburgh University	Scotland Scotland	0	10
Charles Pillman	Forward	Blackheath	England England	2	14
William Joseph Ashby	Forward	Queen's College	Ireland Ireland	0	2
F.G. Handford	Forward	Kersal	England England	3	15
Tom Richards	Forward	Bristol	Australia Australia	2	10
Jim Webb	Forward	Abertillery	Wales Wales	3	7

;Notes

Results

Complete list of matches played by the British Isles in South Africa:

Test matches

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
1	11 June	South Western Districts	Mossel Bay	Won
2	15 June	Western Province (County)	Cape Town	Won
3	18 June	Western Province (College)	Cape Town	Won
4	22 June	Western Province (Town)	Cape Town	Drew
5	25 June	Western Province	Cape Town	Won
6	29 June	Griqualand West	Kimberley	Lost
7	2 July	Transvaal	Johannesburg	Lost
8	5 July	Pretoria	Pretoria	Won
9	7 July	Transvaal (County)	Johannesburg	Won
10	9 July	Transvaal	Johannesburg	Lost
11	13 July		Pietermaritzburg	Won
12	16 July		Durban	Won
13	20 July	Orange River County	Bloemfontein	Won
14	23 July	Griqualand West	Kimberley	Lost
15	27 July	Cape Colony	Kimberley	Lost
16	30 July	Southern Rhodesia	Bulawayo	Won
17	6 August		Wanderers Ground, Johannesburg	Lost
18	10 August	North Eastern Districts	Burgersdorp	Drew
19	13 August	Border	East London	Won
20	17 August	Border	King Williams Town	Drew
21	20 August	Eastern Province	Port Elizabeth	Won
22	27 August		Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth	Won
23	3 September		Newlands, Cape Town	Lost
24	6 September	Western Province	Cape Town	Lost

Pl	W	D	L	Ps	Pc
24	13	3	8	290	236

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080607011421/http://www.lionsrugby.com/history/412.php Lions change their stripes] on Lions website, 17 Apr 2005
[http://www.lionsrugby.com/player-archive/ Lions Rugby Official Site - Player Archive]
[http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/lions_results.html British & Irish Lions results] on Rugby Football History
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/4428407.stm Early Lions: Squads and results (1888–1938)] on BBC Sport, 18 May 2005

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