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1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

Field	Value
date	10 May – 18 September
coach	Leslie B. Osborne
captain	IRE Karl Mullen
test series winners
top test point scorer	WAL Lewis Jones (26)
preceded by	[South Africa 1938](1938-british-lions-tour-to-south-africa)
succeeded by	[South Africa 1955](1955-british-lions-tour-to-south-africa)
matchplayed	30
matchwon	23
matchdraw	1
matchlost	6
testplayed	6
testwon	2
testdraw	1
testlost	3
opponent1
played1	4
won1	0
draw1	1
lost1	3
opponent2
played2	2
won2	2
draw2	0
lost2	0

|top test point scorer = WAL Lewis Jones (26) |top test try scorer =

The British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia in 1950 was the first post-war tour made by the Lions; there had not been one since 1938.

The 1950 team was the first to be nicknamed "the British Lions", rather than just "British Isles" and sported newly redesigned jerseys and a fresh style of play, managing 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.

Because the team was travelling by ship, rather than by air as modern tours do, they also stopped off in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to play an unofficial game against the national team.

Squad

Manager: L.B. Osborne (England)

Player	Position	Club/province	Lions Tests this tour
Grahame Budge	Prop	Scotland Edinburgh Wanderers	2
Tom Clifford	Prop	IRE Young Munster	5
Cliff Davies	Prop	Wales Cardiff	1
John Robins	Prop	England Birkenhead Park	5
Dai Davies	Prop	England Somerset Police	3
Karl Mullen (c)	Hooker	IRE Old Belvedere	4
Roy John	Lock	Wales Neath	6
Don Hayward	Lock	Wales Newbridge	3
Jimmy Nelson	Lock	IRE Malone	4
Bob Evans	Flanker	Wales Newport	6
Jim McCarthy	Flanker	IRE Dolphin	0
Bill McKay	Flanker	IRE Queen's University RFC	6
Vic Roberts	Flanker	England Penryn	0
Peter Kininmonth	No. 8	England Richmond	3
Rees Stephens	No. 8	Wales Neath	2
Angus Black	Scrum-half	Scotland Edinburgh University	2
Gordon Rimmer	Scrum-half	England Waterloo	1
Rex Willis	Scrum-half	Wales Cardiff	3
Jack Kyle	Fly-half	IRE Queen's University	6
Noel Henderson	Centre	IRE Queen's University	1
Jack Matthews	Centre	Wales Cardiff	6
Ivor Preece	Centre	England Coventry	1
Bleddyn Williams	Centre	Wales Cardiff	5
Ken Jones	Wing	Wales Newport	3
Mick Lane	Wing	IRE University College Cork	2
Ranald Macdonald	Wing	Scotland Edinburgh University	2
George Norton	Wing	IRE Bective Rangers	0
Doug Smith	Wing	England London Scottish	1
Malcolm Thomas	Wing	Wales Newport	3
Billy Cleaver	Full-back	Wales Cardiff	3
Lewis Jones	Full-back	Wales Llanelli	3

Results

Scores and results list British Isles' points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Nelson-Marlborough-Golden Bay-Motueka	24	3	10 May 1950	Nelson	Tour Match
Buller	24	9	13 May 1950	Westport	Tour Match
West Coast	32	3	16 May 1950	Greymouth	Tour Match
Otago	9	23	19 May 1950	Dunedin	Tour Match
Southland	0	11	23 May 1950	Invercargill	Tour Match
New Zealand	9	9	27 May 1950	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Test Match
South Canterbury	27	8	30 May 1950	Timaru	Tour Match
Canterbury	16	5	3 June 1950	Christchurch	Tour Match
Ashburton County-North Otago	29	6	6 June 1950	Ashburton	Tour Match
New Zealand	0	8	10 June 1950	Christchurch	Test Match
Waiparapa Bush	27	13	14 June 1950	Masterton	Tour Match
Hawke's Bay	20	0	17 June 1950	Napier	Tour Match
East Coast–Poverty Bay–Bay of Plenty	27	3	21 June 1950	Gisborne	Tour Match
Wellington	12	6	24 June 1950	Athletic Park, Wellington,	Tour Match
New Zealand	3	6	1 July 1950	Athletic Park, Wellington	Test Match
Wanganui	31	3	5 July 1950	Wanganui	Tour Match
Taranaki	25	3	8 July 1950	New Plymouth	Tour Match
Manawatu–Horowhenua	13	8	12 July 1950	Palmerston North	Tour Match
Waikato- Thames Valley-King Country	30	0	15 July 1950	Hamilton	Tour Match
North Auckland	8	6	19 July 1950	Whangarei	Tour Match
Auckland	32	9	22 July 1950	Auckland	Tour Match
New Zealand	8	11	29 July 1950	Eden Park, Auckland	Test Match
New Zealand Māori	14	9	2 August 1950	Athletic Park, Wellington	Tour Match
Combined Country	47	3	9 August 1950		Tour Match
New South Wales	22	6	12 August 1950	Cricket Ground, Sydney	Tour Match
Australia	19	6	19 August 1950	The Gabba, Brisbane	Test Match
Australia	24	3	26 August 1950	Cricket Ground, Sydney	Test Match
Metropolitan Union	26	17	29 August 1950	Cricket Ground, Sydney	Tour Match
New South Wales	12	17	2 September 1950	Newcastle	Tour Match
Ceylon	44	6	18 September 1950	Colombo	Tour Match

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References

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