1891 British Lions tour to South Africa

The 1891 British Isles tour to South Africa was the first British Isles

British and Irish Lions

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Rugby union

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tour of South Africa

South Africa

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and only the second overseas tour conducted by a joint British team. Between 9 July and 7 September, the team played 20 games, including three tests against the South Africa national rugby union team

South Africa national rugby union team

The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...

. The British Isles not only won all three Test matches, but also won all 17 provincial games. Although not named as such at the time, the tour is retrospectively recognised as a British Lions tour.

Tour details

After the South African Rugby Board

South African Rugby Board

The South African Rugby Board was the rugby union governing body of white South Africans between 1889 and 1992. The governing of white and coloured rugby union was handled separately during South Africa under Apartheid....

was formed in 1889, the Board committee decided one of the best ways to promote the game was to invite a British side to visit, similar to the British Isles tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1888. In September 1890 the Rugby Football Union

Rugby Football Union

The Rugby Football Union was founded in 1871 as the governing body for the sport of rugby union, and performed as the international governing body prior to the formation of the International Rugby Board in 1886...

(RFU) discussed the proposed tour; in attendance was Mr, J Richards of Cape Town, who, as an Old Leysian, had connections to the English game. The tour was agreed, with Cecil Rhodes agreeing to guarantee any financial losses the tour may incur.

The first overseas British tour of 1888, was not sanctioned by the RFU, and therefore is often not recognised as an official Lions tour, so the South African Tests were actually the first matches that allowed the British players to be awarded international caps.

Captained by Scottish international

Scotland national rugby union team

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Bill Maclagan, the British team consisted of players from English

England

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and Scottish clubs with a heavy contingent of members from Cambridge University teams. Of the players roughly half were, or would win national caps, and the majority of those who did not were former Cambridge Blues. Although containing four Scots, the fact that the tour was organised by the RFU, the team was initially recognised as an English team, but retrospectively gained its British Isles tag. The touring party had been selected by a committee composed of G. Rowland-Hill, the president of the RFU, R.S. Whalley, Harry Vassall

Harry Vassall

Henry Vassall was an English rugby union player, best known as a centre for Oxford University. Vassall played international rugby for England in the early years of the sport, winning five caps and scoring a hat-trick of tries in the first encounter between England and Wales.While at Oxford...

, Arthur Budd and J.H.S. McArthur.

The British team took in twenty matches, three of them tests against the South African team. The tourists won all twenty matches conceding just a single try, which was scored against them in the very first game. Although the Test top scorer for the tourists was Arthur Rotherham

Arthur Rotherham

Arthur Rotherham was an English rugby union scrum-half who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was later capped for the England team.-Personal history:...

, mainly because a conversion at the time was worth twice as much as a try; the tour's outstanding scorer was Randolph Aston

Randolph Aston

Randolph Littleton Aston was an English rugby union centre who played club rugby for Blackheath and Cambridge University and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891.-Personal history:...

. At six foot three, and weighing 15 stones, Aston played in all 20 matches and was the unstopable try scorer of the tour. Out of the 89 tries scored by the British team, Aston scored 30 including the first ever try against the South African team in the first test.

The tourists played in red and white hooped shirts and dark blue shorts

Full Backs

William Grant Mitchell
William Grant Mitchell
William Grant "Willie" Mitchell was an English rugby union fullback who was a member of the first official British Isles team. Mitchell represented several club teams and was an original member of touring team, the Barbarians....

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

and Richmond
Richmond F.C.
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)
Edward Bromet
Edward Bromet
Edward Bromet was an English rugby union forward who was a member of the first official British Isles team to tour abroad...

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

)

Three-Quarters

Paul Robert Clauss
Paul Robert Clauss
Paul Robert Clauss was a German-born rugby union three-quarter who played club rugby for Oxford and Birkenhead Park. Clauss was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891 and also represented Scotland on six occasions...

(Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
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and )
Randolph Aston
Randolph Aston
Randolph Littleton Aston was an English rugby union centre who played club rugby for Blackheath and Cambridge University and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891.-Personal history:...

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

)
Bill Maclagan
Bill Maclagan
William Edward "Bill" Maclagan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C....

(London Scottish and ) (captain)

Half backs

Howard Marshall
Howard Marshall (rugby player)
Dr. Howard Marshall OBE was an English rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Blackheath and Richmond and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891...

(Richmond
Richmond F.C.
Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...

)
B.G. Roscoe (Lancashire)
Arthur Rotherham
Arthur Rotherham
Arthur Rotherham was an English rugby union scrum-half who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was later capped for the England team.-Personal history:...

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

)
William Wotherspoon
William Wotherspoon (rugby player)
William Wotherspoon was a Scottish rugby union half-back who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was also capped for the Scotland team...

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

and )

Forwards

William Bromet
William Bromet
William Ernest Bromet was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Oxford and Tadcaster and county rugby for Yorkshire. Bromet and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891 and represented England on twelve occasions between 1891 and 1896...

(Oxford University
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:...

)
John Harding Gould (Old Leysians)
Johnny Hammond
Johnny Hammond (rugby player)
John "Johnny" Hammond was an English rugby union forward who, although not capped for England, was part of three British Lions tours, all to South Africa. He gained three caps during the 1891 tour to South Africa and captained the 1896 tour, winning another two test caps...

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

)
Froude Hancock
Froude Hancock
Philip Froude Hancock universally known as Froude Hancock was an English rugby union forward who played international rugby for the British Isles XV on two tours, the 1891 and 1896 tour of South Africa.-Personal life:...

(Somerset)
Walter Jesse Jackson
Walter Jesse Jackson
Walter Jesse Jackson was an English rugby union forward who played international rugby for the British Isles and England.-Rugby career:Jackson first came to note as a rugby player while representing Gloucester...

(Gloucester)
Robert MacMillan
Robert MacMillan
Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...

(London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
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and )
Edwin Mayfield
Edwin Mayfield
Edwin Mayfiled was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891...

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

)
Clement Pearson Simpson
Clement Pearson Simpson
Clement Pearson Simpson OBE was an English rugby union forward who was a member of the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891.-Personal history:...

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

)
Aubone Surtees
Aubone Surtees
Aubone Alfred Surtees was an English rugby union forward who played international rugby for the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891.-Personal life:...

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

)
Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson (rugby player)
Robert Thompson was an Irish rugby union forward who was a member of the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891...

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

)
William Henry Thorman
William Henry Thorman
William Henry Thorman was an English rugby union forward who was a member of the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891. Despite playing for Cambridge and the British Isles, Thorman was never awarded a national cap....

(Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

)
Thomas Sherren Whittaker
Thomas Sherren Whittaker
Thomas Sherren Whittaker was an English rugby union forward who was a member of the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891. Whittaker was also an original member of invitational touring team, the Barbarians...

(Lancashire)

Results

	Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Match 1	9 July	Cape Town	Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...	Won	15-1
Match 2	11 July	Western Province Western Province (rugby team) DHL Western Province is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The team has won the Currie Cup on 32 occasions and has the most supporters of any Currie Cup team...	Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...	Won	6-0
Match 3	13 July	Cape Colony Cape Colony The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...	Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...	Won	14-0
Match 4	18 July	Kimberley	Kimberley Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...	Won	7-0
Match 5	20 July	Griqualand West Wildeklawer Griquas The GWK Griquas are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. Their home ground is Hoffe Park Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as GWK Park in Kimberley, and they draw their players from Northern Cape Province. They were previously known as...	Kimberley Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...	Won	3-0
Match 6	25 July	Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth	Won	22-0
Match 7	28 July	Eastern Province Mighty Elephants The Eastern Province Kings are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup tournaments and are governed by the Eastern Province Rugby Union...	Port Elizabeth	Won	21-0
Match 8	30 July	South Africa South Africa national rugby union team The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...	Port Elizabeth	Won	4-0
Match 9	1 August	Grahamstown	Grahamstown Grahamstown Grahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality. The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124,758. The population of the surrounding areas, including the actual city was 41,799 of which 77.4% were black,...	Won	9-0
Match 10	4 August	King William's Town	King William's Town	Won	18-0
Match 11	6 August	King William's Town & District	King William's Town	Won	16-0
Match 12	11 August	Pietermaritzburg	Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838, and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, and this is the name used for the district municipality...	Won	25-0
Match 13	15 August	Transvaal Golden Lions The Golden Lions is a provincial rugby team based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The team was originally known as Transvaal, before changes to the political landscape in South Africa forced a name change to the Gauteng Lions, before again being changed to the Golden Lions. For sponsorship reason...	Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...	Won	22-0
Match 14	19 August	Johannesburg	Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...	Won	15-0
Match 15	22 August	Transvaal Golden Lions The Golden Lions is a provincial rugby team based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The team was originally known as Transvaal, before changes to the political landscape in South Africa forced a name change to the Gauteng Lions, before again being changed to the Golden Lions. For sponsorship reason...	Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...	Won	9-0
Match 16	26 August	Cape Colony Cape Colony The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...	Kimberley Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...	Won	4-0
Match 17	29 August	South Africa South Africa national rugby union team The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...	Kimberley Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...	Won	3-0
Match 18	3 September	Cape Colony	Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...	Won	7-0
Match 19	5 September	South Africa South Africa national rugby union team The South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...	Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...	Won	4-0
Match 20	7 September	Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch	Won	2-0

First Test

South Africa Ben Duff, Harry Boyes

Harry Boyes

Harry Churchill Boyes was a South African international rugby union winger. He was educated at Diocesan College before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West. He made two appearances for South Africa, both during Great Britain's 1891 tour...

, Chubb Vigne

Chubb Vigne

James Talbot "Chubb" Vigne was a South African international rugby union player.Born in Fort Beaufort, and educated at New College, Eastbourne, Vigne first played provincial rugby for Transvaal .He was selected to play for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour and played at centre for all...

, Mosey van Buuren

Mosey van Buuren

Mauritz Christiaan Willem Egmond "Mosey" van Buuren was a South African international rugby union player who played as a wing. Born in Burgersdorp, he attended Diocesan College before playing provincial rugby for Western Province...

, Alfred Richards, Frank Guthrie

Frank Guthrie

Frank Edward Huntingdon Guthrie was an England born South African international rugby union half-back. Although born in Notting Hill, London, Guthrie was educated at Diocesan College in Cape Town, where he also played provincial rugby for Western Province...

, Oupa Versfeld

Oupa Versfeld

Marthinus "Oupa" Versfeld was a South African international rugby union player. He was born and educated in Cape Town, where he attended SACS and played provincial rugby with Western Province. Versfeld made his only Test appearances for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour...

, Bill Bisset

Bill Bisset

William Molteno "Bill" Bisset was a South African international rugby union player. He was born in Kenilworth, Cape Town, where he attended Diocesan College and represented Western Province in the inaugural Currie Cup. He made his only two appearances for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891...

, Herbert Hayton Castens

Herbert Hayton Castens

Herbert Hayton Castens was a South African rugby union footballer, and cricketer. He was South Africa's first ever rugby and cricket captain. Castens played an important role in the development of rugby and cricket in South Africa, both on and off the pitch. He was usually known as H.H...

(capt.), Tiger Devenish

Tiger Devenish

Mynardus Jeremias "Tiger" Devenish was a South African international rugby union player. Born in Victoria West, he attended SACS before playing provincial rugby for Transvaal...

, Japie Louw

Japie Louw

Jacob Stephanus "Japie" Louw was a South African international rugby union player. Born in Durbanville, he attended Paul Roos Gymnasium before playing provincial rugby for Transvaal . He made his only appearances for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour, South Africa's first as a Test...

, Edward Little

Edward Little (rugby union)

Edward McMillan Little was a Scottish-born South African international rugby union player. Born in Midlothian, he first played provincial rugby for Griqualand West , before joining Western Province. He made his only two Test appearances for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour...

, Fred Alexander

Fred Alexander (rugby union)

Frederick Augustus "Fred" Alexander was a South African international rugby union player. Born in Malmesbury, he attended Kimberley Boys' High School before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West . He made his only two Test appearances for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour...

, GA Merry, Frank Hamilton

Frank Hamilton (rugby union)

George Henry "Frank" Hamilton was a South African international rugby union player. Born in Cape Town, he first played provincial rugby for Eastern Province. He made his only Test appearance for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour. He played as a forward in the 1st Test of the series, a...

British Isles William Grant Mitchell

William Grant Mitchell

William Grant "Willie" Mitchell was an English rugby union fullback who was a member of the first official British Isles team. Mitchell represented several club teams and was an original member of touring team, the Barbarians....

, Paul Robert Clauss

Paul Robert Clauss

Paul Robert Clauss was a German-born rugby union three-quarter who played club rugby for Oxford and Birkenhead Park. Clauss was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891 and also represented Scotland on six occasions...

, Randolph Aston

Randolph Aston

, Bill Maclagan

Bill Maclagan

William Edward "Bill" Maclagan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C....

(capt.), Arthur Rotherham

Arthur Rotherham

Arthur Rotherham was an English rugby union scrum-half who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was later capped for the England team.-Personal history:...

, William Wotherspoon

William Wotherspoon (rugby player)

William Wotherspoon was a Scottish rugby union half-back who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was also capped for the Scotland team...

, William Bromet

William Bromet

William Ernest Bromet was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Oxford and Tadcaster and county rugby for Yorkshire. Bromet and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891 and represented England on twelve occasions between 1891 and 1896...

, John Harding Gould, Johnny Hammond

Johnny Hammond (rugby player)

John "Johnny" Hammond was an English rugby union forward who, although not capped for England, was part of three British Lions tours, all to South Africa. He gained three caps during the 1891 tour to South Africa and captained the 1896 tour, winning another two test caps...

, Froude Hancock

Froude Hancock

Philip Froude Hancock universally known as Froude Hancock was an English rugby union forward who played international rugby for the British Isles XV on two tours, the 1891 and 1896 tour of South Africa.-Personal life:...

, Robert MacMillan

Robert MacMillan

Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...

, Clement Pearson Simpson

Clement Pearson Simpson

Clement Pearson Simpson OBE was an English rugby union forward who was a member of the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891.-Personal history:...

, Aubone Surtees

Aubone Surtees

Aubone Alfred Surtees was an English rugby union forward who played international rugby for the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891.-Personal life:...

, Robert Thompson

Robert Thompson (rugby player)

Robert Thompson was an Irish rugby union forward who was a member of the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891...

, Thomas Sherren Whittaker

Thomas Sherren Whittaker

Thomas Sherren Whittaker was an English rugby union forward who was a member of the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891. Whittaker was also an original member of invitational touring team, the Barbarians...

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Second Test

South Africa Ben Duff, Harry Boyes

Harry Boyes

, Chubb Vigne

Chubb Vigne

, Arthur de Kock

Arthur de Kock

Arthur Nicholas "Sas" de Kock was a South African international rugby union winger. Born in Hopetown, he attended Paul Roos Gymnasium before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West. He made his only appearance for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour, South Africa's first as a Test...

, Alfred Richards, Jackie Powell

Jackie Powell

John "Jackie" Powell was a rugby union player who represented South Africa 4 times, once as captain. At 19 years 260 days, he is one of the youngest ever players to have represented South Africa. He also played first-class cricket for Griqualand West....

, Oupa Versfeld

Oupa Versfeld

, Bob Snedden

Bob Snedden

Robert Campbell Ditchburn Snedden was a Scottish-born South African rugby union footballer. Snedden played only one Test for South Africa, in which he was captain, in 1891...

(capt.), Bob Shand

Bob Shand

Robert "Bob" Shand was a South African international rugby union player. He was born in Tulbagh and educated in Swellendam before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West. Shand made his only two Test appearances for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour, South Africa's first as a Test...

, Wilfred Trenery

Wilfred Trenery

Wilfred Eldred Trenery was an England-born South African international rugby union player, he played provincial rugby for Griqualand West. Trenery made his only appearance for South Africa during Great Britain's 1891 tour, South Africa's first as a Test nation...

, Japie Louw

Japie Louw

, DW Smith, Fred Alexander

Fred Alexander (rugby union)

, Fairy Heatlie

Fairy Heatlie

Barry "Fairy" Heatlie was a rugby union player, representing both South Africa and Argentina. He was the fifth captain of the South African rugby union team and is attributed as the man who gave the Springboks their famous green jersey.His contributions to the early development of South African...

, CW Smith

British Isles William Grant Mitchell

William Grant Mitchell

, Paul Robert Clauss

Paul Robert Clauss

, Randolph Aston

Randolph Aston

, Bill Maclagan

Bill Maclagan

William Edward "Bill" Maclagan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C....

(capt.), Howard Marshall

Howard Marshall (rugby player)

Dr. Howard Marshall OBE was an English rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Blackheath and Richmond and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891...

, Edward Bromet

Edward Bromet

Edward Bromet was an English rugby union forward who was a member of the first official British Isles team to tour abroad...

, William Bromet

William Bromet

, John Harding Gould, Johnny Hammond

Johnny Hammond (rugby player)

, Froude Hancock

Froude Hancock

, Robert MacMillan

Robert MacMillan

Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...

, Edwin Mayfield

Edwin Mayfield

Edwin Mayfiled was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891...

, Aubone Surtees

Aubone Surtees

Aubone Alfred Surtees was an English rugby union forward who played international rugby for the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891.-Personal life:...

, Robert Thompson

Robert Thompson (rugby player)

Robert Thompson was an Irish rugby union forward who was a member of the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891...

, Thomas Sherren Whittaker

Thomas Sherren Whittaker

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Third Test

South Africa Ben Duff, AJ Hartley, Chubb Vigne

Chubb Vigne

, Hasie Versfeld

Hasie Versfeld

Charles "Hasie" Versfeld was a South African international rugby union player. Born in Wynberg, Cape Town, he was educated at Green Point Grammar School before playing provincial rugby for Western Province. Versfeld made his only appearance for South Africa in the 3rd Test of Great Britain's 1891...

, Alfred Richards (capt.), Frank Guthrie

Frank Guthrie

, Oupa Versfeld

Oupa Versfeld

, Bill Bisset

Bill Bisset

, Bob Shand

Bob Shand

, CG van Renen, Japie Louw

Japie Louw

, Edward Little

Edward Little (rugby union)

, JA McKendrick, Fairy Heatlie

Fairy Heatlie

, TW Chignell

British Isles William Grant Mitchell

William Grant Mitchell

, Paul Robert Clauss

Paul Robert Clauss

, Randolph Aston

Randolph Aston

, Bill Maclagan

Bill Maclagan

William Edward "Bill" Maclagan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C....

(capt.), Howard Marshall

Howard Marshall (rugby player)

Dr. Howard Marshall OBE was an English rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Blackheath and Richmond and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891...

, Arthur Rotherham

Arthur Rotherham

Arthur Rotherham was an English rugby union scrum-half who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was later capped for the England team.-Personal history:...

, William Bromet

William Bromet

, Edward Bromet

Edward Bromet

Edward Bromet was an English rugby union forward who was a member of the first official British Isles team to tour abroad...

, Johnny Hammond

Johnny Hammond (rugby player)

, Froude Hancock

Froude Hancock

, Robert MacMillan

Robert MacMillan

Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...

, Edwin Mayfield

Edwin Mayfield

Edwin Mayfiled was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891...

, Aubone Surtees

Aubone Surtees

Aubone Alfred Surtees was an English rugby union forward who played international rugby for the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891.-Personal life:...

, Robert Thompson

Robert Thompson (rugby player)

Robert Thompson was an Irish rugby union forward who was a member of the British Isles XV that toured South Africa in 1891...

, Thomas Sherren Whittaker

Thomas Sherren Whittaker

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