1927 British Lions tour to Argentina

1927 British Lions Tour to Argentina
Date	24 July  – 21 August
Coach(es)	James Baxter
Tour captain(s)	David MacMyn
Test series winners	British and Irish Lions (4–0)
Top test point scorer(s)	Ernest Hammett (40)
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C D Aarvold, E. Hammett and EG Taylor, covered on El Gráfico.

During its second tour to Argentina, the British Lions played 9 matches there. Although this was not an official tour, The River Plate Rugby Union (now Unión Argentina de Rugby) recognised four of them as the first official matches of Argentina national team.

The British Lions were formed by English and Scottish players.^[1][2]

Touring team

Player	Position	Club	Born / National team	1st test	2nd test	3rd test	4th test
Roger Wakefield	Forward	Cambridge Univ.	(uncapped)
JNS Wallens	Fullback		England	Played		Played	Played
AF Hamilton Smythe	Three-Quarter		(uncapped)			Played
RF Kelly	Three-Quarter		Scotland	Played	Played		Played
EG Taylor	Wing	Oxford Univ.	Scotland		Played	Played	Played
C D Aarvold	Wing	Cambridge Univ.	England (capped in 1928)	Played	Played	Played	Played
Peter Douty	Scrum-half		Scotland		Played	Played
George McIlwaine	Flanker	Cambridge Univ.	South Africa (uncapped)	Played	Played	Played	Played
AD Allen	F. Prop	Cambridge Univ.	(uncapped)	Played	Played	Played	Played
Granville Coghlan	Lock	Cambridge Univ.	England (uncapped)		Played		Played
TW Gubb	Lock	Oxford Univ.	South Africa (uncapped)			Played
DS Troup	Lock/Flanker	Oxford Univ.	(uncapped)	Played		Played
E Coley	Flanker		England (capped in 1929)		Played		Played
Theodore Pike	Flanker	Lansdowne	Ireland	Played
DE Law	Hooker		England	Played	Played	Played	Played
CT Payne	Prop		Ireland	Played	Played	Played	Played
DJ MacMyn (C)	Number 8	London Scottish	Scotland	Played	Played	Played	Played
EDG Hammett	Three-Quarter		England	Played	Played	Played
JL Farrell	Lock		Ireland	Played	Played	Played	Played
WH Sobey	Scrum-half	Old Millhillians	England (capped in 1920)	Played	Played		Played
JOJ Malfroy	Scrum-half	Cambridge Univ.	New Zealand (uncapped)
RS Spong	Fly-half	Old Millhillians	England (capped in 1929)	Played	Played	Played	Played
GS Wilson	Wing		England (capped in 1929)	Played			Played

• Manager: James "Bim" Baxter

Results

The British Lions played 9 matches in Argentina, winning all of them, with only 9 points conceded.

31 July 1927

Argentina	0–37	Great Britain XV
		Try: Aarvold, Hammett Kelly, MacMyn Payne, Spong Wilson 2 Con: Hammett 3 Pen: Hammett Drop: Spong

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Referee: Thomas Vile ( – WRU)

7 August 1927

Argentina	0–46	Great Britain XV
		Try: Aarvold 4, Kelly 2 McIlwaine, MacMyn Payne, Spong Con: Hammett 6 Drop: Hammett

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Attendance: .000 Referee: Thomas Vile ( – WRU)

10 August 1927

Combined team [5]	3–44	Great Britain XV

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires

14 August 1927

Argentina	3–34	Great Britain XV
Goal from mark: Torino		Try: Douty, Hamilton-Smythe 2 McIlwaine, Taylor 3 Con: Hammett 5 Pen: Hammett

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Attendance: .000 Referee: Thomas Vile ( – WRU)

21 August 1927

Argentina	0–43	Great Britain XV
		Try: Aarvold 3, Coghlan Kelly 2, McIlwaine MacMyn, Sobey Spong, Wilson Con: Wilson 5

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Attendance: .000 Referee: Thomas Vile ( – WRU)

References

Bibliography

• River Plate Rugby Union (December 1927). "MEMORIA Temporada año 1927" (.pdf) (in Spanish).