1936 British Lions tour to Argentina

The 1936 Great Britain tour of Argentina was a series of rugby union matches arranged between a British invitational team and various Argentine teams. The tourists played ten matches, nine of which were against club and combined teams while one match took in a full Argentina national team.[1] Despite being sanctioned by the International Rugby Board, no caps were awarded to players from either side.

1936 British Lions Tour to Argentina
Date15 July – 23 August
Coach(es) Doug Prentice
Tour captain(s) Bernard Gadney
Test series winnersBritish Isles (1–0)
Top test point scorer(s) John Brett (7)

This was the third and final international tour to South America by a combined British team, and although classed as a Great Britain XV, it was predominantly English, with a handful of Scottish and Irish players.[2]

The Lions won all the games played, scoring 399 points and conceding only 12.

Background

By 1936 Argentine rugby was in expansion and growth. Four years earlier, the Junior Springboks had visited the country to play several matches. In 1933 two South African players, Wollie Wolheim and Rybeck Elliot returned to Argentina to play for local team Hindú, which was considered by the Argentine Union as a sort of professionalism and Hindú was suspended for one season. [3]

In 1935 eleven players of San Isidro (the most important rugby team of Argentina by then) were suspended by the club executives. The banned players organised some friendly matches under the name "Abelleyra XV" until they established a new institution, San Isidro Club.[4]

The last Lions tour to Argentina came when former player Douglas Prentice, who had led the team during their tour to New Zealand an Australia in 1930 and was the current manager, arrived with twenty-three players. No Welsh players were part of the team despite Wales had won the Home Nations that year. [3]

The British played only one test v. Argentina at Gimnasia y Esgrima, with a record attendance of 15,000, on August 16th. The Lions won by 23–0. The Argentine line-up for that game was Héctor Alfonso; R. Elliot, Herbert Talbot, Horacio Pascuali, Emilio Schiavio; Percy Talbot, N.W. Cooper; Jorge Cilley, Gilbert Logan, José Frigoli; J.L. Francombe (cap), Tomás Salzman; Bernardo Mitchelstein, Víctor Inchausti, Archie Cameron.[3]

Belgrano was the only team to score a try against The Lions, when the visiting team won by 37–3.[3]

Touring party

Players
Notes
  1. Other sources refer to him as Peter Graham Hobbs.[5]

Match summary

Complete list of matches played by the British Isles in Argentina:[6][7][8]

     Test match

The Lions v. Argentina national team, played on 16 August at GEBA
# Date Rival Score Venue City
115 JulBuenos Aires F.C.55–0Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires
218 JulArgentina A27–0Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires
322 JulOlivos27–3Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires
426 JulArgentina B28–0Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires
529 JulPacific Railway62–0Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires
62 AugLitoral Rugby Union41–0Plaza JewellRosario
75 AugOld Georgian55–6Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires
89 AugBelgrano A.C.37–3Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires
916 Aug Argentina23–0Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires
1023 AugCASI–Hindú–CUBA Combined44–0Gimnasia y EsgrimaBuenos Aires
Balance
Pl W D L Ps Pc
10100039912

Match details

Argentina Test
16 August 1936
Argentina  0–23 British Isles
Report Try: Voyle (2)
Tallent
Unwin
Con: Brett (2)
Pen: Brett
Drop: Shaw
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Attendance: ?
Referee: Hugh Hughes (South Africa)
Argentina
British Isles
ArgentinaBritish Isles
Héctor AlfonsoFB15FBHarold Uren
Riebeck ElliotW14WJim Unwin
Herbert TalbotC13CJohn Talent
Horacio PascualliC12CWilson Shaw
Eduardo SchiavioW11WVesey Boley
Percy TalbotFH10FHTom Knowles
Noel CooperSH9SHBernard Gadney (c)
Gilbert LoganN88N8Peter Hobbs
José FrigoliF7FPeter Hordern
Jorge CilleyF6FWilliam Weston
Tomás SalzmanL5LThomas Huskisson
Jumbo Francombe (c)L4LCharles Beamish
Ray CameronP3PJohn Brett
Virgilio InchaustiH2HOwen Chadwick
Bernardo MitchelsteinP1PRobin Prescott
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References
  1. "La Unión de Rugby del Río de la Plata". UAR.com. 1937. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  2. "1936 Argentina". lionsrugby.com. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  3. Lions (tercer viaje olvidado) by Ricardo Sabanes on Periodismo Rugby website, 1 Jun 2017
  4. SIC: El alumbramiento, La Nación, 12 July 2005
  5. Peter Hobbs profile on ESPN Scrum
  6. British & Irish Lions results on Rugby Football History
  7. Early Lions: Squads and results (1888–1938) on BBC Sport, 18 May 2005
  8. Match report Great Britain XV tour - Buenos Aires, 16 August 1936
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