1936 British Lions tour to Argentina

1936 British Lions Tour to Argentina
Date	15 July  – 23 August
Coach(es)	Doug Prentice
Tour captain(s)	Bernard Gadney
Test series winners	British and Irish Lions (1–0)
Top test point scorer(s)	John Brett (7)
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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.

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]

Touring party

• Doug Prentice (Leicester), Manager
• Dr. Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes (Blackheath), Referee

British Isles team

Bernard Gadney (Leicester) Captain Charles Beamish (Leicester) John Alfred Brett (Oxford University) Vesey Boyle (Dublin University). John Gordon A'Bear (Gloucester) Owen Chadwick (Cambridge University) Paul Cooke (Oxford University) Philip Edward Dunkley ("Pop Dunkley", Harlequins)

George Edward Hancock (Birkenhead Park) Peter George Hobbs/Peter Graham Hobbs (Richmond) P. C. Hordern (Gloucester) Thomas Frederick Huskisson (Old Merchant Taylors) Tom Knowles (Birkenhead Park) J. S. Moll (Lloyds Bank) Alexander Obolensky (Oxford University) D. E. Pratten (Blackheath)

Robin Prescott (Harlequins) Wilson Shaw (Glasgow High School). John Tallent (Blackheath). Harold John Uren (Waterloo). Jim Unwin (Rosslyn Park). Jock Waters (Selkirk). William Henry Weston (Northampton)

Results

Scores and results list British points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
Buenos Aires	55	0	15 July 1936	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	Tour match
Argentina A	27	0	19 July+,1936	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	Tour match
Olivos	27	3	22 July 1936	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	Tour match
Argentina B	28	0	26 July 1936	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	Tour match
Pacific Raylways AC	62	0	29 July 1936	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	Tour match
Litoral	41	0	2 August 1936	Plaza Jewell, Rosario	Tour match
Old Georgian	55	6	5 August 1936	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	Tour match
Belgrano A.C.	37	3	9 August 1936	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	Tour match
Argentina	23	0	16 August 1936	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	Tour match
CASI-Hindú-CUBA	44	0	23 August 1936	Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires	Tour match

Notes

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.