Full time22 July 1899
Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tour 1899Head-to-head
British & Irish Lions won by 11 points.
Scoring
- –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Charlie Adamson0–2
- –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Gwyn Nicholls0–5
- –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Charlie Adamson0–8
- –TBritish & Irish Lions try · A Ayre-Smith0–11
Line-ups
Australia
- 9Ernie CurrieScrum-half
- 10Peter WardFly-half
- 11Tom WardWing
- 12Poley EvansCentre
- 13Albert HenryCentre
- 14Lonnie SpraggWing
- 15Bob McCowanFull-back
- Charlie GrahamForward
- Patrick CarewForward
- Charlie EllisForward
- Arthur CorfeForward
- Hyram MarksForward
- Norm StreetForward
- Bob ChallonerForward
- Bill TannerForward
British & Irish Lions
- 1Frank StoutProp
- 2Toff JarmanHooker
- 3Tom McGowanProp
- 4GV EversSecond row
- 5Blair SwannellSecond row
- 6W JudkinsFlanker
- 7A Ayre-SmithFlanker
- 8George GibsonNumber 8
- 9G CooksonScrum-half
- 10Charlie AdamsonFly-half
- 11HGS GrayWing
- 12Alec TimmsCentre
- 13Gwyn NichollsCentre
- 14Blucher DoranWing
- 15CEK ThompsonFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Australia 7–19 British & Irish Lions in 26 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Australia going in
British & Irish Lions going in
- Previous meeting: 24 June 1899, Australia 13–3 British & Irish Lions
- Next meeting on record: 5 August 1899
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.