TheBreakdown
Full time5 August 1899
Australia
10–11
British & Irish Lions
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1899Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Lonnie Spragg2–0
  2. –CAustralia conversion · Lonnie Spragg4–0
  3. –TAustralia try · Lonnie Spragg7–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Lonnie Spragg10–0
  5. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Charlie Adamson10–2
  6. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Alec Timms10–5
  7. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Alf Bucher10–8
  8. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Alf Bucher10–11

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 9Archibald BoydScrum-half
  2. 10Ignatius O'DonnellFly-half
  3. 11Sidney MillerWing
  4. 12Peter WardCentre
  5. 13Frank RowCentre
  6. 14Lonnie SpraggWing
  7. 15Walter CobbFull-back
  8. Walter DavisForward
  9. Patrick CarewForward
  10. Robert BoufflerForward
  11. Charlie EllisForward
  12. Alf ColtonForward
  13. Roger BartonForward
  14. Sinon BolandForward
  15. William WebbForward

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Frank StoutProp
  2. 2Toff JarmanHooker
  3. 3Tom McGowanProp
  4. 4GV EversSecond row
  5. 5Blair SwannellSecond row
  6. 6W JudkinsFlanker
  7. 7A Ayre-SmithFlanker
  8. 8George GibsonNumber 8
  9. 9G CooksonScrum-half
  10. 10Charlie AdamsonFly-half
  11. 11Alf BucherWing
  12. 12Alec TimmsCentre
  13. 13Gwyn NichollsCentre
  14. 14Elliot NicholsonWing
  15. 15CEK ThompsonFull-back

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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

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.