TheBreakdown
Full time12 August 1899
Australia
0–13
British & Irish Lions
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1899Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Charlie Adamson0–2
  2. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Charlie Adamson0–4
  3. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Charlie Adamson0–7
  4. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Alf Bucher0–10
  5. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Charlie Adamson0–13

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 9Austin GraltonScrum-half
  2. 10Ignatius O'DonnellFly-half
  3. 11Bob McCowanWing
  4. 12Peter WardCentre
  5. 13Frank RowCentre
  6. 14Lonnie SpraggWing
  7. 15Walter CobbFull-back
  8. James SampsonForward
  9. Walter DavisForward
  10. Patrick CarewForward
  11. Charlie EllisForward
  12. Jack O'DonnellForward
  13. Sinon BolandForward
  14. William HardcastleForward
  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.