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Full time26 August 1950
Australia
3–24
British & Irish Lions
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1950Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. –TAustralia try · Cyril Burke3–0
  2. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Lewis Jones3–2
  3. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · John Robins3–4
  4. –CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · John Robins3–6
  5. –PBritish & Irish Lions penalty · Lewis Jones3–9
  6. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Ranald Macdonald3–12
  7. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Jack Kyle3–15
  8. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Roy John3–18
  9. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Jimmy Nelson3–21
  10. –TBritish & Irish Lions try · Jimmy Nelson3–24

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Keith GordonProp
  2. 2Neville CottrellHooker
  3. 3Nicholas ShehadieProp
  4. 4Rex MossopSecond row
  5. 5Roger CornforthSecond row
  6. 6David BrockhoffFlanker
  7. 7Ian MacMillanFlanker
  8. 8Keith CrossNumber 8
  9. 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
  10. 10John SolomonFly-half
  11. 11Ernest HillsWing
  12. 12John BlomleyCentre
  13. 13Alan WalkerCentre
  14. 14Arthur TonkinWing
  15. 15Paul CostelloFull-back

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Tommy CliffordProp
  2. 2Karl MullenHooker
  3. 3John RobinsProp
  4. 4Rees StephensSecond row
  5. 5Jimmy NelsonSecond row
  6. 6Bob EvansFlanker
  7. 7Bill McKayFlanker
  8. 8Roy JohnNumber 8
  9. 9Rex WillisScrum-half
  10. 10Jack KyleFly-half
  11. 11Mick LaneWing
  12. 12Jack MatthewsCentre
  13. 13Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
  14. 14Ranald MacdonaldWing
  15. 15Lewis JonesFull-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
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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.