1896 British Isles tour to South Africa was a rugby union tour undertaken by the British Isles, one of the first British and Irish Lions tours. The team toured South Africa for the second time in 1896
The Touring team
The South African team that won the Fourth Test, the very first international rugby victory for the country
Robert Johnston (VC)
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Major Robert Johnston was an Irish rugby union player and soldier. During the Second Boer War, Johnston was awarded the Victoria Cross while serving with the Imperial Light Horse. He played rugby for
1896 British Lions tour to South Africa
…Thomas Crean, Larry Bulger, Jim Sealy, Andrew Clinch and Louis Magee, all of whom had just helped Ireland win the 1896 Home Nations Championship. Robert Johnston had won two caps for Ireland in 1893. The other three – Arthur Meares, Cecil Boyd and James Magee, the brother of Louis – had not yet been capped by…
Taddy cigarette card of Johnston
Charge of the 5th Lancers at Elandslaagte