The 1939β40 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland commenced with the departure of the
Australian squad by ship from Sydney, Australia on 21 July 1939. The team is remembered as The Second Wallabies, however their tour was prematurely ended by Britain's declaration of war on Nazi Germany just two days after the team arrived in the UK on 2 September 1939. The side played only one match - at Bombay in India during their return journey. The tour was the first full scale trip to the British Isles attempted by the Australian national side since the
First Wallaby tour of 1908 and the
1927/8 Waratah Tour (which has retrospectively been accorded national representative status). It was followed by the
Third Wallaby Tour of 1947/8.[1][2]
Touring party
The side was captained by
Vay Wilson. The Manager was Dr W. F. Matthews and the Secretary was Mr J. Noseda.[3]
References
^Jack Pollard Australian Rugby The Game and the Players; Ironbark, 1994, p.654
^Peter Jenkins; The History of Australian Test Rugby; Random House, 1999, p. 108
^Jack Pollard Australian Rugby The Game and the Players; Ironbark, 1994, p.654
The 1939β40 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland commenced with the departure of the
Australian squad by ship from Sydney, Australia on 21 July 1939. The team is remembered as The Second Wallabies, however their tour was prematurely ended by Britain's declaration of war on Nazi Germany just two days after the team arrived in the UK on 2 September 1939. The side played only one match - at Bombay in India during their return journey. The tour was the first full scale trip to the British Isles attempted by the Australian national side since the
First Wallaby tour of 1908 and the
1927/8 Waratah Tour (which has retrospectively been accorded national representative status). It was followed by the
Third Wallaby Tour of 1947/8.[1][2]
Touring party
The side was captained by
Vay Wilson. The Manager was Dr W. F. Matthews and the Secretary was Mr J. Noseda.[3]
References
^Jack Pollard Australian Rugby The Game and the Players; Ironbark, 1994, p.654
^Peter Jenkins; The History of Australian Test Rugby; Random House, 1999, p. 108
^Jack Pollard Australian Rugby The Game and the Players; Ironbark, 1994, p.654