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Last of the Blue Lions - The 1938 British Lions Tour of South Africa (Paperback)
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Last of the Blue Lions - The 1938 British Lions Tour of South Africa (Paperback)
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In 1938 the British Lions visited South Africa to take on the team
generally recognised as the best in the world and led by legendary
scrum-half Danie Craven for the three match series. The task
awaiting the Lions was huge and to their eternal credit they
recovered after losing the first two Tests to secure victory in the
third, a match recognised at the time as the finest played in South
Africa. Seventy years may have passed but the names of Craven,
Gerry Brand, Fred Turner, Flappie Lochner, Tony Harris, the
brothers 'Boy' and 'Fanie' Louw, Ferdie Bergh and Jan Lotz are
still revered in South African rugby circles. And the Lions? Under
strength due to the absence of several leading players unable to
afford the luxury of six months overseas travel the party still
included players of the calibre of Vivian Jenkins, Charles Grieve,
Bill Clement and Harry McKibbin - both destined for high office
with their respective unions - Haydn Tanner, Bunner Travers, George
Dancer, Bob Alexander and the enigma that was Blair Mayne, who won
four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d' honneur in the
Second World War which followed the tour. Memorable as events on
the playing field may have been the 1938 tourists saw much which
helps make their story one of the most interesting in the long
history of Lions' rugby. The extended journeys by sea and the
thousands of miles by train which took the visitors the length and
breadth of the country make touring in the twenty first century
seem nothing more than a brief interlude - all subsequent tours to
South Africa would involve the aeroplane. Then there was the social
side of touring - the receptions, parties, official dinners and
much else besides. The 1938 tourists laid witness to much more than
their counterparts in the era of a professional sport can ever
expect. Theirs was more an adventure than a sporting extravaganza
in which success or failure is determined solely by the winning or
losing of a Test series. The book is called 'Last of the Blue
Lions' because on the next tour - in 1948 - the Lions switched from
blue jerseys to the famous red they still wear.
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Imprint: |
Sportsbooks
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2012 |
Authors: |
Steve Lewis
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
280 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-899807-84-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-899807-84-5 |
Barcode: |
9781899807840 |
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