1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia
Date	10 May  – 18 September
Coach(es)	Leslie B. Osborne
Tour captain(s)	Karl Mullen
Test series winners	(v New Zealand) New Zealand (3–0) (v Australia) British and Irish Lions (2–0)
Top test point scorer(s)	Lewis Jones (26)
← South Africa 1938 South Africa 1955 →

1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia
Summary	P W D L
Total	30 23 01 06
Test match	06 02 01 03
Opponent	P W D L
New Zealand	4 0 1 3
Australia	2 2 0 0

The British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia in 1950 was the first post-war tour made by the Lions; there had not been one since 1938.

The 1950 team was the first to be nicknamed "the British Lions", rather than just "British Isles" and sported newly redesigned jerseys and a fresh style of play, managing to win 22 and draw one of 29 matches over the two nations. The Lions won the opening four fixtures before losing to Otago and Southland, but succeeded in holding the All Blacks to a nine-all draw. The Lions performed well in the remaining All Black tests though they lost all three, the team did not lose another non-test in the New Zealand leg of the tour. The Lions won all their games in Australia except for their final fixture against a New South Wales XV in Newcastle. They won both of the two tests against Australia, in Brisbane and in Sydney.

Because the team was travelling by ship, rather than by air as modern tours do, they also stopped off in Ceylon to play an unofficial game against the national team.

Squad

Manager: L.B. Osborne (England)

Player	Position	National team	Club/­province	Lions Tests this tour
Grahame Budge	Prop	Scotland	Edinburgh Wanderers	2
Tom Clifford	Prop	Ireland	Young Munster	5
Cliff Davies	Prop	Wales	Cardiff	1
John Robins	Prop	Wales	Birkenhead Park	5
Dai Davies	Prop	Wales	Somerset Police	3
Karl Mullen (c)	Hooker	Ireland	Old Belvedere	4
Roy John	Lock	Wales	Neath	6
Don Hayward	Lock	Wales	Newbridge	3
Jimmy Nelson	Lock	Ireland	Malone	4
Bob Evans	Flanker	Wales	Newport	6
Jim McCarthy	Flanker	Ireland	Dolphin	0
Bill McKay	Flanker	Ireland	Queen's University RFC	6
Vic Roberts	Flanker	England	Penryn	0
Peter Kininmonth	No. 8	Scotland	Richmond	3
Rees Stephens	No. 8	Wales	Neath	2
Angus Black	Scrum-half	Scotland	Edinburgh University	2
Gordon Rimmer	Scrum-half	England	Waterloo	1
Rex Willis	Scrum-half	Wales	Cardiff	3
Jack Kyle	Fly-half	Ireland	Queen's University	6
Noel Henderson	Centre	Ireland	Queen's University	1
Jack Matthews	Centre	Wales	Cardiff	6
Ivor Preece	Centre	England	Coventry	1
Bleddyn Williams	Centre	Wales	Cardiff	5
Ken Jones	Wing	Wales	Newport	3
Mick Lane	Wing	Ireland	University College Cork	2
Ranald Macdonald	Wing	Scotland	Edinburgh University	2
George Norton	Wing	Ireland	Bective Rangers	0
Doug Smith	Wing	Scotland	London Scottish	1
Malcolm Thomas	Wing	Wales	Newport	3
Billy Cleaver	Full-back	Wales	Cardiff	3
Lewis Jones	Full-back	Wales	Llanelli	3

Results

Scores and results list British Isles' points tally first.

References

• Thomas, Clem; Thomas, Greg (2005). The History of The British and Irish Lions. Mainstream Books. pp. 89–99. ISBN 1-84596-030-0.