The 1939–40 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland commenced with the departure of 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