1955 British Lions tour to South Africa

1955 British Lions tour to South Africa
Date	22 June  – 27 September
Coach(es)	Jack Siggins
Tour captain(s)	Robin Thompson
Test series winners	Tied (2–2)
Top test point scorer(s)	Jeff Butterfield (12)
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1955 British Lions tour to South Africa
Summary	P W D L
Total	25 19 01 05
Test match	04 02 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
South Africa	4 2 0 2

In 1955 the

It was the Lions' second tour after World War II and the first to South Africa after that war.

The touring party was captained by Robin Thompson of Ireland. The manager was Jack A. E. Siggins and the assistant manager was D. E. Davies.

Jack Siggins had the honour of being invited, by the Rugby Football Union of East Africa (RFUEA), officially to open the newly constructed RFUEA Ground at Ngong Road in Nairobi just prior to the Lions last match of that tour against East Africa.

Squad

Management

• Manager: J. A. E. Siggins (Ireland)
• Assistant Manager: D. E. Davies

Backs

• Doug Baker (Old Merchant Taylors and England)
• Jeff Butterfield (Northampton and England)
• Glasgow HSFP and Scotland
  )
• Phil Davies (Harlequins and England)
• Gareth Griffiths (Cardiff and Wales
  )
• Dickie Jeeps (Northampton) ^[1]
• Trevor Lloyd (Maesteg and Wales)
• Cliff Morgan (Cardiff and Wales)
• Haydn Morris (Cardiff and Wales)
• Old Belvedere and Ireland
  )
• Cecil Pedlow (Queen's University RFC and Ireland)
• Pat Quinn (New Brighton and England)
• Arthur Smith (Cambridge University and Scotland
  )
• Frank Sykes (Northampton and England)
• Alun Thomas (Llanelli and Wales)
• Johnny Williams (Old Millhillians and England
  )

• Tom Elliot (Gala and Scotland)
• Jim Greenwood (Dunfermline and Scotland)
• Reg Higgins (Liverpool and England)
• Hugh McLeod (Hawick and Scotland)
• Bryn Meredith (Newport and Wales)
• Courtney Meredith (Neath and Wales)
• Aberdeen University and Scotland
  )
• Tom Reid (Garryowen and Ireland)
• Russell Robins (Pontypridd and Wales)
• Robin Roe (Lansdowne and Ireland)
• Clem Thomas (Swansea and Wales)
• Robin Thompson (Instonians and Ireland) (Captain)
• Rhys Williams (Llanelli and Wales
  )
• Billy Williams (Swansea and Wales
  )
• Dyson Wilson (Metropolitan Police and England)

¹ Dickie Jeeps later played for England but was uncapped at the time of the 1955 tour.

The Idi Amin myth

There is a frequently repeated

• Thomas, Clem; Thomas, Greg (2001). The History of The British and Irish Lions. Mainstream Books. pp. 100–117.
  ISBN 1-84018-498-1
  .