1924 United States rugby union tour of England and France
The 1924 United States rugby union tour of England and France was a series of five matches played by the United States in England and France during April and May 1924. The matches in England were warm-up matches for the 1924 Olympic Games. The United States was the defending Olympic champions and successfully defended their title despite fielding a team made up mainly of sportsmen from other sports. In the intervening years, between the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, France had played twenty-one internationals and the United States none.[1][2]
Touring party
Full backs
Three-quarters
- Norman Cleaveland (Stanford University)
- George Dixon (University of California)
- Richard Hyland (Stanford University)
- William Rogers (Stanford University)
- Edward Turkington (Lowell High School) (Olympic Club)
Half-backs
- Robert Devereux (Stanford University)
- Rudy Scholz (Santa Clara University)
Forwards
- Philip Clark (Stanford University)
- Linn Farrish (Stanford University)
- Dudley DeGroot (Stanford University)
- Edward Graff (University of California)
- Caesar Mannelli (Santa Clara University)
- John O'Neill (Santa Clara University)
- John Patick (Stanford University)
- Colby Slater (University of California), (Davis Farm), (Olympic Club)
- Norman Slater (Berkeley High School)
- Alan Valentine (Swarthmore College), (Oxford University)
Undisclosed position
- John Cashel (Palo Alto)
- Hugh Cunningham (Santa Clara University)
- Joseph Hunter (San Mateo High), (Beliston)
- William Muldoon (Santa Clara University)
- Alan Williams (Cornell University), (Olympic Club)
Fixtures
Tour of England
Date | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
---|---|---|---|---|
21 April 1924 | Plymouth | Army and Navy XV | 3–25 | United States |
April 1924 | Rectory Field, Blackheath, London | Blackheath | 13–9 | United States |
April 1924 | Twickenham Stadium, London | Harlequins | 21–11 | United States |
1924 Olympic Tournament
Date | Venue | Team | Score | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
11 May 1924 | Colombes Stadium, Paris | Romania | 0–37 | United States |
18 May 1924 | Colombes Stadium, Paris | France | 3–17 | United States |
References
- 1 2 Gallagher, Brendan (15 May 2016). "Olympic spirit was forgotten amid violence and acrimony". The RugbyPaper (400). pp. 32–3.
- ↑ CalBear81. "1924 Rugby: A Wild Olympic Rematch". Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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