scorer was Randolph Aston. At six-foot three, and weighing 15 stones, Aston played in all 20 matches and was the unstoppable try scorer of the tour. Out of the 89 tries scored by the British team, Aston scored 30 including the first try against the South African team in the first Test. The tourists played in red and white hooped shirts and dark blue shorts. Touring party Manager: Edwin Ash Full Backs William Grant Mitchell (Cambridge University and Richmond) Edward Bromet (Cambridge University) Three-Quarters Paul Robert Clauss (Oxford University and ) Randolph Aston (Cambridge University) Bill Maclagan (London Scottish and ) (captain) Half backs Howard Marshall (Sunderland FC & Blackheath FC) B.G. Roscoe (Lancashire) Arthur Rotherham (Cambridge University) William Wotherspoon (Cambridge University and ) Forwards William Bromet (Oxford University) John Harding Gould (Old Leysians) Johnny Hammond (Cambridge University) Froude Hancock (Somerset) Walter Jesse Jackson (Gloucester) Robert MacMillan (London Scottish and ) Edwin Mayfield (Cambridge University) Clement Pearson Simpson (Cambridge University) Aubone Surtees (Cambridge University) Robert Thompson (Cambridge University) William Henry Thorman (Cambridge University) Thomas Sherren Whittaker (Lancashire) Results Complete list of matches played by the British Isles in South Africa: Test matches Match details First test Second test Third test Bibliography References British & Irish Lions tours of South Africa British Lions Tour To South Africa, 1891 British Lions