George Arthren McIlwaine

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George Arthren McIlwaine (c. 1905, South Africa – 31 October 1930, Calcutta, British India)[1] was a South African rugby union player and an early twentieth century rugby union international who is known as one of the "lost lions"[2] due to his participation on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina which, although retrospectively recognised as a Lions tour, did not confer test status on any of the four encounters with the Argentina national rugby union team.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Player profile: George McIlwaine". Gloucester Rugby Heritage. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ David Walmsley (Author), Robby Elson (Editor), The Lions: The Complete History of the British and Irish Rugby Union Team, Genesis Publications (2005) ISBN 0-904351-96-3