1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain

The 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain was the third ever Kangaroo tour. Again an Australasian side rather than an Australian team alone (although the 28-man squad featured only one New Zealander) travelled to Great Britain to contest the Ashes. Coached by Arthur Hennessy and captained by Les Cubitt, the Kangaroos travelled on the RMS Tahiti to England for best-of-three series of Test matches against Great Britain for the Ashes. The tour took place during the 1921–22 Northern Rugby Football Union season and also featured matches against several of the clubs in that competition as well as other representative teams. The tour also involved some degree of player misbehaviour, with one young footballer almost sent home from San Francisco because of all the broken glasses following a drinking session on board the team's ship.

1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain
Tour match photo taken at Barrow
Date17 September 1921 – 21 January 1922
ManagerBilly Cann and George Ball
Coach(es)Arthur Hennessy
Tour captain(s)Les Cubitt
Summary
P W D L
Total
36 27 00 09
Test match
03 01 00 02
Opponent
P W D L
 Great Britain
3 1 0 2
Tour chronology
Previous tour1911–12
Next tour1929–30
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