1933–34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain
The 1933–34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain was the fifth Kangaroo tour, and took the Australia national rugby league team around the north of England, to London and Paris. The tour also featured the 11th Ashes series which comprised three Test matches and was the first to be won by Great Britain in a clean sweep. The squad's outbound journey was marred by tragedy when Sydney University centre Ray Morris contracted meningitis en route and died in hospital. The tour match played at Stade Pershing in Paris on New Year's Day 1934 was the first rugby league international played in France.
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| Tour captain(s) | Frank McMillan | ||||
| Top point scorer(s) | Dave Brown 285 | ||||
| Top try scorer(s) | Alan Ridley 17 | ||||
| Top test point scorer(s) | Dave Brown 15 Jim Sullivan 18 | ||||
| Top test try scorer(s) | 7 players with one try each ( 3 & 4) | ||||
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| Previous tour | 1929–30 | ||||
| Next tour | 1937–38 | ||||
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