1924 United States rugby union tour of England and France explained

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

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Full backs

• Charles Doe (Stanford University)

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	The Rectory, Devonport	Devonport Services RFC	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

Notes and References

1. News: Gallagher. Brendan. Olympic spirit was forgotten amid violence and acrimony. The RugbyPaper. 400. 15 May 2016. 32–3.
2. Web site: CalBear81. 1924 Rugby: A Wild Olympic Rematch. 18 May 2016.