Frederick Belson The Club's First British Lion.

 

Player Frederick Charles Belson

Frederick Belson was selected for the 1899 British Isles Tourists tour to Australia. Only seven of the touring party had been capped at full International level.

The number of matches in which Belson played is unavailable

The touring side played 21 matches, winning 19. It was a 4 Test series but Belson did not line up for any of them

The history of the British Lions is chronicled in the work by Clem Thomas-The History of the British & Irish Lions” (Mainstream Publishing 4^th Edition 2001)