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1930 - IRB took responsibility for all law changes.

1931 - The Bledisloe Cup was donated by the Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Bledisloe. The Bledisloe Cup was first played for in 1931, when New Zealand beat Australia 20-13 in Auckland.

1933 - The Rugby Football Union prohibited floodlit rugby for gate money as "not in the best interests of the game".

1934 - The FIRA (Federation of Amateur rugby) is founded by Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Catalonia (Spain), and Sweden. Belgium join in March.

1935-6 - The Third All-Blacks.

V. R. Meredith (Manager)

29 Players:
N. A. Mitchell, C. Pepper, G. Gilbert, F. Vorrath, A. Lambourn, W. E. Hadley, D. Dalton.
W. Collins, J. Best, R. R. King, A. Mahoney, G. Wynyard, H. F. McLean, T. Reid, G. T. Adkins.
T. H. C. Caughey, M. M. Y. Corner, G. F. Hart, J. E. Manchester,
C. J. Oliver, J. Hore, D. Solomon, R. M. McKenzie.
J. R. Page, N. J. Ball, B. S. Sadler, J. L. Griffiths, E. W. Tindill, H. F. Brown.

Gilbert played in 26 of the 29 games
King played in 24
Mitchell played in 22
Caughey & Manchester played in 20

14th September, 1935	Devon & Cornwall	W	36 - 6
19th September, 1935	Midland Counties	W	9-3
21st September, 1935	Yorkshire & Cumberland	W	14-3
25th September, 1935	Abertillery & Cross Keys	W	31-6
28th September, 1935	Swansea	L	3-11
3rd October, 1935	Gloucester & Somerset	W	23-3
5th October, 1935	Lancashire & Cheshire	W	21-8
7th October, 1935	Northumberland & Durham	W	10-6
10th October, 1935	South of Scotland	W	11-8
16th October, 1935	Glasgow & Edinburgh	W	9-8
19th October, 1935	Combined services	W	6-5
22nd October, 1935	Llanelly	W	16-8
26th October, 1935	Cardiff	W	20-5
31st October, 1935	Newport	W	17-5
2 November, 1935	London Counties	W	11-0
7th November, 1935	Oxford University	W	10-9
9th November, 1935	Hampshire & Sussex	W	14-8
15th November, 1935	Cambridge University	W	20-5
16th November, 1935	Leicestershire & East Midlands	W	16-3
23 November, 1935	Scotland	W	18-8
27th November, 1935	North of Scotland	W	12-6
30th November, 1935	Ulster	D	3-3
7th December, 1935	Ireland	W	17-9
12th December, 1935	Mid-Districts of Wales	W	31-10
14th December, 1935	Neath & Abervon	W	13-3
21st December, 1935	Wales	L	12-13
26th December, 1935	London Counties	W	24-5
4th January, 1936	England	L	0-13

Geoffrey Rees-Jones, just like his England counterpart Prince Alexander Obolensky, became known as the man whose two tries defeated the 1935 New Zealand tourists. On 21 December that year, Rees-Jones collected his brace in a 13-12 Wales win and 14 days later Obolensky collected two as England won 13-0. Neither man ever scored another international try.

1938 - March 19th at Twickenham. The Calcutta cup match between England and Scotland was the first international rugby game to be shown live on TV.

1939-1945 - WW2 see more about Rugby at war.

1945 Cambridge University XV

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