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Australia Win the Ashes for the First Time

3 rd  July 1920                    Australia  21    Northern Union  8          Sydney Australia  won the first test 8-4 in  Brisbane  then secured the Ashes in the second test 21-8 in  Sydney with tries from Farnsworth, Gilbert, Horder, Potter and Vest with goals from Burge and Horder and a drop goal from Fraser. The Lions replied with tries from Gallagher and Johnson and a goal from Gronow . The  Northern Union  received some consolation by winning the third test 23-13 in  Sydney .  In 1922, the Northern Union team representing Great Britain adopted the nickname  The Lions  and regained the Ashes which would not be lost again until 1950.