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1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa

1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa

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The 1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the Wales national rugby union team to Africa. The tour took in five matches against African regional and invitational teams with one test against South Africa. This was the first official Wales tour to the southern hemisphere; Wales' first match outside Europe (and thus their first match in the Southern Hemisphere) was played against East Africa on Tuesday May 12, 1964.

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The tour was not a success for Wales. Under the leadership of Clive Rowlands, Wales won the opening two games, but were unconvincing in the second match against Boland. The South African test at Durban saw Wales lose by the largest margin in forty years.

Results

Scores and results list Wales' points tally first.

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Touring party

  • Manager: David J. Phillips

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Matches

East Africa

12 May 1964
17:00 EAT (UTC+3)
East Africa 8–26 Wales
Try: Andrews
Con: Young
Pen: Young
Try: Bebb
Dawes
Jones (2)
Gale
Con: Bradshaw (4)
Pen: Bradshaw
Ngong Road Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: G. E. Neville (Kenya R.R.S)
FB1Kenya W. Kennedy
RW2Kenya T. Tory
OC3Kenya C. J. C. Irvine
IC4Kenya C. C. Young
LW5Kenya E. Weaver
FH6Kenya B. K. McGuinness
SH7Kenya K. F. O'Byrne
LP8Kenya K. I. Duncan
HK9Kenya F. A. R. Bwye
TP10Kenya B. Shorter
LL11Kenya D. S. Reynolds
RL12Tanzania A. Russell
OF13Kenya G. Barbour
BF14Kenya R. B. Laing (c)
N815Kenya Mike Andrews
FB8G. T. R. Hodgson
RW1D. I. Bebb
OC2Keith Bradshaw
IC5S. J. Dawes
LW10D. K. Jones
FH24J. M. Young
SH18D. C. T. Rowlands (c)
LP23D. Williams
HK6Norman R. Gale
TP3Len Cunningham
LL15B. E. V. Price
RL19Brian E. Thomas
BF16G. J. Prothero
OF12J. Mantle
N87David John Hayward

South Africa

23 May 1964
South Africa 24–3 Wales
Try: Hopwood
Marais
Smith
Con: Oxlee (3)
Pen: Oxlee (2)
Drop: Wilson
Pen: Bradshaw
Kings Park Stadium, Durban, South Africa
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: G. K. Engelbrecht (South Africa)
FB15Lionel Wilson
RW14Jannie Engelbrecht
OC13John Gainsford
IC12Dave Stewart
LW11Corra Dirksen
FH10Keith Oxlee
SH9Nelie Smith
N88Doug Hopwood
OF7Tommy Bedford
BF6Frik du Preez
RL5Avril Malan
LL4Gawie Carelse
TP3Hannes Marais
HK2Abie Malan (c)
LP1Mof Myburgh
FB15Grahame Hodgson
RW11Dewi Bebb
OC13John Dawes
IC12Keith Bradshaw
LW14Ken Jones
FH10David Watkins
SH9Clive Rowlands (c)
N88John Mantle
FL7David John Hayward
FL6Alun Pask
LK5Brian Thomas
LK4Brian Price
PR3Denzil Williams
HK2Norman Gale
PR1Len Cunningham

Bibliography

  • Billot, John (1974). Springboks in Wales. Ferndale: Ron Jones Publications.
  • Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.

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