1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa

1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa
Summary	P W D L
Total	05 03 00 02
Test match	01 00 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
South Africa	1 0 0 1

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.

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.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue	Status
East Africa	26	8	12 May 1964	RFUEA Ground, Nairobi	Tour match
Boland	17	6	19 May 1964	Wellington	Tour match
South Africa	3	24	23 May 1964	Kings Park, Durban	Test Match
Northern Transvaal	9	22	27 May 1964	Pretoria	Tour match
Orange Free State	14	6	30 May 1964	Bloemfontein	Tour match

Touring party[]

• Manager: (Died of a heart attack only a few weeks after returning home from the tour).

(1907-1964)

Full backs[]

• Grahame Hodgson (Neath)

(1936- )

• (London Welsh)

Three-quarters[]

• Dewi Bebb (Swansea)

(1938-1996)

• Keith Bradshaw (Bridgend)

(1939-2014)

• John Dawes (London Welsh)

(1940- )

• Ken Jones (Llanelli)

(1941- )

• Stuart Watkins (Newport)

1941- )

Half backs[]

• Clive Rowlands (Pontypool) (captain) (Went on to become manager of the Lion's Team in 1989).

(1938- )

• Allan Lewis (Abertillery)

(1942- )

• David Watkins (Newport)

(1942- )

• M. Young (Bridgend RFC)

Forwards[]

• Len Cunningham (Aberavon)
• Norman Gale (Llanelli)

(1939-2005)

• David Hayward (Cardiff)

(1934-2003)

• J. Isaacs (Swansea)
• John Mantle (Newport)

(1942- )

• Haydn Morgan (Abertillery)

(1936- )

• Alun Pask (Abertillery)

(1937-1995)

• Brian Price (Newport)

(1937- )

• Gareth Prothero (Bridgend)

(1941- )

• Brian Thomas (Neath)

(1940-2012)

• Ron Waldron (Neath)

(1933- )

• Denzil Williams (Ebbw Vale)

(1938- )

Matches[]

East Africa[]

12 May 1964 17:00 EAT (UTC+3)  East Africa 8–26 Wales  Try: Andrews(1) Con: Young (1) Pen: Young (1) Try: Bebb (1) Dawes (1) Jones (2) Gale (1) Con: Bradshaw (4) Pen: Bradshaw (1) Ngong Road Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Attendance: 6000 Referee: G.E. Neville (Kenya R.R.S) Touch Judge M.I. Parker Team Lists EAST AFRICA [c] Player Club Home Union FB 1 W. Kennedy Kenya Police RFC  Kenya RW 2 T. Tory Nondescripts RFC  Kenya OC 3 C.J.C. Irvine Kenya Harlequins  Kenya IC 4 C.C. Young Nakuru RFC  Kenya LW 5 E. Weaver RAF  Kenya FH 6 B.K. McGuinness Kenya Harlequins  Kenya SH 7 K.F. O'Byrne Kenya Harlequins  Kenya LP 8 K.I. Duncan Kenya Harlequins  Kenya HK 9 F.A.R. Bwye Impala RFC  Kenya TP 10 B. Shorter Impala RFC  Kenya LL 11 D.S. Reynolds Nakuru RFC  Kenya RL 12 A. Russell Dar es Salaam  Tanzania OF 13 G. Barbour Kitale RFC  Kenya BF 14 R.B. Laing (c) Kenya Harlequins  Kenya N8 15 Mike Andrews Impala RFC  Kenya WALES Player Club Home Union FB 8 G.T.R. Hodgson Neath RFC  Wales RW 1 D.I. Bebb Swansea RFC  Wales OC 2 Keith Bradshaw Bridgend RFC  Wales IC 5 S.J. Dawes London Welsh  Wales LW 10 D.K. Jones London Welsh  Wales FH 24 Bridgend RFC  Wales SH 18 D.C.T. Rowlands (c) Pontypool RFC  Wales LP 23 D. Williams Ebbw Vale RFC  Wales HK 6 Norman R. Gale Llanelli RFC  Wales TP 3 Aberavon RFC  Wales LL 15 B.E.V. Price Newport RFC  Wales RL 19 Brian E. Thomas Neath RFC  Wales BF 16 G.J. Prothero Bridgend RFC  Wales OF 12 J. Mantle Loughborough and Newport RFC  Wales N8 7 David John Hayward Cardiff RFC  Wales

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 African Rugby Union) Team Lists SOUTH AFRICA Player Province P 1 Northern Transvaal H 2 Abie Malan (c) Transvaal P 3 Hannes Marais Eastern Province L 4 Eastern Province L 5 Avril Malan Transvaal F 6 Frik du Preez Northern Transvaal F 7 Tommy Bedford Natal N8 8 Western Province SH 9 Nelie Smith Free State FH 10 Keith Oxlee Natal W 11 Corra Dirksen Northern Transvaal C 12 Western Province C 13 John Gainsford Western Province W 14 Jannie Engelbrecht Western Province FB 15 Lionel Wilson Western Province WALES Player Club FB 15 G.T.R. Hodgson Neath RFC RW 11 D.I. Bebb Swansea RFC C 12 Keith Bradshaw Bridgend RFC C 13 S.J. Dawes London Welsh LW 14 D.K. Jones London Welsh FH 10 David Watkins Newport RFC SH 9 D.C.T. Rowlands (c) Pontypool RFC P 3 D. Williams Ebbw Vale RFC HK 2 Norman R. Gale Llanelli RFC P 1 Aberavon RFC L 4 B.E.V. Price Newport RFC L 5 Neath RFC F 6 Alun Pask Abertillery RFC N8 8 J. Mantle Loughborough and Newport RFC F 7 David John Hayward Cardiff RFC

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.