1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa explained

Team:Wales
Destination:Africa
Yearstart:1964
Matchplayed:5
Matchwon:3
Matchdraw:0
Matchlost:2
Testplayed:1
Testwon:0
Testdraw:0
Testlost:1
Played1:1
Won1:0
Draw1:0
Lost1:1

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.

Opponent For Against Date Venue Status
East Africaalign=center width=4026align=center width=408width=140 align=right 12 May 1964RFUEA Ground, NairobiTour match
Bolandalign=center width=4017align=center width=406width=140 align=right 19 May 1964WellingtonTour match
South Africaalign=center width=403align=center width=4024width=140 align=right 23 May 1964Kings Park, DurbanTest Match
Northern Transvaalalign=center width=409align=center width=4022width=140 align=right 27 May 1964PretoriaTour match
Orange Free Statealign=center width=4014align=center width=406width=140 align=right 30 May 1964BloemfonteinTour match

Touring party

Full backs

Three-quarters

Half backs

Forwards

Matches

East Africa

FB 1 W. Kennedy
RW 2 T. Tory
OC 3 C. J. C. Irvine
IC 4 C. C. Young
LW 5 E. Weaver
FH 6 B. K. McGuinness
SH 7 K. F. O'Byrne
LP 8 K. I. Duncan
HK 9 F. A. R. Bwye
TP 10 B. Shorter
LL 11 D. S. Reynolds
RL 12 A. Russell
OF 13 G. Barbour
BF 14 R. B. Laing (c)
N8 15 Mike Andrews
FB 8 Grahame Hodgson
RW 1 Dewi Bebb
OC 2 Keith Bradshaw
IC 5 John Dawes
LW 10Ken Jones
FH 24J. M. Young
SH 18Clive Rowlands (c)
LP 23Denzil Williams
HK 6 Norman Gale
TP 3 Len Cunningham
LL 15Brian Price
RL 19Brian Thomas
BF 16Gareth Prothero
OF 12John Mantle
N8 7 David John Hayward

South Africa

FB 15Lionel Wilson
RW 14Jannie Engelbrecht
OC 13John Gainsford
IC 12Dave Stewart
LW 11Corra Dirksen
FH 10Keith Oxlee
SH 9 Nelie Smith
N8 8 Doug Hopwood
OF 7 Tommy Bedford
BF 6 Frik du Preez
RL 5 Avril Malan
LL 4 Gawie Carelse
TP 3 Hannes Marais
HK 2 Abie Malan (c)
LP 1 Mof Myburgh
FB 15Grahame Hodgson
RW 11Dewi Bebb
OC 13John Dawes
IC 12Keith Bradshaw
LW 14Ken Jones
FH 10David Watkins
SH 9 Clive Rowlands (c)
N8 8 John Mantle
FL 7 David John Hayward
FL 6 Alun Pask
LK 5 Brian Thomas
LK 4 Brian Price
PR 3 Denzil Williams
HK 2 Norman Gale
PR 1 Len Cunningham

Bibliography