1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa

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.

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
Tour chronology
Next tour	1968 Argentina

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 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: David J. Phillips

Full backs

• Grahame Hodgson (Neath)
• Haydn Davies (London Welsh)

Three-quarters

• Dewi Bebb (Swansea)
• Keith Bradshaw (Bridgend)
• John Dawes (London Welsh)
• Ken Jones (Llanelli)
• Stuart Watkins (Newport)

Half backs

• Clive Rowlands (Pontypool) (captain)
• Allan Lewis (Abertillery)
• David Watkins (Newport)
• M. Young (Bridgend RFC)

Forwards

• Len Cunningham (Aberavon)
• Norman Gale (Llanelli)
• David Hayward (Cardiff)
• J. Isaacs (Swansea)
• John Mantle (Newport)
• Haydn Morgan (Abertillery)
• Alun Pask (Abertillery)
• Brian Price (Newport)
• Gareth Prothero (Bridgend)
• Brian Thomas (Neath)
• Ron Waldron (Neath)
• Denzil Williams (Ebbw Vale)

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)

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 10 Ken Jones FH 24 J. M. Young SH 18 Clive Rowlands (c) LP 23 Denzil Williams HK 6 Norman Gale TP 3 Len Cunningham LL 15 Brian Price RL 19 Brian Thomas BF 16 Gareth Prothero OF 12 John Mantle N8 7 David 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)

FB 15 Lionel Wilson RW 14 Jannie Engelbrecht OC 13 John Gainsford IC 12 Dave Stewart LW 11 Corra Dirksen FH 10 Keith 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 15 Grahame Hodgson RW 11 Dewi Bebb OC 13 John Dawes IC 12 Keith Bradshaw LW 14 Ken Jones FH 10 David 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

• 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.