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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

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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

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Three-quarters

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Half backs

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Forwards

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Matches

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East Africa

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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 Kenya W. Kennedy
RW 2 Kenya T. Tory
OC 3 Kenya C. J. C. Irvine
IC 4 Kenya C. C. Young
LW 5 Kenya E. Weaver
FH 6 Kenya B. K. McGuinness
SH 7 Kenya K. F. O'Byrne
LP 8 Kenya K. I. Duncan
HK 9 Kenya F. A. R. Bwye
TP 10 Kenya B. Shorter
LL 11 Kenya D. S. Reynolds
RL 12 Tanzania A. Russell
OF 13 Kenya G. Barbour
BF 14 Kenya R. B. Laing (c)
N8 15 Kenya 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

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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

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  • 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.