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 StatusEast Africa26812 May 1964RFUEA Ground, NairobiTour matchBoland17619 May 1964WellingtonTour matchSouth Africa32423 May 1964Kings Park, DurbanTest MatchNorthern Transvaal92227 May 1964PretoriaTour matchOrange Free State14630 May 1964BloemfonteinTour 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
FB 1 W. KennedyRW 2 T. ToryOC 3 C. J. C. IrvineIC 4 C. C. YoungLW 5 E. WeaverFH 6 B. K. McGuinnessSH 7 K. F. O'ByrneLP 8 K. I. DuncanHK 9 F. A. R. BwyeTP 10 B. ShorterLL 11 D. S. ReynoldsRL 12 A. RussellOF 13 G. BarbourBF 14 R. B. Laing (c)N8 15 Mike Andrews FB 8 Grahame HodgsonRW 1 Dewi BebbOC 2 Keith BradshawIC 5 John DawesLW 10Ken JonesFH 24J. M. YoungSH 18Clive Rowlands (c)LP 23Denzil WilliamsHK 6 Norman GaleTP 3 Len CunninghamLL 15Brian PriceRL 19Brian ThomasBF 16Gareth ProtheroOF 12John MantleN8 7 David John Hayward
South Africa
FB 15 Lionel WilsonRW 14 Jannie EngelbrechtOC 13 John GainsfordIC 12 Dave StewartLW 11 Corra DirksenFH 10 Keith OxleeSH 9 Nelie SmithN8 8 Doug HopwoodOF 7 Tommy BedfordBF 6 Frik du PreezRL 5 Avril MalanLL 4 Gawie CarelseTP 3 Hannes MaraisHK 2 Abie Malan (c)LP 1 Mof Myburgh FB 15Grahame HodgsonRW 11Dewi BebbOC 13John DawesIC 12Keith BradshawLW 14Ken JonesFH 10David WatkinsSH 9 Clive Rowlands (c)N8 8 John MantleFL 7 David John HaywardFL 6 Alun PaskLK 5 Brian ThomasLK 4 Brian PricePR 3 Denzil WilliamsHK 2 Norman GalePR 1 Len Cunningham
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