PH062

Item

Title
PH062
Description
Photograph, B&W, mounted and titled. British Isles Rugby Union team in Cape Town, South Africa 1962. Photograph by Akkersdyk, Café Town. Dimensions: w19 1/2" x h15 1/2" (w50.5cm x h40cm)
Type
Photograph
Rights Holder
CIC
Date
1961-1962
Abstract
The British Isles team in Cape Town, on the 1962 tour of South Africa. P 25, W: 16, D: 4, L: 5. The Lions tour also encompassed matches in Rhodesia (now called Zimbabwe), South West Africa (now called Namibia) and East Africa (now called Kenya). All these matches were won. All the non Test matches in South Africa were won except against Northern Transvaal and Eastern Transvaal. The British Isles team were captained by Scotland wing and captain Arthur Smith. Of the four Test matches three were lost and the first one drawn. Nine Welsh players were on the tour including Swansea's Dewi Bebb, who would also tour with the 1966 Lions. Bebb played in two of the Test matches in 1962. Back Row (L to R): H J C Brown, D E Bebb, H O Godwin, T P Wright, D P Rogers, W R Hunter, R A W Sharp, D M D Rollo, T J Kiernan, J G Willcox, D Hewitt. 2nd Row (L to R): J P Du Plessis (Baggage Master), L D Jones, G Davidge, W J McBride, M J Campbell-Lamerton, K A Rowlands, D Nash, A E I Pask, J Douglas, M P Weston, S A M Hodgson. 3rd Row (L to R): N H Brophy, G H Waddell, R E G Jeeps, H R McKibbin (Hon. Secretary), A R Smith (captain), Instr.-Cdr. D B Vaughan, R.N. (Hon. Manager), W A Mulcahy, Lawton Fourie (S.A.R.B. Rep.), B V Meredith, S Millar, H J Morgan. Front Row (L to R): J M Dee, A O'Connor, D K Jones, R C Cowan.
Subject
photograph, british isles, lions, south africa, tour, 1962, 1961-1962, H J C Brown, D E Bebb, H O Godwin, T P Wright, D P Rogers, W R Hunter, R A W Sharp, D M D Rollo, T J Kiernan, J G Willcox, D Hewitt, J P Du Plessis, L D Jones, G Davidge, W J McBride, M J Campbell-Lamerton, K A Rowlands, D Nash, A E I Pask, J Douglas, M P Weston, S A M Hodgson, N H Brophy, G H Waddell, R E G Jeeps, H R McKibbin, A R Smith, Instr.-Cdr. D B Vaughan, R.N., W A Mulcahy, Lawton Fourie, B V Meredith, S Millar, H J Morgan, J M Dee, A O'Connor, D K Jones, R C Cowan,
Item sets
St Helen's Archive
Media
PH062.JPG

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