International Competitions 1963

[1962] [1964]


South African Tour of Australasia

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Squad: Dawie Ackermann (c), H Bennett, B Erasmus, J Gaydon, M Gericke, C Greenwood, F Griffiths, V Jacobs, B Oberholzer, O Odendaal, O Oosthuizan, R Peacock, K Pelser, M Pelser, J Pieterse, N Rens, A Skene, G Smit, G van Zyl, M Vermaas, W Vermaas, J Verwey; G Wilson and F Anderson joined the team for the New Zealand leg.

In Australia: played 9; won 2; lost 7; for 165; against 277; lost series 2-0; total attendance ?.

          Northern Division         W 20-10   5,750  Tamworth
          Monaro                    W 41-2    3,500  Canberra
          Sydney                    L  5-49  18,219  Sydney
          Queensland                L 16-32   6,752  Brisbane
          South Queensland          L 17-27   2,187  Brisbane
          Newcastle                 L 17-27   7,634  Newcastle
          Parramatta                L 18-39   5,372  Sydney
20.07.63  AUSTRALIA                 L  6-34  10,210  Brisbane
27.07.63  AUSTRALIA                 L 21-54  16,995  Sydney

In New Zealand: played 4; won 2; lost 2; for 37; against 37; won series 1-0; total attendance ?.

          Wellington                W 21-12       ?  Wellington
          South Island              L  8-12       ?  Christchurch
          Auckland                  L  4-10       ?  Auckland
          NEW ZEALAND               W  4-3        ?  Auckland

Australian tour of Europe

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Managers: Jack Lynch and Arthur Sparkes.
Captain: Arthur Summons.
Squad: (26) John Cleary, Mike Cleary, Ken Day, Peter Dimond, Peter Gallagher, Reg Gasnier, Johnny Gleeson, Brian Hambly, Earl Harrison, Ken Irvine, Les Johns, Noel Kelly, Graeme Langlands, Jim Lisle, Barry Muir, Paul Quinn, Johnny Raper, Barry Rushworth, Kevin Ryan, Kevin Smyth, Frank Stanton, Arthur Summons, Ken Thornett, Dick Thornett, Ian Walsh, Graham Wilson.

In Great Britain: played 22; won 16; lost 5; drew 1; for 379; against 201; won series 2-1; total attendance 286,729.

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          Warrington                W 28-20  20,090  Warrington
          Huddersfield              W  6-5   13,398  Huddersfield
          Yorkshire                 L  5-11  10,324  Hull
          Leeds                     W 13-10  16,641  Leeds
          Lancashire                L 11-13  15,068  Wigan
          St Helens                 W  8-2   21,284  St Helens
          Featherstone Rovers       L 17-23   7,898  Featherstone
          Oldham                    W 12-4   11,338  Oldham
          Leigh                     W 33-7    9,625  Leigh
          Hull XIII                 W 23-10  10,481  Hull
16.10.63  GREAT BRITAIN             W 28-2   13,946  Wembley
          Rochdale Hornets          W  3-0    8,637  Rochdale
          Hunslet                   W 17-13   4,400  Hunslet
          Wakefield Trinity         W 29-14  15,821  Wakefield
          Cumberland                W 21-0    8,229  Workington
          Barrow                    W 18-5   10,130  Barrow
 9.11.63  GREAT BRITAIN             W 50-12  30,833  Swinton
          Castleford                L 12-13   7,887  Castleford
          Wigan                     W 18-10  11,746  Wigan
          Widnes                    W 20-9    6,509  Widnes
          Swinton                   D  2-2   11,947  Swinton
30.11.63  GREAT BRITAIN             L  5-16  20,497  Leeds

In France: played 14; won 12; lost 2; for 328; against 111; won series 2-1; total attendance 49,689.

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 8.12.63  FRANCE                    L  5-8    4,261  Bordeaux
22.12.63  FRANCE                    W 21-9    6,932  Toulouse
18. 1.64  FRANCE                    W 16-8    5,979  Paris

          Paris Celtic              W 30-2    2,000  Paris
          Basque-Bearnaise          W 18-5    4,261  Bayonne
          South-West France         W 41-11   1,266  Villaneuve
          Pyrenees                  W 14-10   2,059  St Gaudens
          Rouergue                  W 13-2    3,780  Albi
          Languedoc                 W 16-12   6,143  Carcassonne
          Catalan XIII              L 11-15   4,524  Perpignan
          Marseilles/Montpellier XIII
                                    W 51-11     889  Marseilles
          Vaucluse                  W 35-4    2,009  Avignon
          France B                  *                Lyon
            * cancelled due to heavy snow and frozen ground.
          Roanne                    W 38-2    2,969  Roanne
          Les Espoirs (Colts)       W 19-12   2,617  Limoges