1948 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina

1948 Oxford-Cambridge tour in Argentina
Type P W D L Total: 9 9 0 0 Test match: 2 2 0 0
Opp. P W D L  Argentina 2 2 0 0
Statistics against Test match opponents

The 1948 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in Argentina, in Buenos Aires and Rosario in 1948.

A mixed selection of players from Oxford and Cambridge universities was arranged for an historical tour

After some contacting the previous years, the River Plate Rugby Union hosted, with the help of clubs of Gymnasia y Esgrima e and Hindú Club, this selection, formed also of many international player of British national team.

The team

• C. R. Hopwood (“manager”);
• A. Matthews (referee),
• S. C. Newman
• S. M. Duff
• D. W. Swarbrick
• D. J. W. Bridge
• J. B. Raine
• Alan Stewart
• M. T. Maloney
• Clive van Ryneveld
• J. H. Galbraith
• A. F. Dorward
• P. J. de A. Moore
• T. S. Mc Roberts
• E. C. C. Wynter
• R. V. Thompson
• C. G. Gilthorpe
• G. A. Wilson (Capt.)
• P. W. Kininmonth
• A. P. de Nobriga
• E. Bole
• A. J. van Ryneveld
• R. D. Gill
• John Kendall-Carpenter
• Barry Holmes

Results

29 August 1948

Argentina	0 - 17	Oxford & Cambridge

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Referee: Austin Mathews (England)

5 September 1948

Argentina	0 - 39	Oxford & Cambridge

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires Referee: T. H. Blades (Argentina)

External links

• Memorias della UAR - 1948