1968 TOUR: ITINERARY

DATE

OPPONENTS, VENUE AND REFEREE

RESULT & ½TIME

B & IRISH LIONS

OPPONENTS

BRITISH & IRISH LIONS SCORERS

OPPONENTS SCORERS

T

C

P

D

T

C

P

D

1

Saturday

May

18

WESTERN TRANSVAAL

W 20-12

4

1

2

0

0

0

4

0

Kiernan (C,2P) Telfer (2T) Turner (T) PJ Durand (3P) B Blignaut (P)
Olen Park, Potchefstroom

(3-6)

Davies (T)
Ref: AP Bird

2

Wednesday

May

22

WESTERN PROVINCE

W 10-6

2

2

0

0

1

0

1

0

Kiernan (2C) Richards (T) Savage (T) JP van der Merwe (T) JP Naudé (P)
Newlands, Cape Town

(10-3)

Ref: M Baise

3

Saturday

May

25

SOUTH WESTERN DISTRICTS

W 24-6

4

3

2

0

0

0

2

0

Hiller (3C,2P) Hinshelwood (2T) Jones (T) P Kromhout (2P)
Van Riebeeck Ground, Mossel Bay

(9-3)

RB Taylor (T)
Ref: WC Malan

4

Wednesday

May

29

EASTERN PROVINCE

W 23-14

2

1

3

2

1

1

3

0

Hiller (T,C,3P) Hinshelwood (T) T Adlam (P) G Carelse (C,2P)
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth

(9-6)

Turner (2D) G Nortjé (T)
Ref: CJ de Bruyn

5

Saturday

June

1

NATAL

W 17-5

4

1

1

0

1

1

0

0

Kiernan (C,P) Edwards (T) Turner (T) JD McIntosh (T) MR Swanby (C)
King's Park, Durban

(17-0)

Bresnihan (T) Richards (T)
Ref: WTF Lane

6

Monday

June

3

RHODESIA

W 32-6

5

4

2

1

1

0

1

0

Kiernan (2C,P) Jarrett (T,2C,P) MJ Martin (P) D Smith (T)
Police Ground, Salisbury

(6-3)

O'Shea (2T) Thomas (T) Gibson (D)
Ref: P Robbertse Hinshelwood (T)

7

Saturday

June

8

SOUTH AFRICA - 1

L 20-25

1

1

5

0

3

2

4

0

Kiernan (C,5P) McBride (T) PJ Visagie (2C,2P) JP Naudé (T,2P)
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

(11-16)

DJ de Villiers (T) FCH du Preez (T)
Ref: M Baise (South Africa)

8

Wednesday

June

12

NORTH WEST CAPE

W 25-5

5

2

2

0

1

1

0

0

Hiller (2C,2P) RM Young (T) Turner (T) G Bruwer (T) JA Basson (C)
Danie Kuys Stadium, Upington

(9-5)

Hinshelwood (T) Telfer (T) Gibson (T)
Ref: JPJ Schoeman

9

Saturday

June

15

SOUTH WEST AFRICA

W 23-0

5

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

Hiller (T,C,2P) Edwards (2T) Savage (T)
South West Stadium, Windhoek

(14-0)

Raybould (T)

-

Ref: J Kruger

10

Tuesday

June

18

TRANSVAAL

L 6-14

1

0

1

0

1

1

3

0

Kiernan (P) Gibson (T) P Steyn (P) T du Toit (C,P)
Ellis Park, Johannesburg

(6-3)

RW Barnard (T) T Dannhauser (P)
Ref: J Stander

11

Saturday

June

22

SOUTH AFRICA - 2

D 6-6

0

0

2

0

0

0

2

0

Kiernan (2P) PJ Visagie (P) JP Naudé (P)
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth

(3-3)

Ref: JPJ Schoeman (South Africa)

12

Saturday

June

29

EASTERN TRANSVAAL

W 37-9

6

5

1

2

2

0

1

0

Hiller (5C,P) Gibson (T,2D) Davies (T) CJC Cronjé (T) R Hector (T) J Nel (P)
PAM Brink Stadium, Springs

(18-6)

RB Taylor (T) RM Young (T) Doyle (T)
Ref: TH Woolley Richards (T)

13

Wednesday

July

3

NORTHERN TRANSVAAL

W 22-19

2

2

4

0

3

2

1

1

Kiernan (2C,4P) Richards (T) AJ Pretorius (2C,P) G Pitzer (T)
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

(8-16)

Coulman (T) Fourie du Preez (2T) P Steyn (D)
Ref: MW Odendaal

14

Saturday

July

6

GRIQUALAND WEST

W 11-3

2

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

Kiernan (P) Edwards (2T) Jarrett (C) PJ Visagie (P)
De Beers Stadium, Kimberley

(6-0)

Ref: KB Weyer

15

Monday

July

8

BOLAND

W 14-0

3

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Hiller (C,P) Edwards (T) Savage (T)
Boland Stadium, Wellington

(3-0)

Davies (T)

-

Ref: J Hamilton

16

Saturday

July

13

SOUTH AFRICA - 3

L 6-11

0

0

2

0

1

1

2

0

Kiernan (2P) PJ Visagie (C,P) MJ Lourens (T)
Newlands, Cape Town

(3-3)

JP Naudé (P)
Ref: M Baise (South Africa)

17

Wednesday

July

17

BORDER

W 26-6

1

1

5

2

1

0

1

0

Hiller (C,5P,2D) Gibson (T) L Carstens (P) M Harper (T)
BRU Ground, East London

(11-0)

Ref: KRV Carlson

18

Saturday

July

20

ORANGE FREE STATE

W 9-3

1

0

1

1

0

0

1

0

Kiernan (P) Gibson (D) Richards (T) S du Toit (P)
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

(6-0)

Ref: HJ du Plooy

19

Monday

July

22

NORTH EAST CAPE

W 40-12

7

5

3

0

1

0

2

1

Hiller (5C,2P) Jarrett (T,P) Doyle (T) W de la Rosa (T) A Botha (D)
Cradock Rovers Ground, Cradock

(17-9)

Hinshelwood (T) Bresnihan (T) Thomas (T) A van Vuuren (P) W Weideman (P)
Ref: JD Symington J Taylor (T) Raybould (T)

20

Saturday

July

27

SOUTH AFRICA - 4

L 6-19

0

0

2

0

4

2

0

1

Kiernan (2P) PJ Visagie (2C) RL Gould (D) JH Ellis (T)
Ellis Park, Johannesburg

(3-6)

F du T Roux (T) E Olivier (T)
Ref: EA Strasheim (South Africa) SH Nomis (T)

Scoring Values: Try = 3 points; Conversion = 2 points; Penalty Ggal = 3 points; Drop goal = 3 points

RESULTS

LEADING TRY SCORERS
MOST CAPS
TOP POINT SCORERS
Ugo Monye5
Tommy Bowe4
Thomas Richard Croft3
Lee Byrne2
Danwel Demas2
Keith Earls2
Stephen Ferris2
Michael Phillips2
Jamie Roberts2
Shane Williams2