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PH116

Photograph, B&W, mounted and titled. New Zealand touring team of 1963-1964. Photograph by Frank Thompson, Crown Studi, Wellington, New Zealand. Dimensions: w8 1/2" x h6 1/2" (w21.5cm x h16.45cm)

Photograph

CIC

1963-1964

This is a photograph of the New Zealand touring team of 1963-1964. They played Swansea at St Helen's on 14th December 1963, winning the match 16 - 9. The match is recalled as "Dai Parkhouse's Match". Full-back Parkhouse scored all swansea's points (2 penalties and a drop goal) in a match where he was badly injured and treated more than once on the pitch for head injuries, having to be brought around on one occasion by trainer Dickie Dobbs. The All Blacks team in this image are: Back Row (L to R): C R Laidlaw, W L Davies, D J Graham, R W Caulton, P F Little, J M LeLievre, W J Nathan, I S T Smith, P T Walsh. 2nd Row (L to R): I R MacRae, K E Barry, K A Nelson, S T Meads, C E Meads, A J Stewart, R H Horsley, B J Lochore, K F Gray, K R Tremain. Front Row (L to R): D A Arnold, I J Clarke, D B Clarke, K C Briscoe (Vice-captain), F D Kilby (Manager), W J Whineray (captain), N J McPhail (Ast. Manager), D Young, E W Kirton, J Major, M J Dick. Seated in Front (L to R): B A Watt, M A Herewini.

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