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1948 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina

Field	Value
team	Oxford-Cambridge
yearstart	1948
matchplayed	9
matchwon	9
matchdraw	0
matchlost	0
testplayed	2
testwon	2
testdraw	0
testlost	0
opponent1
played1	2
won1	2
draw1	0
lost1	0

The 1948 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in Argentina by a mixed selection of players from Oxford and Cambridge universities in 1948. The matches were held in Buenos Aires and Rosario.

After some contacting the previous years, the Argentine Rugby Union then, "River Plate Rugby Union" hosted, with the help of clubs Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires and Hindú, this selection, formed also of many international players of British national team.

It was the first (of a total of four) tours of this British team on Argentina.

The team

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

Results

;Notes

References

[https://www.periodismo-rugby.com.ar/2022/08/19/el-rejuntado-victorioso/ EL REJUNTADO VICTORIOSO] by Jorge Búsico, Periodismo Rugby, 18 Aug 2022
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130627033455/http://www.uar.com.ar/pdf/memorias/1948.pdf "La Unión de Rugby del Río de la Plata – Memoria y Balance 1948"] at UAR (archived, 27 Jun 2013)
[https://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/diarios/2017/04/21/deportes/DEPO-16.html Oxford & Cambridge: el primer equipo británico que jugó en nuestro medio] by César Miño on ''El Litoral''. 21 Apr 2017

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