Keith Maddocks (16 June 1927 – 5 June 2005) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1]

Keith Maddocks
Date of birth(1927-06-16)16 June 1927
Place of birthTonna, Neath, Wales
Date of death5 June 2005(2005-06-05) (aged 77)
Place of deathPlymouth, Devon, England
SchoolCowbridge Grammar School
UniversitySt Luke's College, Exeter
Occupation(s)School teacher
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1957 Wales 1 (0)

Maddocks, a Cowbridge Grammar School product, played rugby at St Luke's College, Exeter, while studying teaching and was a Devon County representative player. He made his first Welsh trials in 1949 while with St Luke's.[2]

A speedy winger, Maddocks spent most of his career with Neath. He was a regular try-scorer and had six in a single match against Ebbw Vale as captain in the 1956–57 season, which he finished with 27 tries.[3] In the 1957 Five Nations, Maddocks won his solitary Wales cap against England at Cardiff Arms Park and conceded a first-half penalty when he was caught off-side, with Fenwick Allison's successful kick proving to be the only score of the match.[4]

Maddocks was an English teacher at St Boniface's School in Plymouth, Devon.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Former Neath star passes". Wales Online. 29 June 2005.
  2. ^ "Keith Maddocks Chosen For Welsh Rugby Trial". Western Morning News. 27 October 1949.
  3. ^ Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". Wales Online.
  4. ^ "D.F. Allison's penalty goal beat Wales". Sunday Sun. 20 January 1957.
  5. ^ "Former Wales wing Maddocks dies". BBC News. 30 June 2005.
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