Royden Gladstone Dryburgh (1 November 1929 – 10 May 2000) was a South African rugby union player, who captained the Springboks in two test matches.[1]
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| Birth name | Royden Gladstone Dryburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 November 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 May 2000 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Durban, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Grey High School, Port Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career edit
Dryburgh played provincial for Western Province from 1949 to 1955 and for Natal from 1956 to 1960.[2][3]
Dryburgh made his test debut for the Springboks in 1955 against the touring British Lions team captained by Robin Thompson. His first test match was the second test played at his home ground, Newlands in Cape Town and he scored a try and two conversions in the test. In 1960 he was captained the Springboks in the first two tests against the touring All Blacks.[4] Dryburg scored 28 points in test matches, including three tries. He also played in twelve tour matches, scoring eighty-eight points.[5]
Test history edit
| No. | Opponents | Results (SA 1st) |
Position | Points | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  British Lions |
25–9 | Fullback | 7 (1 try, 2 conv) | 20 Aug 1955 | Newlands, Cape Town |
| 2. | British Lions |
6–9 | Full back | 6 (2 pen) | 3 Sep 1955 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 3. | British Lions |
22–8 | Fullback | 4 (2 conv) | 24 Sep 1955 | Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth |
| 4. |  Australia |
9–0 | Right-wing | 3 (1 try) | 2 Jun 1956 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane |
| 5. |  New Zealand |
6–10 | Fullback | 3 (1 pen) | 14 Jul 1956 | Carisbrook, Dunedin |
| 6. | New Zealand |
5–11 | Right-wing | 3 (1 try) | 1 Sep 1956 | Eden Park, Auckland |
| 7. | New Zealand |
13–0 | Fullback (c) | 2 (1 conv) | 25 Jun 1960 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg |
| 8. | New Zealand |
3–11 | Fullback (c) | 23 Jul 1960 | Newlands, Cape Town |
Legend: try (3 pts); pen = penalty (3 pts.); conv = conversion (2 pts.), drop = drop kick (3 pts.).
See also edit
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 321
References edit
- ^ "Roy Dryburgh". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ Parker, A. C. (1983). W.P. Rugby : centenary, 1883-1983. Western Province Rugby Football Union (South Africa) (1st ed.). Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa: WPRFU. p. 303. ISBN 0-620-06555-9. OCLC 54188953.
- ^ Herbert, Alfred (1980). The Natal rugby story (1st ed.). Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: Shuter & Shooter in conjunction with the Natal Rugby Union. p. 434. ISBN 0-86985-489-5. OCLC 14768537.
- ^ Jooste, Graham K. (1995). South African rugby test players 1949-1995. Johannesburg: Penguin. pp. 15–28. ISBN 0140250174. OCLC 36916860.
- ^ Colquhoun, Andy (1999). The South African Rugby Annual 1999. Cape Town: MWP Media Sport. p. 144. ISBN 0958423148.