Meads nears test record
TF the All Blacks lock, C. E. Meads, continues to play first-class Rugby this year he will become the holder of the record for the most test appearances in international Rugby. Meads has played 42 tests already and. if he plays in the two tests against Australia, and the three against France this year, he will pass the record of 46 caps
held by the great Irish first five-eighths, J. W. Kyle. Kyle played for Ireland between 1947 and 1958, Meads’s test career from 1957 to 1968 will have spanned the same number of years. Players other than Kyle and Meads who have appeared in 40 or more tests are: K. J. Jones (Wales) 44, M. Crauste (France) 43, G.
V. Stephenson (Ireland) 42, D. M. D. Rollo (Scotland) 40, N. J. Henderson (Ireland) 40, H. F. McLeod (Scotland) 40. The veteran Australian prop, A. R. Miller, has played in 30 tests; W. W. Wakefield holds the record for England with 31 appearances and J, L. Gainsford, the Springbok centre, played in 33 internationals "for South Africa. The first match that Meads plays in Australia for the All Blacks will give him 100 matches for New Zealand. This is by far the greatest number of appearances by a player for his country. Gainsford is nearest to Meads, with 71 matches for South Africa.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31653, 13 April 1968, Page 11
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