Keith Maddocks
Keith Maddocks (16 June 1927 – 5 June 2005) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1]
| Date of birth | 16 June 1927 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tonna, Neath, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 June 2005 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Plymouth, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Cowbridge Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | St Luke's College, Exeter | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | School teacher | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
References
- "Former Neath star passes". Wales Online. 29 June 2005.
- "Keith Maddocks Chosen For Welsh Rugby Trial". Western Morning News. 27 October 1949.
- Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". Wales Online.
- "D.F. Allison's penalty goal beat Wales". Sunday Sun. 20 January 1957.
- "Former Wales wing Maddocks dies". BBC News. 30 June 2005.