| Born | (1927-06-16)16 June 1927 Tonna, Neath, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 5 June 2005(2005-06-05) (aged 77) Plymouth, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Cowbridge Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | St Luke's College, Exeter | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | School teacher | ||||||||||||||||
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Keith Maddocks (16 June 1927 – 5 June 2005) was a Welsh international rugby union player.1
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, in 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
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.