As well as South Africa, the tour included a game in Salisbury in Rhodesia, in what would become present day Harare in Zimbabwe.

Led by England's Ronald Cove-Smith and managed by former Wales international Harry Packer, the tour took in 21 matches.

The tourist also suffered badly in the non-Test games losing six and drawing one, including a run where they failed to win over an eight-match period.

The team itself was fairly unrepresentative of the best the home nations could have supplied, during a period where British rugby wasn't in its finest phase.

Fortune shone upon the home team though, when they won the toss and decided to play with a howling wind on their backs.