In 1931 the touring South African national team played a joint Abertillery / Cross Keys side of which Fear was selected.
It was an extremely tight game, which the unfancied Welsh team gaining in strength as the match progressed,[3] eventually the Springboks won through 10-9.
It took Fear another three years to gain recognition from the Welsh selectors, when on 3 February 1935 he was capped to face Scotland during the Home Nations Championship.
Under the captaincy of Claude Davey Wales were victorious over a fairly inexperienced Scottish side, winning 13-6.
Fear returned for Wales the next year when he played in the same two fixtures against Scotland and Ireland in the 1935 Championship, though these were his last international caps.