[2] They had children; Andrea J. Scrivens (birth registered during first ¼ 1965 (age 59–60) in Wigan district), and Carl Jonathan Scrivens (birth registered during first ¼ 1967 (age 57–58) in Wigan district).
Brian Scrivens played in Newport RFC's 11-0 victory over Australia (RU) in 1957.
In a "merry-go-round", in 1957 Colin Evans lost his Newport RFC Scrum-half place to Brian Scrivens, and so Evans joined Pontypool RFC, where he displaced Billy Watkins,[4] and so Watkins joined Newport RFC, where he displaced Scrivens, a similar pattern occurred for Wales, Watkins won a cap in 1959 against France, Scrivens then displaced Watkins in the Welsh trial, but joined Wigan (RL) on the verge of a cap in October 1959, Evans displaced Watkins for cap in 1960 against England.
[5] Brian Scrivens was selected for Newport RFC in the Snelling Sevens, but following an injury in the second round, he was replaced by Clive Lewis.
[7] Brian Scrivens' parents were originally from Cardiff and transferred to Newport during World War II, he attended Brynglas Secondary School, where one of his teachers was Arthur Hedley Rowland[1] ((13 January 1919 [2] — 30 August 2007) Newport RFC and Monmouthshire County RFC, Croix de Guerre for bravery in World War II), Scrivens was approached by St. Helens (RL) when aged both 14, and 16,[5] he worked at Bulldog Tools, Wigan, and following retirement in September 1996 he moved to Glenridding, Cumbria, where he has been the chairman of Patterdale Parish Council.