Denys Dobson

Dobson was the first player from a British touring rugby team to be dismissed from the playing field, when he was sent off in a match against the Northern District in Newcastle, New South Wales.

His first match was a narrow loss to Wales, a game which saw all 8 English points coming from the forward positions, one try came from Dobson himself, scoring on his debut.

[4] It was a terrible campaign for England, finishing bottom of the table after losing all three matches, made all the worse by the low scoring achieved by the team.

Led by Scottish international and fellow Barbarian David Bedell-Sivright, Dobson played in all four Test matches, three wins over Australia and a loss to New Zealand.

The sixth invitational encounter was the Northern Districts, played at Newcastle in New South Wales on 6 July, just four days after the first Australia Test.

Bedell-Sivright later described Dobson as "one of the quietest and most gentlemanly of members of the team"[6] The New South Wales Rugby Union had an inquiry into the matter.