He amassed 88 career test points,[1][7] breaking Gerry Brand's 27-year-old South African record and setting one that stood for 20 years until it was surpassed by Naas Botha.

[9] After his selection for Natal in 1955, Oxlee eventually set a provincial record of 102 matches at fly-half, broken only in 1998 by Henry Honiball.

[2] Oxlee helped Natal to hold Wilson Whineray's touring New Zealand to a 6–6 draw at Kings Park in Durban on 31 May 1960.

[11] And in 1963 he was on the Natal team that beat John Thornett's touring Australian national side 14–13 at Kings Park Stadium.

Oxlee fitted this game plan perfectly with his "sleight of hand passing, constant switches of direction and astute tactical kicking".

[1] In the first test of Oxlee's first tour through Britain, he kicked South Africa's only points (a penalty goal) in their 3–0 defeat of Wales at a rain-sodden Cardiff Arms Park on 3 December 1960.

[5] The match was played in winds of up to 50 mph, with conditions so poor that referee JAS Taylor at one point asked the South African and Welsh captains, Avril Malan and Terry Davies, respectively, whether they would prefer to abandon the game.

"[4][9] To celebrate Oxlee's retirement from provincial rugby in 1967, Natal held a farewell game in which they defeated by 32–22 a South African Barbarians team that fielded 10 Springboks.

[9] At the next outing of Natal in the Currie Cup competition, both teams maintained a minute of silence to commemorate Oxlee's passing.