Royden Gladstone Dryburgh (1 November 1929 – 10 May 2000) was a South African

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player, who captained the

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in two test matches.

Playing career

Dryburgh played provincial for Western Province from 1949 to 1955 and for Natal from 1956 to 1960. Dryburgh made his test debut for the Springboks in 1955 against the touring British Lions team captained by

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. His first test match was the second test played at his home ground,

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in Cape Town and he scored a try and two conversions in the test. In 1960 he was captained the Springboks in the first two tests against the touring All Blacks. Dryburg scored 28 points in test matches, including three tries. He also played in twelve tour matches, scoring eighty-eight points.

Test history

''Legend: try (3 pts); pen = penalty (3 pts.); conv = conversion (2 pts.), drop = drop kick (3 pts.).''

References

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Playing career

Test history

See also

References