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Barbarian Men

Malcolm Campbell Thomas

Centre

16

Matches

39

Points

Country

Wales

Club

Devonport

Playing Record

Games
04 Mar 1959
White City
Blackheath
8
21
Barbarians
12 Apr 1952
National Stadium
Cardiff
6
3
Barbarians
17 Apr 1954
National Stadium
Cardiff
16
0
Barbarians
05 Apr 1958
National Stadium
Cardiff
14
6
Barbarians
24 May 1958
Old Wanderers Ground
Combined Transvaal
16
18
Barbarians
28 May 1958
E.A.Union Ground
East African XV
52
12
Barbarians
04 Mar 1954
Franklin's Gardens
East Midlands
8
26
Barbarians
27 Dec 1951
Welford Road
Leicester Tigers
13
8
Barbarians
21 May 1958
Loftus Versfeld
Northern Transvaal
9
13
Barbarians
23 Mar 1951
Recreation Ground
Penarth
0
16
Barbarians
30 Mar 1956
Recreation Ground
Penarth
3
9
Barbarians
16 Apr 1954
Recreation Ground
Penarth
0
15
Barbarians
26 Mar 1951
St Helen's
Swansea
9
17
Barbarians
14 Apr 1952
St Helen's
Swansea
0
18
Barbarians
07 Apr 1958
St Helen's
Swansea
5
6
Barbarians
14 May 1958
Olen Park
Western Transvaal
11
3
Barbarians
Statistics
16 Games Played
10 Wins
6 Losses
39 Points
9 Tries

Malcolm Campbell Thomas

Malcolm Campbell Thomas was born in Machen on 25 April 1929 and educated at Bassaleg Grammar School and Caerleon Training College. He did National Service as an instructor lieutenant in the Royal Navy and played in the Inter-Services' tournament at Twickenham. Between 1946 and 1959 he played 276 games and scored 342 points, including 79 tries, for Newport. He was also club captain for four seasons from 1954 to 1957 and played against South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Originally capped as a 19-year-old centre in 1949, he went on to gain 27 caps for Wales by 1959, playing also on the wing and at fly-half and captaining the side twice in 1957. In 1950 Malcolm Thomas was the youngest player in the original 30-man squad for the British Isles' tour to New Zealand and Australia. He scored 21 points on his debut - a new Lions' record - and finished the tour as second-highest scorer with 96 points in 15 appearances, including three tests. Having being overlooked by the selectors for the 1955 tour of South Africa, he became a Lion for the second time in 1959, again to Australasia and again setting an individual match record with 25 points against a Combined XV at Blenheim. In 17 games on that tour he scored 56 points and played in one test against New Zealand. In 1958 he captained the Barbarians against Cardiff and later that summer toured South Africa with the club. Malcolm Thomas died on 9 April 2012, aged 82.

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