Charles Lewis (Llandovery)
1 Test – 1885 W v E
Horace Lyne (Newport)
1 Test – 1885 E v I
Richard Mullock (Newport)
1 Test – 1886 I v E
William Phillips (Cardiff)
2 Tests – 1887 I v E; 1889 I v S
Billy Douglas (Cardiff)
4 Tests – 1891 I v E; 1894 E v I; 1896 S v E; 1903 E v S
William Wilkins (Llanelli)
3 Tests – 1893 E v S; 1894 S v E; 1895 E v S
Tom Williams (Llwynypia)
1 Test – 1904 E v I
Harry Bowen (Llanelli)
1 Test – 1905 E v S
Ack Llewellyn (Pontypridd)
1 Test – 1906 E v I
Tommy Schofield (Bridgend)
12 Tests – 1907 E v S; 1908 E v I ; 1910 E v I; 1911 E v S; 1912 E v I, F v E; 1913 E v S; 1914 E v I, S v E; 1920 E v S; 1921 E v I; 1922 S v I
Jack Games (Abercarn)
3 Tests – 1909 E v A; 1913 E v F; 1914 F v E
Gwyn Nicholls (Cardiff)
1 Test – 1909 E v S
E A Johns
1 Test – 1911 E v F
Albert Freethy (Neath)
18 Tests – 1923 F v E; 1924 E v F, F v US, I v NZ; 1925 E v NZ, I v S, S v E, F v E; 1926 E v F; 1927 F v E; 1928 I v E, E v F; 1929 E v I, F v E; 1930 I v E, E v F; 1931 E v I, F v E
Tommy Vile (Newport)
12 Tests – 1923 S v F, E v I, S v I, E v S; 1924 I v E, S v I, E v S; 1925 E v I; 1927 E v I; 1928 E v A, E v S; 1931 F v I
E Roberts
1 Test – 1924 F v S
W J Llewellyn (Bridgend)
3 Tests – 1926 F v S, I v E; 1928 S v A
Wilf Faull (Swansea)
3 Tests – 1936 E v NZ, S v I; 1937 E v I
Harold Phillips (Pontypridd)
1 Test – 1936 E v S
Ivor David (Neath)
14 Tests – 1938 E v S; 1939 S v E; 1947 E v S; 1952 S v F, I v S, E v I; 1953 S v I; 1954 S v F, E v NZ, S v NZ, F v NZ, F v E; 1955 I v F; 1956 F v E
Trevor Jones (Maesteg)
6 Tests – 1947 E v F; 1948 E v I, F v E; 1949 E v F; 1950 S v F; 1951 I v E
Viv Lewellyn (Llansamlet)
1 Test – 1951 E v F
Vernon Parfitt (Newport)
2 Tests – 1953 E v F; 1954 I v S
Cyril Joynson (Caerleon)
1 Test – 1955 E v S
Jack Evans (Cardiff)
2 Tests – 1958 I v A, F v E
Gwynne Walters (Gowerton)
23 Tests – 1959 F v S, I v E, E v S, I v F; 1960 S v F, E v I, I v S, F v I; 1961 F v SA, E v F; 1962 E v I, F v E; 1963 E v S, F v R; 1964 E v I, F v E, F v I, F v Fj; 1965 I v F, S v I, E v S, S v SA; 1966 F v E
Gwilym Treharne (Port Talbot)
5 Tests – 1960 I v SA; 1961 E v SA, I v E, I v F; 1963 S v I
Fred Price (Blaenavon)
1 Test – 1963 I v F
Dai Hughes (Llanelli)
5 Tests – 1965 F v It; 1966 S v F, I v S; 1967 I v E, S v I
Meirion Joseph (Cwmavon)
22 Tests – 1966 S v A; 1967 I v A; 1968 E v I, I v S; 1968 R v F; 1969 S v I, S v SA; 1970 S v E; 1971 I v E, S v E; 1972 S v F, S v E; 1973 I v NZ, S v PXV, F v J; 1974 E v I; 1975 F v Arg; 1976 E v A, F v A; 1977 E v S, S v I, F v S
Ken Morgan (Llandarcy)
1 Test – 1967 F v It
Ken Jones (Llanelli)
3 Tests – 1968 I v A; 1970 F v E; 1971 S v I
Ron Lewis (Llangynwyd)
6 Tests – 1970 E v I; 1971 E v F; 1972 F v I; 1973 S v I, E v A; 1974 Arg v F(2)
Ernie Lewis (Abertillery)
1 Test – 1971 F v A
Jeff Kelleher (Llantwit Major)
4 Tests – 1973 E v S; 1974 F v E; 1976 R v F; 1977 E v F
Denzil Lloyd (Nantyffyllon)
2 Tests – 1975 I v F; 1976 S v E
Selwyn Lewis (Cwmgors)
2 Tests – 1975 F v S; 1976 I v S
Cenydd Thomas (Pontypridd)
3 Tests – 1977 F v NZ; 1978 S v F, F v I
Clive Norling (Birchgrove)
25 Tests – 1978 I v NZ; 1979 E v S; 1980 F v E; 1981 I v F, NZ v SA(1,2), F v NZ; 1982 I v S; 1983 A v Arg(1,2); 1984 F v I; 1985 E v S; 1986 E v I; 1987 I v F – RWC: Can v Ton, F v Fj(1/4 F); 1988 E v I, R v F; 1989 NZ v Arg (1,2); 1990 I v S, A v F (1,2); 1991 Nam v I (1,2)
Corris Thomas (Cardiff)
2 Tests – 1979 S v I; 1980 E v I
Ken Rowlands (Ynysybwl)
4 Tests – 1980 SA v SAm(2); 1981 F v S; 1982 S v E; 1986 SA v Cv(4)
Alun Richards (Caldicot)
4 Tests – 1980 R v F; 1981 A v F; 1982 E v A; 1983 F v S
Winston Jones (Cwmgors)
2 Tests – 1984 S v F, NZ v F(2)
Derek Bevan (Clydach)
44 Tests – 1985 E v R; 1986 F v E, NZ v A (1,2); 1987 RWC: NZ v It, F v Zim; A v NZ; 1988 I v Sam; 1990 NZ v S; 1991 I v F – RWC F v Fj, S v Sam (1/4 F), E v A (RWC Final); 1992 S v E, E v I, NZ v World XV (1,2); 1993 F v S, NZ v A, C v A, Arg v SA (1,2); 1994 S v F, NZ v F (1,2); 1995 S v I – RWC SA v A, NZ v S (1/4 F), SA v F (1/2 F); 1996 S v E, SA v NZ, F v SA; 1997 NZ v SA, F v SA; 1998 E v I, NZ v A; 1999 S v I, NZ v A – RWC I v Arg, NZ v Ton, E v Fj, Arg v F (1/4 F), A v SA (1/2 F); 2000 I v It
Les Peard (Castleton)
4 Tests – 1989 I v E; 1991 E v F, F v R, E v USA
Gareth Simmonds (Taffs Well)
6 Tests – 1992 E v C; 1993 Arg v Chile, Arg v Para; 1995 R v F; 1996 Arg v F; 1997 S v I
Rob Yeman (Taibach)
4 Tests – 1993 I v R; Mor v Zim, Mor v Nam; 1994 NZ v SA
Clayton Thomas (Bryncoch)
17 Tests – 1995 S v C, I v F – RWC: Arg v It; 1996 S v F, Arg v F; 1997 A v F (1,2); 1998 S v E, A v NZ, I v SA; 1999 F v S, Sam v F, Ton v F – RWC: I v A, S v Sp; 2000 S v E, USA v I
Robert Davies (Dunvant)
6 Tests – 1997 I v It; 1998 I v Geo; 1999 S v It; 2000 It v NZ; 2001 E v S, It v Sam
David Davies (Llanbradach)
2 Tests – 1998 It v S, C v Uru
Nigel Whitehouse (Gowerton)
15 Tests – 2000 I v J; C v E, Arg v It, S v Ton; 2002 I v S, USA v C; I v Fj; 2003 S v I; 2004 It v S, J v It, It v USA; 2005 NZ v Fj, J v I, It v Arg, S v NZ
Nigel Williams (Bryncoch)
16 Tests – 2002 NZ v It, Sp v It, I v Geo, S v SA; 2003 It v F, A v I, SA v Arg, E v F – RWC: Arg v Nam, Fj v Jap, E v Uru; 2004 I v S, NZ v E, S v SA; 2005 F v S, A v F
Nigel Owens (Pontyberem)
2 Tests – 2005 J v I, Arg v Sa
WELSH REFEREES TEST APPEARANCES
44 Derek Bevan
25 Clive Norling
23 Gwynne Walters
22 Meirion Joseph
18 Albert Freethy
17 Clayton Thomas
16 Nigel Williams
15 Nigel Whitehouse
15 Ivor David
12 Tom Schofield, Tommy Vile
06 Trevor Jones, Ron Lewis, Gareth Simmonds, Robert Davies
05 Gwilym Treharne, Dai Hughes
04 Billy Douglas, Jeff Kelleher, Ken Rowlands, Alun Richards, Les Peard, Rob Yeman
03 William Wilkins, Jack Games, WJ Llewellyn, Wilf Faull, Ken Jones, Cenydd Thomas
02 William Phillips, Vernon Parfitt, Jack Evans, Denzil Lloyd, Selwyn Lewis, Corris Thomas, Winston Jones, David Davies, Nigel Owens
01 D Herbert, Charles Lewis, Horace Lyne, Richard Mullock, Tom Williams, Harry Bowen, Ack Llewellyn, Gwyn Nicholls, EA Johns, E Roberts, Harold Phillips, Viv Llewellyn, Cyril Joynson, Fred Price, Ken Morgan, Ernie Lewis
ALSO . . .
Gil Evans took charge of England v New Zealand in 1905 and Wales v Australia in 1908. He was from Swansea, but refereed out of England from the Midland Counties and Birmingham Societies. He played for Swansea in 1892. Was a highly respected referee who got good mentions from the All Blacks in 1905 and did a number of their games in Wales.
