The 1948 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in Argentina by a mixed selection of players from Oxford and Cambridge universities in 1948. The matches were held in Buenos Aires and Rosario.
After some contacting the previous years, the Argentine Rugby Union then, "River Plate Rugby Union" hosted, with the help of clubs Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires and Hindú, this selection, formed also of many international players of British national team.
It was the first (of a total of four) tours of this British team on Argentina.
The team
C. R. Hopwood (manager) A. Matthews (referee)
S. C. Newman
S. M. Duff
David Swarbrick
D. J. W. Bridge
J. B. Raine
Alan Stewart
M. T. Maloney
Clive van Ryneveld
J. H. Galbraith
Arthur Dorward
P. J. de A. Moore
T. S. Mc Roberts
E. C. C. Wynter
R. V. Thompson
C. G. Gilthorpe
G. A. Wilson (Capt.) Peter Kininmonth A. P. de Nobriga E. Bole Anthony van Ryneveld R. D. Gill John Kendall-Carpenter Barry Holmes