We toured to Pembroke again in
1972. After an evening of top shelf drinking with Andy Dunn and John
Pancho Pearson, Mick Berry woke up to find he had lost his dentures.
Retracing his steps from the previous evening, he located them imbedded in a
little tyre-worn, stained patch of tarmac in the main road. Richard Walker
dug them out for him and back in they went, bits of tar and all. Before our
main match, Pembroke Dock Harlequins confidently informed everyone that they
were very good and that we were going to be well beaten. After a changing
room speech akin to Henry V at Agincourt, Ron James led OYs out. Ron, Pancho
and Mick Bloxham scored in our three tries to nil victory. The game featured
a flawless display of kicking by Dickie Williams at fly half. Dickie was to
become the first Old Yardleian to represent his country when he played full
back for England Colts against Wales Colts at Pontypool on 17th March 1972.
The result was a draw and Dickies creditable performance was watched by a
large party of Old Ys who went to support him
To ring the changes, the Tour
in 1973 was to a tournament in Weston which ended up as one long pub crawl.
Bob Tanky Tynan ,who had damaged his knee in the first game, and Keith Cadby,
who always had at least one broken limb, this time it was his leg, were
continually one pub behind. Feeling sorry for Keith, Bert Black decided to
carry him about on his shoulders. From then on the proceedings were
punctuated with little squeals from young Cadby and curses from the people hit
on the head by the plastered broken leg, draped around Berts neck as he
twirled around. In a series of special paraplegic contests, Tanky won the
five yard dash but lost out to Keith on the cross country race across the
crazy golf course.