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Full Name	John Charles Bevan
Date of Birth	28 October 1950
Place of Birth	Tylorstown
Height (cm)	183
Weight (kg)	81
Schools Attended	Ferndale Grammar School

Appearances for Wales
Played	Capt.	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Points
10	0	5	0	0	0	19

A thunderous runner, Doug Smith the 1971 Lions team manager was once quoted as exclaiming of Bevan, ‘that boy is terrific and would do anything I asked of him for the team.’

He was only capped 10 times for his country and once for the Lions test side on account of his move north, in 1973, to represent Warrington, Wales and Great Britain in rugby league for the pinnacle of his career. A PE student at the Cardiff College of Education and a tremendous gymnast, Bevan’s furious playing style earned him 11 tries in his first 5 matches on the Lions tour to New Zealand in 1971.

His attempt at reaching Tony O’Reilly’s 1959 try-scoring record of 22 tries on one tour was hampered by his loss of form after his initial impact, but a final tally of 18 is testament to his dynamic play.

British & Irish Lions Appearances

Date	Against	Pos.	(C)	T	C	P	DG	Pts
10/08/1971	Bay of Plenty	WI
07/08/1971	North Auckland	WI		1				3
04/08/1971	Manawatu / Horowhenua	WI		4				12
17/07/1971	Hawke's Bay	WI
06/07/1971	New Zealand Universities	WI		1				3
03/07/1971	Taranaki	WI
26/06/1971	New Zealand	WI
19/06/1971	Canterbury	WI		1				3
12/06/1971	Otago	WI
05/06/1971	Wellington	WI		4				12
02/06/1971	New Zealand Maoris	WI		1				3
29/05/1971	Waikato	WI		3				9
26/05/1971	Wanganui / King Country	WI		2				6
15/05/1971	New South Wales	WI		1				3
Total (Capped)		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (Provincial)		13	0	18	0	0	0	54
Total (All Games)		14	0	18	0	0	0	54