Rugby Union | 1950s | Oldest appearance

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
E Evans	H	37y 42d	England	v Scotland	Murrayfield	15 Mar 1958	Details
P Stievano	W	36y 66d	Italy	v Germany	Milan	13 Mar 1955	Details
KJ Jones	W	35y 34d	Wales	v Scotland	Murrayfield	2 Feb 1957	Details
P Farinelli	C	34y 349d	Italy	v Spain	Barcelona	13 Apr 1952	Details
JRG Stephens	L	34y 341d	Wales	v France	Colombes	23 Mar 1957	Details
P Favaretto	H	34y 281d	Italy	v Spain	Roma	6 May 1951	Details
V Evans	FB	34y 270d	Wales	v Scotland	Swansea	10 Apr 1954	Details
RV Stirling	P	34y 218d	England	v France	Colombes	10 Apr 1954	Details
AJJ du Plooy	P	34y 67d	South Africa	v Lions	Johannesburg	6 Aug 1955	Details
A Roques	P	34y 60d	France	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	18 Apr 1959	Details
T Gray	FB	34y 56d	Scotland	v England	Twickenham	17 Mar 1951	Details
K Yanz	F	33y 295d	Australia	v France	Colombes	9 Mar 1958	Details
GT Beckingham	H	33y 243d	Wales	v France	Cardiff	29 Mar 1958	Details
AO Lewis	F	33y 233d	England	v France	Colombes	10 Apr 1954	Details
M Battaglini	F	33y 216d	Italy	v Romania	Bucharest	24 May 1953	Details
S Lanfranchi	F	33y 183d	Italy	v France	Nantes	29 Mar 1959	Details
JH Steeds	H	33y 172d	England	v Scotland	Murrayfield	18 Mar 1950	Details
GW Hastings	P	33y 128d	England	v Scotland	Murrayfield	15 Mar 1958	Details
RC Stuart	F	33y 122d	New Zealand	v France	Colombes	27 Feb 1954	Details
JD Brewis	FH	33y 68d	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	22 Aug 1953	Details
J Dauger	C	33y 59d	France	v Scotland	Colombes	10 Jan 1953	Details
RWH Scott	FB	33y 21d	New Zealand	v France	Colombes	27 Feb 1954	Details
GN Dalzell	L	32y 338d	New Zealand	v France	Colombes	27 Feb 1954	Details
WH Delport	H	32y 325d	South Africa	v Australia	Port Elizabeth	26 Sep 1953	Details
DJ O'Brien	N8	32y 312d	Ireland	v England	Twickenham	29 Mar 1952	Details
G Dufau	SH	32y 265d	France	v Romania	Bucharest	19 May 1957	Details
R Bienes	P	32y 256d	France	v England	Colombes	14 Apr 1956	Details
TR Prosser	P	32y 201d	Lions	v New Zealand	Auckland	19 Sep 1959	Details
FO Turnbull	C	32y 174d	Scotland	v South Africa	Murrayfield	24 Nov 1951	Details
SF Hill	L	32y 163d	New Zealand	v Lions	Auckland	19 Sep 1959	Details
R Vigier	H	32y 134d	France	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	18 Apr 1959	Details
JE Nelson	N8	32y 129d	Ireland	v France	Colombes	23 Jan 1954	Details
M Blagescu	P	32y 111d	Romania	v France	Bordeaux	15 Dec 1957	Details
M Pisaneschi	SH	32y 104d	Italy	v Czech Rep	Roma	11 Dec 1955	Details
A Mioni	C	32y 104d	Italy	v France	Agen	21 Apr 1957	Details
KJ Ellis	P	32y 75d	Australia	v Lions	Sydney	13 Jun 1959	Details
JW Kyle	FH	32y 50d	Ireland	v Scotland	Lansdowne Road	1 Mar 1958	Details
R Carrere	P	32y 44d	France	v Italy	Lyon	26 Apr 1953	Details
AJ Baxter	P	32y 24d	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Sep 1952	Details
AF Dorward	SH	32y 13d	Scotland	v England	Twickenham	16 Mar 1957	Details
NJ Adams	P	31y 359d	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Aug 1955	Details
SW Brown	FH	31y 343d	Australia	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	26 Sep 1953	Details
PA du Toit	SH	31y 340d	South Africa	v France	Colombes	16 Feb 1952	Details
B Williams	C	31y 334d	Wales	v England	Cardiff	22 Jan 1955	Details
T Elliot	P	31y 329d	Scotland	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	1 Mar 1958	Details
RAM van Schoor	C	31y 297d	South Africa	v Australia	Port Elizabeth	26 Sep 1953	Details
JRC Matthews	L	31y 296d	England	v France	Colombes	5 Apr 1952	Details
CJ van Wyk	F	31y 274d	South Africa	v Lions	Johannesburg	6 Aug 1955	Details
JD Evans	P	31y 272d	Wales	v France	Cardiff	29 Mar 1958	Details
BEL Finlay	F	31y 253d	New Zealand	v Lions	Dunedin	18 Jul 1959	Details

Only the player's most recent appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Germany v Poland at Braunschweig, Oct 24, 1959 [8-9 FT]

Belgium v Germany at Liege, Oct 16, 1959 [6-8 FT]

Denmark v Sweden at Copenhagen, Oct 4, 1959 [6-8 FT]

Japan v Oxford and Cambridge at Tokyo, 2nd Test, Oct 4, 1959 [14-44 FT]