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1906–07 South Africa Rugby Union Tour Of Europe
The 1906–07 South Africa tour of Europe was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the South Africa national team against the four British Home Nation teams. The tour also took in several matches against British and Irish club, county and invitational teams before finally travelling to France to play the national team. This was the inaugural South Africa tour and is recognised as the event that coined the phrase ''Springboks'' as a nickname for the South African team. The sports-themed South African novelty song "The Springboks' Waltz" was released in 1906 to commemorate the tour. The 1906 Springboks were "the first national team to utilize the 3–4–1 formation". The tour was extremely successful for the South Africans which helped garner respect from the Northern Hemisphere teams and established South Africa as a formidable rugby playing country. In the tests played the team would only lose to Scotland and drew against England. The South African defea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Roos (rugby Player)
Paul Johannes Roos (30 October 1880 – 22 September 1948) (also known as ''Oom Polla'' – Afrikaans for "Uncle Polla", "Polla" being a pet name for "Paul") was one of the first South African Springbok rugby union captains and led the first South African rugby team to tour overseas – to Britain in 1906. Roos was born near the South African town of Stellenbosch on 30 October 1880 and completed his education there. A devout Christian, Roos was a popular rugby player and was chosen by his own teammates to captain the 1906 tour. Throughout the tour he saw the campaign as an attempt to improve the relationship between his fellow countrymen and the British after the events of the Second Boer War. Rugby career Roos earliest recorded games of rugby were for Victoria College, for whom he played in the third team in 1897, progressing through the squads until by 1899 he was a prominent member of the first team.Platnauer (1907) With no first class team in the area, he joined the Vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japie Krige
Japie Krige (5 July 1879 – 14 January 1961) was a South African international rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ... player who played as a centre. He made 5 appearances for South Africa from 1903 - 1906. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Krige, Japie South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players 1879 births 1961 deaths Rugby union centres Western Province (rugby union) players Alumni of Paul Roos Gymnasium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dougie Morkel
Douglas Francis Theodore Morkel (26 October 1885 – 20 February 1950) was a South African international rugby union player. He was one of Paul Roos 1906 touring Springboks. Biography Morkel was born in Kimberley in 1885, but as a child moved to Johannesburg with his parents. In 1903 he played for the Witwatersrand team against the touring team from the British Isles. In 1905, Morkel joined the Central South African Railways Club and in 1906 he was selected for to play in the Currie Cup tournament. After the tournament, he was selected for to tour Europe, under the captaincy of Paul Roos. He made his test debut against on 24 November 1906 in Belfast. Morkel played in two test matches against the 1910 British Isles team and captained the Springboks in the first test in Johannesburg. He again toured with the Springboks to Europe in 1912–13, playing in all five test matches and also captained the team against . In addition to the 9 test matches that Morkel played, he also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Millar (rugby Player)
William Alexander Millar (6 November 1883 – 3 March 1949) was a South African Rugby union player. He was captain during South Africa's Tour of Great Britain in 1906. Personal life Millar was born in 1884 in Bedford. Millar was 5 feet 10 inches in height, and weighed 13 stone 2 pounds. He played a little football at the South African College in 1899. He was an amateur boxer, having won the heavyweight championship of the Western Province. Career He did not start playing the game again till 1903. He was badly wounded during the Boer war, and, on returning to Cape Town to convalesce, his recreations were walking, mountain climbing and shooting. These exercises gave him stamina and strength for Rugby football. In 1903 he started in the second string of the Gardens, but joined the first later that season. In 1904-6 he steadily improved, till in the last season he was recognised as one of the best forwards in the Western Province. He was selected for the Western Province in the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajah Martheze
Rajah Martheze (29 November 1877 – 16 February 1912) was a South African international rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ... player who played as a forward. He made 3 appearances for South Africa from 1903 - 1906. References South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players 1877 births 1912 deaths Rugby union forwards Griquas (rugby union) players People from the City of Cape Town {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietlof Maré
Dietlof Siegfried Maré (2 July 1885 – 14 October 1913) was a South African international rugby union player. Born in Wellington, he attended Huguenot College before playing provincial rugby for Transvaal (now known as the Golden Lions). He made his only Test appearance for South Africa during their 1906–07 tour of Britain, Ireland and France. He played as a forward in the 1st Test of the tour, a 6–0 loss to Scotland at Hampden Park. Despite breaking two fingers after six minutes, he played the entire match. Off the field, he wrote the first handbook on rugby ever to be published in Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra .... In 1913, in Pretoria, Maré was killed in a car accident at the age of 28. As a result of the accident his wife used a wheelchair. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Burdett
Adam Francis Burdett (20 August 1882 – 4 November 1918) was a South African rugby union player from Oudtshoorn. He was killed in World War I, while serving as a captain in the South African Service Corps. He took part in the 1906–07 South Africa rugby union tour, the original 'Springbok' tour. He was awarded two caps in November 1906, one against and one against . He played for Western Province. He was 5 feet 10 inches, and weighed 12 stone 9 pounds. See also * List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War This is a list of international rugby union players who died serving in armed forces during the First World War. Most of these came from the British Commonwealth, but a number of French international rugby players were also killed. A number o ... References External links Commonwealth War Graves database White South African people Rugby union forwards South African rugby union players South Africa internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Border Bulldogs
The Border Bulldogs is a South African professional rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions. They are governed by the Border Rugby Union (BRU) and are based in East London. History The Border Rugby Football Union governs rugby in the eastern third of the Eastern Cape province, including two former African homelands, Transkei and Ciskei. The team is based in East London and play at the Buffalo City Stadium. They form part of the Southern Kings Super Rugby franchise. Border were one of the founding members of the Currie Cup, having been established in 1891, but have only won the prestigious competition twice, in 1932 and 1934. They also won the Vodacom Shield in 2003. In 1995, following the introduction professionalism in rugby, the team adopted the nickname the Bulldogs. The team have struggled since they were relegated to the Currie Cup First Division in 2000, never being promoted to the Premier Division. They average crowds of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Jackson
Dirk Cloete Jackson (21 April 1885 – 17 September 1976) was a South African rugby union player and cricketer. Jackson was born on a farm on the outskirts of Cape Town and was educated nearby at Diocesan College. A halfback, he played three of the five international matches on the Springboks' first tour of the British Isles in 1906-07. He was the last survivor of that touring team.'' Wisden'' 1978, p. 1085. Jackson played first-class cricket for Western Province and Transvaal from 1909 to 1913. He was a member of the Western Province team that won all three matches in the 1908-09 Currie Cup and finished first. He took his best bowling figures during the season: 4 for 36 and 2 for 20 in the innings victory over Eastern Province. He made his highest score of 59 against Orange Free State two years later. He died at his farm near Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncle Dobbin
Frederick James Dobbin (10 October 1879 – 5 February 1950) Scrum.com universally known as Uncle Dobbin was a South African player who represented on nine occasions. Dobbin played in two overseas tours and was the vice-captain to Paul Millar's 1912 team. He attended |
Paddy Carolin
Harold "Paddy" Carolin (1881-1967) was a rugby union player who represented South Africa and is credited with conceiving both the 3-4-1 scrum formation and helping choose the name 'Springboks' for the South African national side. Carolin was the second player ever to serve as captain abroad, following Paul Roos. Carolin was born on 10 April 1881 in Alicedale in the Eastern Cape and attended Diocesan College in Cape Town. At school he won the award for best all-round sportsman for four years consecutive years, and was captain of both the rugby and cricket teams. Carolin's first club was Villager Football Club, a Cape Town side. In 1903 Carolin is selected at centre alongside Japie Krige for the 3rd test against the touring British side at Newlands on 12 September 1903. He is captain of Villagers when he is chosen as vice-captain for the 1906-07 Springbok tour of Great Britain, Ireland, and France. Roos, Carolin, and team manager J C Carden chose the name 'Springboks' whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Stegmann
Anton Stegmann (25 August 1883 – 23 January 1972) was a South African international rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ... player who played as a wing. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stegmann, Anton South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players 1883 births 1972 deaths Rugby union wings People from Cradock, Eastern Cape Western Province (rugby union) players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
