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1912–13 South Africa Rugby Union Tour Of Europe
In 1912-13 the South Africa national rugby union team toured England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, playing a series of test matches, as well as games against club, regional, and representative teams. South Africa accomplished their first Grand Slam (rugby union), Grand Slam by winning all four tests against the Home Nations sides, and also won the test match against France. This was the second South African tour of the Northern Hemisphere, after the very successful 1906 South Africa rugby union tour, 1906 tour. Although not managing to win all the matches on the tour, the Springboks won all five test matches against international opposition. William Millar (rugby player), Billy Millar was the tour captain even though he was the last person chosen for the tour and was not the selectors' choice of captain, but they were over-ruled by the South African Rugby Board.Billot (1974), p. 70. Millar did have the advantage of being one of the few players to have toured Britain in t ... [...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] |
