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 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 tour. Although not managing to win all the matches on the tour, the Springboks won all five test matches against international opposition. 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 the previous test, but was seen by the hosts as a fiery character and was not as popular with the players or fans as the 1906's tour captain, Paul Roos.Billot (1974), p. 71. The other two members of the squad to have played in the 1906 tour were vice-captain Fred 'Uncle' Dobbin and Doug Morkel. In the touring party were two sets of brothers; Richard, Freddie and John Luyt and Gerhard and Jack Morkel.

Touring party

*Manager: Max Honnet *Captain: William Millar *Vice-captain Frederick Dobbin

Full back

* J.J. Meintjies ( Griqualand West) *

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( Western Province)

Three-quarters

* Otto van der Hoff (

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) * William Krige ( Western Province) *

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( Western Province) * E.E. McHardy ( Orange Free State) * Wally Mills ( Western Province) *

Jacky Morkel Jan "Jacky" Willem Hurter Morkel (13 November 1890 – 15 May 1916) was a South African international rugby union player, who also played first class cricket. Morkel played at centre for Somerset West RFC and Western Province. He was selected fo ...

( Western Province) * Johan Stegmann (

) * Bai Wrentmore ( Western Province)

Half-backs

Uncle Dobbin Frederick James Dobbin (10 October 1879 – 5 February 1950)
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( Griqualand West) * J.H. Immelman ( Western Province) * Freddie Luyt ( Western Province) * J.D. McCulloch ( Griqualand West)

Forwards

* J.S. Braine ( Griqualand West) * S.N. Cronje (

) * E.T. Delaney ( Griqualand West) * J.A.J. Francis (

) *

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(

) * Septimus Ledger ( Griqualand West) * L.H. Louw ( Western Province) * John Luyt ( Eastern Province) * William Millar ( Western Province) * Douglas Morkel (

) *

Boy Morkel William Herman "Boy" Morkel (2 January 1885 – 6 February 1955) was a South African rugby union player and 14th captain of the South Africa national rugby union team. Biography Morkel was born in Somerset West, but he played for Diggers Rugb ...

( Western Province) * E.H. Shum (

) * Gerald Thompson ( Western Province) * T.F. van Vuuren ( Eastern Province)

Match summary

Complete list of matches played by the ''Springboks'' in Europe:South Africa tour, 1912-13, Match results
on ESPN Scrum Test matches South africa to the field vs cornwall

England and South Africa rugby union teams, 1913

Match details

Monmouthshire

Glamorgan

Llanelli

Newport

Scotland

Ireland

Wales

Neath

Cardiff

Swansea

England

France

Bibliography

External links

Results overview
at rugbyarchive.net

References

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