1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
Summary
P	W
Total
27	24
Test match
05	05
Opponent
P	W
Scotland
1	1
Ireland
1	1
England
1	1
Scotland
1	1
France
1	1

The 1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the South Africa national rugby union team against England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and France. The tour also took in several matches against British and Irish club, county and invitational teams. 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 managed to win 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[2]

Results

	Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Match 1	1912	Somerset XV	Bath	Won	24–3
Match 2	1912	Devon XV	Exeter	Won	8–0
Match 3	10 October 1912	Cornwall XV	Redruth	Won	15–6
Match 4	12 October 1912	Monmouthshire	Recreation Ground, Pontypool	Won	16–0
Match 5	17 October 1912	Glamorgan XV	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Won	35–3
Match 6	19 October 1912	Llanelli RFC	Stradey Park, Llanelli	Won	8–7
Match 7	24 October 1912	Newport RFC	Rodney Parade, Newport	Lost	3–9
Match 8	1912	London XV	Blackheath	Won	12–8
Match 9	1912	United Services	Portsmouth	Won	18–16
Match 10	1912	East Midlands XV	Northampton	Won	14–5
Match 11	6 November 1912	Oxford University RFC	Oxford	Won	6–0
Match 12	1912	Midland Counties XV	Leicester	Won	25–3
Match 13	1912	Cambridge University R.U.F.C.	Cambridge	Won	24–0
Match 14	1912	London XV	Blackheath	Lost	8–10
Match 15	1912	North of England	Newcastle	Won	17–0
Match 16	23 November 1912	SCOTLAND	Inverleith, Edinburgh	Won	16–0
Match 17	1912	West of Scotland	Glasgow	Won	38–3
Match 18	30 November 1912	IRELAND	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	Won	38–0
Match 19	1912	Ulster XV	Belfast	Won	19–0
Match 20	1912	North of England	Birkenhead Park	Won	21–8
Match 21	14 December 1912	WALES	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Won	3–0
Match 22	19 December 1912	Neath RFC	The Gnoll, Neath	Won	8–3
Match 23	21 December 1912	Cardiff RFC	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Won	7–6
Match 24	26 December 1912	Swansea RFC	St Helen's, Swansea	Lost	0–3
Match 25	1912	Gloucestershire XV	Bristol	Won	11–0
Match 26	4 January 1913	ENGLAND	Twickenham, London	Won	9–3
Match 27	11 January 1913	FRANCE	Le Bouscat, Bordeaux	Won	38–5

Touring party

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

Full back

Three-quarters

Half-backs

Forwards

The matches

Monmouthshire

12 October

Monmouthshire XV	0–16	South Africa
		Try: Mills (2) F Luyt van Vuuren Con:Wrentmore (2)

Recreation Ground, Pontypool
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: TD Schofield

(Bridgend, Wales)

Monmouthshire: HA James (Abertillery), W Davies (Brynmawr), J Wetter (Newport), R Plummer (Newport), WJ Thomas (Abertillery), E Marsh (Abertillery), R Lloyd (Pontypool), Rees Thomas (Pontypool), F Talbot (Pontypool), E Stephens (Pontypool), T Davies (Pontypool), F Andrews (Pontypool), J Webb (Abertillery), J Hennessy (Rhymney), J Williams (Newport)

South Africa: PG Morkel, EE McHardy, WA Krige, FJ Dobbin, MJ Mills, FP Luyt, GM Wrentmore, ET Delaney, EH Shum, SH Ledger, AS Knight, TF van Vuuren, LH Louw, ET Delaney, WA Millar (capt.)

Glamorgan

17 October

Glamorgan XV	3–35	South Africa
Try: B Lewis		Try: Stegmann (4) Mills D Luyt F Luyt van Vuuren Con:F Luyt Pen: D Morkel Drop: D Luyt

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: AO Jones

(Leicester, England)

Glamorgan: P Howells (Penarth), G Heslop(Penarth), T Evans (Cardiff), William Davies (capt.) (Swansea), B Lewis (Swansea), J Rogers (Cardiff), Clem Lewis (Cardiff),W Jenkins (Cardiff), E Mithan (Cardiff), Bob Hayward (Llwynypia), W Hopkins (Aberavon), Harry Hiams (Llanelli), Glyn Stephens (Neath), T Williams (Swansea), T Morgan (Swansea)

South Africa: PG Morkel, JA Stegmann, RR Luyt, JWH Morkel, MJ Mills, FP Luyt, JH Immelman, ET Delaney, TF van Vuuren, WH Morkel, AS Knight, JAJ Francis, G Thompson, DF Morkel, WA Millar (capt.)

Llanelli

19 October

Llanelli	7–8	South Africa
Try: J Evans Drop: Hiams		Try: van der Hoff J Morkel Con: J Morkel

Stradey Park
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gil Evans

(Birmingham, England)

Llanelli: F Rees, J Evans, W Watts, J Owen Davies, E Thomas, L Bennett, D Lloyd, S Phillips, G Evans, R Williams, DM Job, AJ Stacey (capt.), J Morgan, H Hiams, T Williams

South Africa: JJ Meintjies, EE McHardy, WA Krige, JWH Morkel, FJ Dobbin (capt.), JD McCulloch, EH Shum, SN Cronje, SH Ledger, JAJ Francis, LH Louw, A van der Hoff, JS Braine, JD Luyt, G Thompson

Newport

24 October

Newport	9–3	South Africa
Try: Birt Con:Birt drop: Birt		Try: D Morkel

Rodney Parade
Attendance: 18,300
Referee: F.C. Potter-Irwin

(London, England)

Newport: H Wreford, Billy Geen, Walter Martin capt., J Wetter, Fred Birt, Reg Plummer, Tommy Vile, Jack Beames, J Williams, Harry Wetter, C Anderson, A Bell, R Dibble, Harry Uzzell, AR Williams

South Africa: JJ Meintjies, JA Stegmann, RR Luyt, GM Wrentmore, A van der Hoff, FP Luyt, JH Immelman, ET Delaney, JS Braine, JD Luyt, AS Knight, TF van Vuuren, G Thompson, DF Morkel, WA Millar (capt.)

Scotland

23 November

Scotland	0–16	South Africa
		Try: Stegmann (2) McHardy WH Morkel Con: D Morkel G Morkel

Inverleith
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: F.C. Potter-Irwin

(London, England)

Scotland: Walter Dickson, Walter Sutherland, Alex Angus, AW Gunn, James Pearson, JL Boyd, Eric Milroy, Patrick Blair, Lewis Robertson, WDCL Purves, David Howie, David Bain, JMB Scott, J Dobson, FH Turner capt.

South Africa: PG Morkel, JA Stegmann, RR Luyt, JWH Morkel, EE McHardy, FP Luyt, FJ Dobbin capt., JD Luyt, SH Ledger, G Thompson, TF van Vuuren, JAJ Francis, DFT Morkel, WH Morkel, AS Knight

Ireland

30 November

Ireland	0–38	South Africa
		Try: Stegmann (3) McHardy (3) J Morkel (2) Francis Millar Con: G Morkel (3) JD Luyt

Landsdowne Road
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: F.C. Potter-Irwin

(London, England)

Ireland: CP Stuart, R Watson, GW Holmes, JB Minch, M Abraham, RA Lloyd capt., HM Read, G. S. Brown, RB Burgess, SBB Campbell, H Moore, C Adams, R d'A Patterson, FG Schute, JJ Clune

South Africa: PG Morkel, JA Stegmann, RR Luyt, JWH Morkel, EE McHardy, FP Luyt, FJ Dobbin, WA Millar capt., SH Ledger, G Thompson, TF van Vuuren, JAJ Francis, DFT Morkel, WH Morkel, AS Knight

Wales

14 December

Wales	0–3	South Africa
		Pen: D Morkel

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: F.C. Potter-Irwin

(London, England)

Wales: Bobbie Williams (Cardiff), Billy Geen (Newport), Fred Birt (Newport), Billy Spiller (Cardiff), Reg Plummer (Newport), Horace Thomas (Swansea), Tommy Vile (Newport) (capt.), F Andrews (Pontypool), Rees Thomas (Pontypool), F Perrett (Neath), Glyn Stephens (Neath), Percy Jones (Newport), Harry Wetter (Newport), Bert Hollingdale (Swansea), Johnnie Morgan (Llanelli)

South Africa: PG Morkel, JA Stegmann, RR Luyt, JWH Morkel, EE McHardy, FP Luyt, FJ Dobbin, JAJ Francis, JD Luyt, AS Knight, TF van Vuuren, G Thompson, WH Morkel, DF Morkel, WA Millar (capt.)

Neath

19 December

Neath	3–8	South Africa
Try: Richards		Try: Van der Hoff W Morkel Con: D Morkel

The Gnoll
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: R.G. Smith

(Bristol, England)

Neath: G Gethin, H Richards, G Rees, T Owen Jones, T John, F Rees, S Evans, F David (capt.), T Jenkins, F Perrett, W Hopkins, J Pullman, W Davies, G Stephens, TC Lloyd

South Africa: PG Morkel, A van der Hoff, RR Luyt, JWH Morkel, MJ Mills, FP Luyt, JH Immelman, EH Shum, JAJ Francis, ET Delaney, AS Knight, WH Morkel, G Thompson, DF Morkel, WA Millar (capt.)

Cardiff

21 December

Cardiff	6–7	South Africa
Try: Spiller Pen: Rogers		Pen: D Morkel Drop: J Morkel

Cardiff Arms Park
Referee: J.H. Miles

(Leicester, England)

Cardiff: RF Williams, W Bowen, Billy Spiller (capt.), T Evans, WT Grassmore, Clem Lewis, J Rogers, WJ Jenkins, C Palmer, A Barker, JS Michael, J Birch, F Gaccon, T Mithan, A Green

South Africa: PG Morkel, JA Stegmann, RR Luyt, JWH Morkel, EE McHardy, FP Luyt, JH Immelman, FJ Dobbin, JAJ Francis, JD Luyt, AS Knight, TF van Vuuren, G Thompson, DF Morkel, WA Millar (capt.)

Swansea

26 December

Swansea	3–0	South Africa
Try: Thomas

St Helens
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: James Greenlees

(Scotland)

Swansea: D Williams, Howell Lewis, WJ Trew (capt.), T Williams, F Williams, O Jenkins, Sidney Jerram, E Morgan, David John Thomas, B Williams, Tom Morgan, B Hollingdale, G Evans, H Moultan, G Hayward

South Africa: PG Morkel, JA Stegmann, RR Luyt, JWH Morkel, WJ Mills, FP Luyt, FJ Dobbin, SH Ledger, JAJ Francis, JD Luyt, AS Knight, WH Morkel, G Thompson, DF Morkel, WA Millar (capt.)

England

4 January

England	3–9	South Africa
Try: Poulton		Try: J Morkel Pen: D Morkel (2)

Twickenham
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: J.T. Tulloch

(Scotland)

England: William Johnston, Cyril Lowe, FM Stoop, RW Poulton, VHM Coates, W. J. A. Davies, WI Cheesman, JAS Ritson, Norman Wodehouse, SEJ Smart, JA King, LG Brown, AL Kewney, Jenny Greenwood, CH Pillman

South Africa: PG Morkel, JA Stegmann, RR Luyt, JWH Morkel, EE McHardy, FP Luyt, JD McCulloch, SH Ledger, JAJ Francis, EM Shum, AS Knight, WH Morkel, TF van Vuuren, DF Morkel, WA Millar (capt.)

France

11 January

France	5–35	South Africa
Try: Bruneau Con: André		Try: Francis Ledger R Luyt McHardy (2) D Morkel (2) J Morkel W Morkel Con: D Morkel (2) J Morkel (2) Pen: D Morkel

Le Bouscat
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: W Williams

(England)

France: FB J Caujolle, G Andre, M Bruneau, J Sentilles, P Jaureguy, A Chatau, M Hedembaigt, P Mauriat, JR Pascarel, H Tilh, P Mouniq, M Leuvielle capt., M Legrain, F Forgues, M Communeau

South Africa: PG Morkel, JA Stegmann, JWH Morkel, RR Luyt, E McHardy, J Immelman, J McCulloch, D Morkel, T van Vuuren, A Knight, W Morkel, SH Ledger, JAJ Francis, WA Millar capt., J Luyt

Bibliography

Billot, John (1974). Springboks in Wales. Ferndale, Glamorgan: Ron Jones Publications. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

References

^ Billot (1974), pg 70.
^ ^a ^b Billot (1974), pg 71.

[Billot70-1] Billot (1974), pg 70.

[Billot71-2] Billot (1974), pg 71.

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