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1951–52 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

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Field	Value
team	South Africa
yearstart	1951
yearfinish	1952
matchplayed	31
matchwon	30
matchdraw	0
matchlost	1
testplayed	5
testwon	5
testdraw	0
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opponent1
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draw1	0
lost1	0
opponent2
played2	1
won2	1
draw2	0
lost2	0
opponent3
played3	1
won3	1
draw3	0
lost3	0
opponent4
played4	1
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opponent5
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lost5	0

In 1951–52 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 third Grand Slam by winning all four tests against the Home Nations sides, and also won the test match against France. This was the sixth South Africa tour and the fourth tour of the Northern Hemisphere. It was also the first time the South Africans played the invitational British Barbarian team.

The tour was the most successful the South African team had undertaken; the team only lost a single match. In the tests played the team beat all four Home Nations, France and the Barbarians. The only team to beat the Springboks was the invitational London Counties team. The final tour record saw 31 matches played, with South Africa winning 30 and losing just the one game.

Touring party

Management

Managers: F.W. Mellish, Danie Craven
Captain: Basil Kenyon

Full backs

Johnny Buchler (Transvaal)
Jakkals Keevy (Eastern Transavaal)

Three-quarters

Paul Johnstone (Western Province)
Tjol Lategan (Western Province)
Buks Marais (Boland)
Chum Ochse (Western Province)
Cowboy Saunders (Border)
Ryk van Schoor (Rhodesia)
Des Sinclair (Transvaal)
Basie Vivier (Orange Free State)

Half backs

Hannes Brewis (Northern Transvaal)
Dennis Fry (Western Province)
Hansie Oelofse (Transvaal)
Fonnie du Toit (Northern Transvaal)

Forwards

Willem Barnard (Griqualand West)
Jaap Bekker (Northern Transvaal)
G. Dannhauser (Transvaal)
Willem Delport (Eastern Province)
Ernst Dinkelmann (Northern Transvaal)
Stephen Fry (Western Province)
Okey Geffin (Transvaal)
Basil Kenyon (Border) capt.
A.C. Koch (Boland)
Hennie Muller (Transvaal)
B. Myburgh (Eastern Transvaal)
Jan Pickard (Western Province)
Salty du Rand (Rhodesia)
F.E.B. van der Ryst (Transvaal)
P.W. Wessels (Orange Free State)
Basie van Wyk (Transvaal)

Results

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Match 1	10 October 1951	South East Counties	Bournemouth	Won
Match 2	13 October	South West Counties	Plymouth	Won
Match 3	18 October	Pontypool and Newbridge	Pontypool	Won
Match 4	20 October	Cardiff	Pontypool Park, Pontypool	Won
Match 5	23 October	Llanelli	Stradey Park, Llanelli	Won
Match 6	27 October	North West Counties	Birkenhead Park	Won
Match 7	31 October	Glasgow - Edinburgh	Old Anniesland, Glasgow	Won
Match 8	3 November	North East Counties	Gosforth	Won
Match 9	8 November	Cambridge University	Cambridge	Won
Match 10	10 November	London Counties	Twickenham, London	Lost
Match 12	15 November	Oxford University	Oxford	Won
Match 12	17 November	Aberavon and Neath	Aberavon	Won
Match 13	24 November	SCOTLAND	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Won
Match 14	28 November	North of Scotland	Aberdeen	Won
Match 15	1 December	Ulster	Ravenhill, Belfast	Won
Match 16	8 December	IRELAND	Dublin	Won
Match 17	11 December	Munster	Limerick	Won
Match 18	15 December	Swansea	St Helens, Swansea	Won
Match 19	22 December	WALES	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Won
Match 20	26 December	Combined Services	Twickenham, London	Won
Match 21	29 December	East Midlands	Leicester	Won
Match 22	5 January 1952	ENGLAND	Twickenham, London	Won
Match 23	10 January	Newport	Rodney Parade, Newport	Won
Match 24	12 January	Western Counties	Bristol	Won
Match 25	16 January	Midlands Counties	Coventry	Won
Match 26	19 January	South of Scotland	Hawick	Won
Match 27	26 January	Barbarians	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Won
Match 28	2 February	South East France	Lyons	Won
Match 29	7 February	South West France	Bordeaux	Won
Match 30	9 February	France B	Toulouse	Won
Match 31	16 February	FRANCE	Paris	Won

The matches

Cardiff

Pen: Tamplin (2) Oelofse Con: Brewis

Cardiff: Frank Trott, Haydn Morris, Bleddyn Williams, Jack Matthews (capt.), Alun Thomas, Cliff Morgan, Rex Willis, Arthur Hull, Geoff Beckingham, Cliff Davies, Bill Tamplin, Malcolm Collins, Sid Judd, Des O'Brien, CD Williams

South Africa: JU Buchler, MJ Saunders, MT Lategan, RA van Schoor, JK Ochse, JD Brewis, JS Oelofse, HJ Bekker, PW Wessels, AC Kosh, SP Fry, WHM Barnard, E Dinkelmann, CJ van Wyk, HSV Muller

Scotland

Dinkelmann du Rand Koch (2) Lategan Muller van Schoor van Wyk Con: Geffin (7) Drop: Brewis

Scotland: Dod Burrell, John Hart, Donald Scott, Oliver Turnbull, David Rose, Angus Cameron (capt), Arthur Dorward, Hamish Dawson, John Macphail, Bob Wilson, James Johnston, Hamish Inglis, Doug Elliot, Bob Taylor, Peter Kininmonth

South Africa: Johnny Buchler, Buks Marais, Tjol Lategan, Ryk van Schoor, Paul Johnstone, Hannes Brewis, Fonnie du Toit, Chris Koch, Willa Delport, Okey Geffin, Salty du Rand, Ernst Dinkelmann, Basie van Wyk, Stephen Fry, Hennie Muller (capt)

Ireland

Con: Murphy Van Schoor van Wyk (2) Con: Geffin Drop: Brewis

Ireland: Gerry Murphy, William McKee, Noel Henderson, Antony Browne, Mick Lane, Jackie Kyle, John O'Meara, Tom Clifford, Karl Mullen, John Hartley Smith, Patrick Lawlor, Robin Thompson, Bill McKay, Jim McCarthy, Des O'Brien (capt)

South Africa: JU Buchler, PG Johnstone, RA van Schoor, MT Lategan, JK Ochse, JD Brewis, E Dinkelmann, A Geffin, WH Delport, AC Kosh, SP Fry, WHM Barnard, JD du Rand, CJ van Wyk, HSV Muller

Wales

Drop: Brewis

Wales: Gerwyn Williams (Llanelli), Ken Jones (Newport), Malcolm Thomas (Newport), Bleddyn Williams (Cardiff), Lewis Jones (Llanelli), Cliff Morgan (Cardiff), Rex Willis (Cardiff), Billy Williams (Swansea), Dai Davies (Somerset Police), Don Hayward (Newbridge), Rees Stephens (Neath), Roy John (Neath), Len Blyth (Swansea), John Gwilliam (Edinburgh Wanderers) (capt.), Allen Forward (Pontypool)

South Africa: JU Buchler, PG Johnstone, RA van Schoor, MT Lategan, JK Ochse, JD Brewis, PA du Toit, A Geffin, WH Delport, AC Kosh, SP Fry, WHM Barnard, JD du Rand, CJ van Wyk, HSV Muller

England

Con: Muller Pen: Muller

England: Bill Hook, Ted Woodward, Albert Agar, Lewis Cannell, Chris Winn, Nim Hall (capt), Gordon Rimmer, Wally Holmes, Eric Evans, Bob Stirling, John Matthews, Squire Wilkins, Don White, Alec Lewis, John Kendall-Carpenter

South Africa: Johnny Buchler, Paul Johnstone, Tjol Lategan, Ryk van Schoor, Chum Ochse, Hannes Brewis, Fonnie du Toit, Chris Koch, Willa Delport, Jaap Bekker, Salty du Rand, Ernst Dinkelmann, Basie van Wyk, Stephen Fry, Hennie Muller (capt)

Barbarians

van Wyk Con: Keevy Pen: Keevy (2) Johnstone

Barbarians: Gerwyn Williams (Llanelli), Ken Jones (Newport), Bleddyn Williams (Cardiff), LB Cannell (St. Mary's Hospital), Ted Woodward (Wasps), Cliff Morgan (Cardiff), Rex Willis (Cardiff), John Kendall-Carpenter (Penzance), Dai Davies (Somerset Police), RV Stirling (RAF), Rees Stephens (Neath), Roy John (Neath), Doug Elliot (Edinburgh Academicals), JE Nelson (Malone) (capt.), VG Roberts(Harlequins)

South Africa: AC Keevy, PG Johnstone, RA van Schoor, FP Marais, JK Ochse, MT Lategan, PA du Toit, HJ Bekker, WH Delport, FEB van der Ryst, SP Fry, E Dinkelmann, JM du Rand, CJ van Wyk, HSV Muller

France

Dinkelmann Johnstone (2) Muller van Wyk Con: Johnstone Muller Pen: Johnstone

France: Pierre Guilleux, Georges Brun, Jacques Mauran, Maurice Prat, Jean Colombier, Georges Carabignac, Gerard Dufau, René Biénès, Paul Labadie, René Brejassou, Lucien Mias, Bernard Chevallier, Jean Prat, Jean-Roger Bourdeu, Guy Basquet (capt)

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