KZN / Natal Schools Craven Week teams of the 1970’s

24 September, 2014 beet KZN 15

Thank you once again to Johan of Affiesrugby.co.za for taking the time to provide this information.

 

NAME SCHOOL NO. NAME SCHOOL
1970 1971
R Grantham Ixopo 1 J Strauss Maritzburg College
C Craven Ixopo 2 C Craven Ixopo
W Pretorius Voortrekker 3 M Rutherford Maritzburg College
S Prozesky Port Natal 4 G Burgin Alexandra
R Schut George Campbell 5 G Stafford Hilton
M Watt Kearsney 6 A Bester Port Natal
L Essery Hilton 7 W Maartens Voortrekker
E Zeelie Port Natal 8 S Vorster Ixopo
A Fouche Ixopo 9 J Immelman Kearsney
M Bernon Glenwood 10 I Burden Glenwood
Daryl Bestall Maritzburg College 11 D Giles Hilton
Tim Cocks Westville 12 A Sempill Northlands
S Holmes Maritzburg College 13 M Halliday Kearsney
D Loots Port Natal 14 D Loots Port Natal
AV Mitchell Glenwood 15 M vd Vyver Weston
A Bester Port Natal 16 A Mitchell Glenwood
KG Peel Glenwood 17 K Gregory Weston
L Hopkins Kearsney 18 G Whitelaw Maritzburg College
19 S Spiers DHS
20
1972 1973
A Potgieter Voortrekker 1 S Rogers DHS
J Baverey Kearsney 2 D Kleinhans Voortrekker
M Untiedt Maritzburg College 3 C Attlee DHS
G Adam Maritzburg College 4 M Harris Hilton
G Walker Hilton 5 B Brandt Voortrekker
B Jenkin DHS 6 N Daniels Maritzburg College
C Oosthuizen Port Natal 7 B Plummer Glenwood
G Whitelaw Maritzburg College 8 A Potgieter Voortrekker
T Davidson Maritzburg College 9 J Coetzee Voortrekker
N Daniels Maritzburg College 10 D Steyn Voortrekker
R Larkin Maritzburg College 11 B Dannison Maritzburg College
N Harrison Hilton 12 C Davies Glenwood
M Halliday Kearsney 13 G Loots Voortrekker
L Sharp Maritzburg College 14 P Dove Maritzburg College
S Hedley Maritzburg College 15 O Wang Alexandra
A Grobler Maritzburg College 16 A Lazarus DHS
M Harris Hilton 17 C Oosthuizen Port Natal
B Plummer Glenwood 18 A Warman DHS
E Wichman Weston 19 M Smit Empangeni
W Morgans Michaelhouse 20 R Hopkins Kearsney
1974 1975
B White Maritzburg College 1 B Eigenmann Kearsney
Rob Hankinson Michaelhouse 2 J Aucamp Port Natal
N Murray-Rogers Hilton 3 R Deavin Michaelhouse
A de Jager Kloof 4 C van Rooyen Empangeni
R Hattingh Port Natal 5 Mark Rich Kearsney
M Thompson Maritzburg College 6 M Norton Maritzburg College
B Read DHS 7 D de Lange Alexandra
C Yeats Hilton 8 S Downes DHS
D de Lange Alexandra 9 C Hansen Northlands
R Ferguson Hilton 10 N Murray-Rogers Hilton
R Huntley Weston 11 D Smyly Hilton
J Tupper Ixopo 12 R Hattingh Port Natal
P Holder Voortrekker 13 G Waters Maritzburg College
P Kyle Maritzburg College 14 W Badenhorst Empangeni
N Northwood Northlands 15 C Murphy Northlands
J Aucamp Port Natal 16 G Cilliers Maritzburg College
R Meyers Ixopo 17 P Lindsay Maritzburg College
P Holder Alexandra 18 C Humphreys DHS
G Hawkins St Henry’s 19 C Brown Glenwood
P Dove Maritzburg College 20 R Walker Hilton
1976 1977
S Fagan St Henry’s 1 Lood Muller Voortrekker
C Rex DHS 2 C Rex DHS
P Lindsay Maritzburg College 3 P Lindsay Maritzburg College
C Sealy-Fisher Alexandra 4 P le Roux DHS
G van Wyk Port Natal 5 S Pitcher Maritzburg College
C Woodcock DHS 6 P Judkins Glenwood
H Kyle Maritzburg College 7 M Barker DHS
A Reyneke Voortrekker 8 J van Zyl Empangeni
J Cook DHS 9 A de Villiers Empangeni
G Dixon Maritzburg College 10 C Millerd Hilton
C Jensen Estcourt 11 M van Staten Empangeni
J Walker Hilton 12 W le Roux Port Natal
J Black Hilton 13 A Smith Maritzburg College
Mike Briscoe Kearsney 14 A Pfaff Hilton
R Crafford Maritzburg College 15 J Crafford Port Natal
N Johnson Maritzburg College 16 E Rodrigues DHS
J vd Merwe Estcourt 17 S Erwee Voortrekker
Graham Hill Westville 18 A Reyneke Voortrekker
P Hall George Campbell 19 N Smith Maritzburg College
A Browning DHS 20 P Vermaak Port Natal
1978 1979
D Mills Maritzburg College 1 T Elkington Maritzburg College
S Holmes Ixopo 2 M Kempe Maritzburg College
Cliffy Hopkins Kearsney 3 Cliffy Hopkins Kearsney
S Glendenning Maritzburg College 4 C van Heerden Michaelhouse
N Frolich DHS 5 G Hathorn Hilton
G Pickering Maritzburg College 6 Derek la Marque Glenwood
M Barker DHS 7 Paddy Moon Michaelhouse
G de Graaf Maritzburg College 8 A Hardie Glenwood
Craig Jamieson Maritzburg College 9 Craig Jamieson Maritzburg College
T Campbell St Henry’s 10 Micky Tingle Michaelhouse
P Liebenberg Voortrekker 11 R Shaw Northlands
W le Roux Port Natal 12 R Cummings Pinetown
J Evertse Estcourt 13 Hugh Reece-Edwards Northlands
H vd Schyff Port Natal 14 R Pastorino Westville
J Crafford Port Natal 15 A Mitchell Maritzburg College
D Dooley DHS 16 C Tyack Glenwood
J Venter Port Natal 17 T Peterson Alexandra
C Biddulph Port Natal 18 M Armitage Glenwood
I Woods St Henry’s 19 J Barnes Maritzburg College
20 R Muller Linpark

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15 Comments

  1. avatar
    #15 meadows

    @Rugger fan: You are quite right on Lood.

    It is also worth considering the context that relatively few test matches were played in the ’70’s and ’80’s. NZ toured in ’70, ’76 and Cavaliers in ’87. We went there in ’81. The Lions were here in ’74 and ’80. throw in a couple of two match tours by England in ’84, France and Ireland or South America and that’s it. There were no tactical substitutions either so guys who sat on the bench, like Malcolm Swanby against the ’74 Lions, did not get capped.
    Nothing like the international schedules today. The provincial schedule also had far fewer games and all provincial players, and Springboks, turned out for their clubs between provincial games.

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    27 September, 2014 at 10:25
  2. avatar
    #14 Rugger fan

    I stand corrected – but Lood Muller got one or 2 games for the Boks too.

    ReplyReply
    26 September, 2014 at 16:09
  3. avatar
    #13 meadows

    A few interesting characters from the decade – I’m sure that I’ve missed a few;
    The only Springboks that I can see are Tim Cocks and Hugh Reece- Edwards. Wally Watt, Tim Cocks, Gus Ferguson and (I think) Don Spiers were members of the Natal side that beat Northern Transvaal at Loftus in 1980. If players made CW in more than one year I’ve only mentioned them in the first.
    1970
    Wally Watt – Natal rugby, Tim Cocks – Springbok rugby
    Daryl Bestall – SA hockey & Cricketer
    1971
    Garth Giles, Don Spiers – Natal rugby
    Mike Halliday – USA rugby
    1972
    Neville Daniels – Natal cricketer
    Laurie Sharp – Natal rugby
    1974
    Rob Hankinson, Gus Ferguson – Natal rugby
    1975
    Mark Rich, Pierre de Lange, Cliffy Brown – Natal rugby
    1976
    Gudgie Dixon, Neville Johnson – Natal rugby
    1977
    Lood Muller, Paul Judkins, Mike Barker, Sarel Erwee – Natal rugby
    Andy Pfaff – WP rugby
    1978
    Cliffy Hopkins, Craig Jamieson – Natal rugby
    1979
    Dereck la Marque – Natal rugby, Hugh Reece – Edwards – Sprinbok

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    26 September, 2014 at 15:28
  4. avatar
    #12 Grasshopper

    Another side to be aware of was Grosvenor from the Bluff in the 60’s & 70’s….

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    25 September, 2014 at 15:59
  5. avatar
    #11 Grasshopper

    @meadows: yeah, even schools like Dirkie Uys, Andries Pretorius, Kuswag & Gelofte had some strong years. Richards Bay & Port Shepstone had a couple of good years too.

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    25 September, 2014 at 15:44
  6. avatar
    #10 Rugger fan

    I was paging through the College Rugby team history – and to see that team like Voortrekker (the annual “Boer War” match”); Weston; Alex were all regular fixtures and now are no longer.

    And then is was interesting to see that Westville only made it on to College’s fixtures in the mid 80 – and took a few years to register their first victory too.

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    25 September, 2014 at 15:34
  7. avatar
    #9 meadows

    @Veg: It is easy to forget in the current school landscape what formidable opposition schools like Voortrekker and Port Natal, as well as Ixopo and Empangeni etc, were in the 70’s evidenced by 6 Voortrekker reps in the ’73 side and 5 Port Natal reps in “78

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    25 September, 2014 at 15:26
  8. avatar
    #8 meadows

    I’m pretty sure that Rob Hankinson played two years SA Schools.

    @Grasshopper: I didn’t think that La Marque made it in ’77 but Natal Schools played Transvaal in a curtain raiser at Kings park later that year and he may have played in that game.

    You are quite right – Mike Barker was a formidable figure on a schoolboy rugby field in that era. He played SA Schools in ’78 and went on to play on the flank for Natal. He bulked up considerably and was eventually used at prop by Dbn Collegians before concentrating on power lifting where he became a Springbok.

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    25 September, 2014 at 15:17
  9. avatar
    #7 beet

    In 1974 there are 2 P Holders. I don’t think this is right

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    25 September, 2014 at 12:07
  10. avatar
    #6 beet

    @Grasshopper: There are only 19 names printed on the 1978 CW program so possibly his is the one that was left out by mistake.

    ReplyReply
    25 September, 2014 at 12:07
  11. avatar
    #5 Veg

    Ixopo must have had quite a side in 1970 with 3 Natal Schools players.

    ReplyReply
    25 September, 2014 at 12:06
  12. avatar
    #4 Grasshopper

    This what I have for Glenwood in the 70’s, not our best decade!

    1970 A.V. Michell
    1970 M.M. Bernon
    1970 KG. Peel
    1971 A.V. Michell
    1971 I.K. Burden
    1972 B. Plummer
    1973 B. Plummer
    1973 C.P.Davies
    1975 C.G. Brown
    1977 DR. La Marque
    1977 P.J. Judkins
    1978 D.R. La Marque
    1979 D.R. La Marque (SA)
    1979 A.B. Hardie
    1979 MR. Armitage
    1979 C.R.Tyack

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    25 September, 2014 at 11:45
  13. avatar
    #3 Grasshopper

    I thought Derek La Marque made it at least 2 years in a row. One that stands out for me was Michael Barker at DHS. My dad and uncle who went to DHS said he was an absolute animal, destroyed sides on his own and loved the ‘heated’ stuff…

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    25 September, 2014 at 11:43
  14. avatar
    #2 Gungets Tuft

    The ones I can pick up that are missing are 1970 – LJ Aitken, 1972 – BL Dennison, 1973 – MK Thompson (made SA Schools in 1974, for rugby and cricket), 1979 – PM Phillips

    70’s were good for College – played 132, won 113, drew 10, lost 9.

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    25 September, 2014 at 08:39
  15. avatar
    #1 burra

    I see that in the 90’s Port Natal had a lot of Craven Week players, sad how things have changed. In recent times you don’t see player from Port Natal,Ixopo,Empageni,Grovenor, St Henry’s etc…

    The two recent players that I can recall is B.Ndlovu Voortrekker 2014 and Sikhosana Port Shepstone 2012. Hopefully they are more good players (Craven Week Material) to be selected from lower tiers and that they shouldn’t be over look in terms of the schools they go to. Because we’ve seen that these small schools can also produce good players.

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    24 September, 2014 at 22:52