RUGBY UNION - SOUTH AFRICA TO THE U.K 1951-52 RUGBY UNION SCARCE AUTOGRAPH TEAM SHEET AND PROGRAMME The 1951–52 South Africa tour of Europe was a co

RUGBY UNION - SOUTH AFRICA TO THE U.K 1951-52 RUGBY UNION SCARCE AUTOGRAPH TEAM SHEET AND PROGRAMME The 1951–52 South Africa tour of Europe was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the South Africa national rugby union team against the four Home Nation teams and France. The tour also took in several matches against British, Irish and French club, county and invitational teams. 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. SCARCE AUTOGRAPH SHEET SIZE 10” x 7 ¼” SIGNED BY THE SOUTH AFRICA RUGBY UNION SQUAD FOR THE TOUR TO THE UK AND FRANCE 1951-52. AUTOGRAPHED IN INK BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN SQUAD AND MANAGEMENT 30 ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS INCLUDING: DANIE CRAVEN (Manager), BASIL KENYON, JOHNNY BUCHLER, JAKKALS KEEVY, BUKS MARAIS, CHUM OCHSE, RYK VAN SCHOOR, HANNES BREWIS, ERNST DINKELMANN, STEPHEN FRY, HENNIE MULLER, SALTY DU RAND et al. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CLEAN CONDITION. SOLD WITH PROGRAMME FROM THE LEICESTERSHIRE, EAST MIDLANDS & OXFORDSHIRE COMBINED XV v SOUTH AFRICA, DECEMBER 29TH 1951.