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Mosey van Buuren

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Mosey van Buuren
Birth nameMauritz Christiaan Willem Egmond van Buuren
Date of birth(1865-08-12)12 August 1865
Place of birthBurgersdorp, Cape Colony
Date of death3 October 1950(1950-10-03) (aged 85)
Place of deathBedfordview, South Africa
SchoolDiocesan College[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Transvaal ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1891 South Africa 1 (0)

Mauritz Christiaan Willem Egmond "Mosey" van Buuren (12 August 1865 – 3 October 1950) was a South African international rugby union player who played as a wing.

Personal

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Born in Burgersdorp to Mauritz and Elizabeth (Harris), he attended Diocesan College in Cape Town. He married Edith van der Merwe and after her death in 1901, he married Helena Kotze. Van Buuren died in 1950, in Bedfordview, at the age of 85.[2][3]

Career

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Van Buuren played provincial rugby for Transvaal and made his only international appearance for South Africa in their first ever Test, against Great Britain at the Crusader's Ground, Port Elizabeth.[4][5]

Test history

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No. Opponents Results(SA 1st) Position Tries Date Venue
1. United Kingdom British Isles 0–4 Wing 30 Jul 1891 Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Bishops Springboks". NextGenRugga. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ Heese, J.A. (1986). South African Genealogies: Volume 1. Lombard, RTJ, Genealogical Institute of South Africa. Pretoria: Institute for Historical Research. p. 461. ISBN 0-7969-0370-0. OCLC 18051341.
  3. ^ "Mosey van Buuren". Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  4. ^ "South Africa / Players & Officials / Mosey van Buuren". Scrum. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  5. ^ Greyvenstein, Chris (1992). Springbok saga : from 1891 to the new beginning (4th ed.). Cape Town: Don Nelson. p. 336. ISBN 1-86806-095-0. OCLC 105375255.