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Tristram Edgar Speaker (April 4, 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder from 1907 to 1928.
South Africa (known as the Springboks) are a Rugby Union National Team that played their first international match in 1891. The records listed below only include performances in Test matches. The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).
South Africa 134–3 Uruguay: Buffalo City Stadium, East London Try: Gürthro Steenkamp, Albert van den Berg 2, Solly Tyibilika 2, Danie Rossouw, Jacques Cronjé, Ricky Januarie, Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Bryan Habana 2, Jean de Villiers 2, Marius Joubert, Tonderai Chavhanga 6, Jaque Fourie Con: Jaco van der Westhuyzen 7, Percy Montgomery 6
The two teams were to meet again in November 2004 when South Africa toured the UK and Ireland, playing each of the home nations.In the lead-up to the match, South African coach Jake White provided additional motivation to the Irish team by publicly repeating his statement from earlier in the year that "only three Irish players would be good enough to get onto the South African team".
South Africa lead the series by 28 wins to 16, with 2 matches drawn. Their first meeting was on 8 December 1906, as part of South Africa's first tour of Europe, with the match ending in a 3–3 draw. The most recent meeting between the two teams was in the 2023 Rugby World Cup , on 21 October 2023, which South Africa won 16–15.
Of the 43 matches played to date, South Africa have won 35, with one match drawn and seven wins for Wales. Wales won their first away match against South Africa in 2022. Since 2007, the winner has been awarded the Prince William Cup , which was created to celebrate 100 years of rugby between the two nations.
England take on South Africa in a bid to get their ICC Cricket World Cup campaign back on track after two defeats from their opening three matches.. In Delhi, Jos Buttler’s side were left ...
South Africa: 1912–13 South Africa tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France: 2 16 February 1952 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes: 3–25 South Africa: 1951–52 South Africa tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France: 3 26 July 1958 Newlands Stadium, Cape Town: 3–3 draw: 1958 France tour of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia: 4 16 ...