Dougie Morkel
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Douglas Francis Theodore Morkel (26 October 1885 – 20 February 1950) was a South African international rugby union player. He was one of Paul Roos 1906 touring Springboks.[1]
Biography
Morkel was born in Kimberley in 1885, but as a child moved to Johannesburg with his parents. In 1903 he played for the Witwatersrand team against the touring team from the British Isles.[2] In 1905, Morkel joined the Central South African Railways Club and in 1906 he was selected for Template:Rut to play in the Currie Cup tournament. After the tournament, he was selected for Template:Nrut to tour Europe, under the captaincy of Paul Roos. He made his test debut against Template:Nrut on 24 November 1906 in Belfast.[3]
Morkel played in two test matches against the 1910 British Isles team and captained the Springboks in the first test in Johannesburg. He again toured with the Springboks to Europe in 1912–13, playing in all five test matches and also captained the team against Template:Nrut. In addition to the 9 test matches that Morkel played, he also played 31 tour matches, in which he scored 99 points.[4]
Test history
| No. | Opponents | Results (SA 1st) |
Position | Points | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland | 15–12 | Forward | 24 Nov 1906 | Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast | |
| 2. | File:Flag of England.svg England | 3–3 | Forward | 8 Dec 1906 | Crystal Palace, London | |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon British Isles | 14–10 | Forward (c) | 5 (1 try, 1 conv) | 6 Aug 1910 | Wanderers, Johannesburg |
| 4. | Template:Flagicon British Isles | 21–5 | Forward | 9 (3 conv, 1 pen) | 3 Sep 1910 | Newlands, Cape Town |
| 5. | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 16–0 | Forward | 2 (1 conv) | 23 Nov 1912 | Inverleith, Edinburgh |
| 6. | File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland | 38–0 | Forward | 30 Nov 1912 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | |
| 7. | File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales | 3–0 | Forward | 3 (1 pen) | 14 Dec 1912 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff |
| 8. | File:Flag of England.svg England | 9–3 | Forward (c) | 6 (2 pen) | 4 Jan 1913 | Twickenham, London |
| 9. | File:Flag of France.svg France | 38–5 | Forward | 13 (2 tries, 2 conv, 1 pen) | 11 Jan 1913 | Le Bouscat, Bordeaux |
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Legend: try (3 pts); pen = penalty (3 pts.); conv = conversion (2 pts.), drop = drop kick (4 pts.).
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 106
References
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- South African rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- 1885 births
- 1950 deaths
- Rugby union forwards
- Rugby union players from Kimberley, Northern Cape
- Golden Lions players
- South Africa national rugby union team captains