Mauritz van den Berg
Birth name | Mauritz Albertus van den Berg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 May 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pretoria, Transvaal Colony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 9 April 1948 | (aged 38)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Glenwood High School, Durban | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Derek van den Berg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mauritz Albertus van den Berg (9 May 1909 – 9 April 1948) was a South African rugby union player.[1]
Playing career
Van den Berg played provincial rugby for the
Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He then played all three test matches in the test series victory against New Zealand.[2]
Test history
No. | Opponents | Results (SA 1st) |
Position | Tries | Dates | Venue |
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1. | Australia | 9–5 | Lock |
26 Jun 1937 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | |
2. | New Zealand | 7–13 | Lock | 14 Aug 1937 | Athletic Park, Wellington | |
3. | New Zealand | 13–6 | Lock | 4 Sep 1937 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | |
4. | New Zealand | 17–6 | Lock | 25 Sep 1937 | Eden Park, Auckland |
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 258
References
- ^ "Mauritz van den Berg". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ISBN 9780620872041.