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South African rugby union player
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Male
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Birth:
11 April 1872(King William's Town, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Death:
10 February 1938
The details
Biography
Walter Stringfellow "Bill" Taberer (11 April 1872 – 10 February 1938) was a South African international rugby union player. Born in King William's Town, he attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, where he was a Douglass Scholar before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West. He made his only Test appearance for South Africa during Great Britain's 1896 tour. He played as a centre in the 2nd Test of the series, a 17–8 South Africa loss. Taberer died in 1938, in Bulawayo, at the age of 65.
He also played first-class cricket for Rhodesia.