Mosey van Buuren

Biography

Mosey van Buuren played on the left wing in South Africa’s first Test, against the British Isles at Crusaders (St George’s Park), Port Elizabeth, on 30 July 1891. Born in Burgersdorp on 12 August 1865 and schooled at Diocesan College (Bishops), he was a strong, quick and elusive Western Province threequarter.

That 4–0 defeat was his only Test, but it secured his place among the founding generation of South African international rugby. He later lived in Bedfordview and stayed close to the game. He died on 3 October 1951, aged 86.