Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld

South African rugby union footballer and administrator

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1862

Place of Birth: Constantia, Western Cape, South Africa

Date of Death: 04-May-1932

Profession: lawyer, rugby union player

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld

  • Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld (7 December 1862 – 5 May 1932) was a South African rugby union player and administrator who was a founding member of the Eastern Province Rugby Union and of the Pretoria Rugby Subunion (1908) which in 1938 became Northern Transvaal.
  • He founded Pretoria Rugby Club in 1888, and established Pretoria rugby headquarters at Eastern Sports Grounds.
  • He introduced grass playing fields to the Transvaal.Versfeld is the only South African player to have won a Grand Challenge Cup in three different provinces with three different teams: the inaugural Western Province Grand Challenge Cup with Hamilton Rugby Football Club in 1883; the Eastern Province Grand Challenge Cup with Union RFC in 1888; and the Transvaal Grand Challenge Cup with Pretoria RFC in 1889.
  • He also played for a Transvaal Country XV against Bill MacLagan's touring British Isles side in 1891.

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