Bill Taberer

Bill Taberer

Full name	Walter Stringfellow Taberer
Date of birth	11 April 1872
Place of birth	King William's Town, South Africa
Date of death	10 February 1938 (aged 65)
Place of death	Bulawayo, Rhodesia
School	St. Andrew's College
Notable relative(s)	Henry Taberer, brother
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Centre
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Griqualand West
correct as of 19 July 2010.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1896	South Africa	1	(0)
correct as of 19 July 2010.

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^[1] 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.^[2] Taberer died in 1938, in Bulawayo, at the age of 65.^[3]

He also played first-class cricket for Rhodesia.^[4]

Notes

1. Laurie 1914, p. 41.
2. "Bill Taberer". Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
3. "South Africa / Players & Officials / Bill Taberer". Scrum. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
4. "Walter Taberer". CricketArchive.

References

• Laurie, K. W. J. (1914). Register of S. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, from 1855 to 1914. Grahamstown: Slater & Co.