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were a 6-3 win against a talented J. J. du Preez
team, and an 8-6 victory at Paarlover a strong
Paarl Boys' High side, this latter victory being
particularly warming as our team had to play for
two-thirds of the game without D. Knight, their
Craven-Week scrumhalf, who was injured in the
first quarter of an hour and was unable to continue.
The Second Team, although it suffered from
the same disabilities as tbe School Team, on tbe
whole played well. Its form, however, was inconsistent,
and this was due mostly to indecisive
tackling by the backs. Nevertheless, this team
can be congratulated on some rattling good performances,
the best being their two matches
against Bishops second team, both of which we
lost (3-0) and (9-6).
It is now appropriate to mention tbe name of
Mr. H. E. Tasker. It is a name that bas been on
the lips of senior Wynberg rugby players for 34
years; it is a name that has been well-known in
Western Province scbools' rugby circles for almost
the same length of time; yet apart from appearing
in tbe section on Rugby in our Magazine of 1965,
it bas never before been printed there. Although
the names of many coacbes and players and others
who bave given service to Wynberg rugby have
appeared each year, Mr. Tasker, senior coach and
rugby correspondent and administrator, who, over
a long period bas done more for our scbools'
rugby than any other man, bas never allowed his
name to appear in the appropriate section of the
school Magazine.
RUGBY FIRST FIFTEEN, 1966
Froll{ Row (\. to r.): Mr. H. E. Tasker (Coach), E. de Swardt, B. Probyn (Captain),
Mr. N. R. Blackbeard, M. Dean (Vice-Captain), D. Bairstow, Mr. J. F. Oosthuizen (Coach).
Second Row (\. to r.): N. Ward, E. Eddy, M. Dewar, P. de Wet, D. Humphries, D. William,
C. Kemp.
Third Row (\. to r.): P. Baerecke, L. Buwalda, J. Blakemore, J. Retief, W. Burke,
P. Robertshaw.
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