Bill Taberer | |
Birth Name: | Walter Stringfellow Taberer |
Birth Date: | 11 April 1872 |
Birth Place: | King William's Town, Cape Colony |
Death Place: | Bulawayo, Rhodesia |
Ru Position: | Centre |
Repteam1: | South Africa |
Repyears1: | 1896 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Ru Ntupdate: | 19 July 2010 |
Ru Province1: | Griqualand West |
Ru Provinceupdate: | 19 July 2010 |
Relatives: | Henry Taberer, brother |
Walter Stringfellow 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.[1] Taberer died in 1938, in Bulawayo, at the age of 65.[2]
He also played first-class cricket for Rhodesia.[3]