1955 South Africa are bowled out for 111 to lose the second Test at Lords by 71 runs, going down 0-2 in the five-match series.
1960 South Africa are bowled out for 137 in their follow-on innings to lose the second Test at Lords by an innings and 73 runs, slipping to 0-2 down in the five-match series.
1968 Bruce Dalling finishes second out of nearly 50 entrants in the third edition of the international Plymouth-to-Newport solo yacht race, a 3,000-mile adventure across the North Atlantic. Sailing the 50-foot ketch Voortrekker, Dalling took 26 days 13 hours 42 minutes to make the journey, ending 17 hours behind the winner, Geoffrey Williams of Britain. Dalling endured a storm he described as the worst he'd ever seen. His main boom sheared away from the mast and water flooded his generator which forced him into radio silence. Dalling was honoured at a black-tie event thrown by the Johannesburg mayor at the city hall, where he cut short his speech saying: I want to do some serious drinking.
1998 The Springboks score their biggest victory over Wales to date, hammering them 96-13 at Loftus Versfeld. Left wing Pieter Slap Chips Rossouw scored three of South Africas 15 tries. Welsh flyhalf Arwel Thomas scored all his teams points, including a try.
2009 South Africa fight back from 5-16 down against the British and Irish Lions to win the second Test 28-25, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The turnaround came after flank Heinrich Brussow and flyhalf Morne Steyn came onto the field. The Springboks won the try count 3-1, but it was Steyns penalty conversion on the hooter that secured the triumph.
