Murray Hofmeyr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Murray Hofmeyr

South African rugby union player

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1925

Place of Birth: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Date of Death: 17-May-2018

Profession: cricketer, rugby union player

Nationality: United Kingdom, South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Murray Hofmeyr

  • Murray Bernard Hofmeyr (9 December 1925 – 17 May 2018) was a South African sportsman who played international rugby union for England and first-class cricket. After growing up in South Africa and attending Pretoria Boys High School, Hofmeyr moved to England in 1948 as a Rhodes Scholar at Worcester College, Oxford.
  • He represented Oxford University in both cricket and rugby union.
  • From 1949 to 1951, Hofmeyr, an opening batsman, made 35 first-class appearances for the university and scored 2495 runs.
  • He had his most prolific year in 1950 when he scored 1063 runs at 55.94 and brought up four centuries.
  • His highest score, 161, came against Gloucestershire, in an innings where the next highest score was his opening partner Brian Boobbyer's 28.
  • Boobbyer would also partner Hofmeyr in the England rugby union team. Playing as a full-back, Hofmeyr appeared in three of England's four Tests in the 1950 Five Nations Championship, against Wales, France and Scotland.
  • He played his club rugby for Harlequins and also represented the Barbarians.He captained the Oxford University Cricket Club in the 1951 season and then returned to South Africa.
  • In the 1951/52 and 1952/53 Currie Cup competition, Hofmeyr was captain of North Eastern Transvaal and played a total of nine first-class matches, from which he made 683 runs at 48.78.

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