1907 — The South African cricket team is bowled out for 75 on the final third day of the second Test at Leeds as England win by 53 runs, putting the home side 1-0 up in the three-match series.
1951 — With no play possible on the final day, the fourth Test between South Africa and England in Leeds ends in a draw with the home team leading the five-match series 2-1.
1965 — The Springboks suffer a sixth consecutive defeat, being beaten 3-6 in their opening Test against New Zealand in Wellington. Wing Bill Birtwistle and flank Kel Tremain scored unconverted tries for the home side. South Africa’s only points came from a drop by flyhalf Keith Oxlee.
1971 — South Africa score three tries without reply as they beat Australia 14-6 in Brisbane in the second Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Flyhalf Piet Visagie dotted down twice and scrumhalf Joggie Viljoen once, with fullback Ian McCallum converting one and adding a penalty. Australia managed only a penalty and a drop through fullback Arthur McGill.
1974 — UCT and UWC play the first mixed-race intervarsity at the Groote Schuur campus, with teams competing in rugby, soccer, netball and tennis in windy and wet conditions. The Rand Daily Mail reported that they avoided contravening the Group Areas Act because the event was considered private. Some members of the University of the Western Cape rejected the University of Cape Town invitation, including the table tennis club, while the UWC hockey team withdrew because their UCT counterparts did not agree to publicly reject apartheid in sport.
1987 — Brian Mitchell makes the second defence of his WBA junior-lightweight title, stopping Rocky Fernandez of Panama in the 14th round in Panama City.
1993 — The Springboks score three tries without reply as they beat Australia 19-12 in Sydney in the opening Test of a three-match series. Wing James Small dotted down twice and centre Pieter Muller once, with fullback Theo van Rensburg converting two of them. Wallaby fullback Marty Roebuck landed four penalties. But the South Africans will go on to lose the series.
2003 — Makhaya Ntini takes five wickets as South Africa bowl out England for 173 in the second Test at Lord’s.
2004 — The Springboks lose their second Tri-Nations match on the trot, going down 26-30 against Australia in Perth after losing to the All Blacks a week earlier. Jean de Villiers on the wing, replacement Gaffie du Toit and flyhalf Jaco van der Westhuyzen scored tries for the Boks, who went on to win the tournament.
2006 — The Proteas are bowled out for 434 as they lose the first Test in Colombo to Sri Lanka by an innings and 153 runs.
2007 — The SA women’s cricket team score their first and so far only Test win, beating the Netherlands by 159 runs in a one-off match in Rotterdam. The visitors, scoring 232 and 85/2 declared, bowled out the hosts for 108 and 50, with Sunette Loubser taking 5/37 in the first innings and 8/59 for the match. For the Dutch, it was the first and so far only Test they’ve played.
2008 — Ashlyn Kilowan takes 3/6 and Charlize van der Westhuizen 3/7 as the South African women bowl out Ireland for 63 on their way to winning a one-off ODI at Crowthorne by 10 wickets.
2010 — Simphiwe Nongqayi is dethroned as IBF junior-bantamweight champion, getting stopped in the sixth round by Mexico’s Albert Rosas in Tepic, Mexico. It was his second defence.
2013 — AB de Villiers offers the only resistance, scoring 51 as SA collapse to 179 to lose the final fifth ODI to Sri Lanka in Colombo by 128 runs and go down 1-4 in the series.
2017 — Dean Elgar, returning to the crease on 72, goes on to score 136, but it’s not enough as the Proteas are bowled out for 252 to lose the third Test against England at the Oval by 239 runs, giving the home side a 2-1 lead in the four-match series.
2021 — The Springboks down the British Lions 27-9 in the second Test at Cape Town Stadium to level the three-match series at 1-1. Makazole Mapimpi and Lukhanyo Am scored tries with flyhalf Handré Pollard landing one conversion and five penalties.
2022 — Tabraiz Shamsi takes 5/24 as the Proteas, on 191/5, beat England by 90 runs in the final third T20 in Southampton to take the series 2-1. Reeza Hendricks scored 70 and Aiden Markram an unbeaten 51.
2023 — Nichole Taljaard scores 24 points as the Proteas beat Trinidad and Tobago 69-28 in their Netball World Cup group G encounter in Cape Town.
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