They played in 64

This 2013 Craven Week is the 50th since the first in 1964. We record the players and their schools from that first Craven Week.

We do not have all the players' initials unfortunately.

It would be interesting to see the shift in school power. Maritzburg College and Glenwood are sire still there but there are other schools that have increased their influence, including Grey College. In some cases the schools no longer exist.

There are some Springboks amongst the names below.

Boland: P Conradie (Robertson), K Carstens (Piketberg), J Carstens (Worcester School for the Deaf), R Schneider (Hermanus), J Fouché (Robertson), D Visser (Hopefield) (captain), J Cooper (Caledon), A Muller (Drostdy), R Kellman (Worcester Boys' High), W Kotze (Wellington), T Hickman (Hopefield), F Pretorius (Wellington), D Wessels (Worcester Boys' High),  J Bruwer (Worcester Boys' High), C Anthonissen (Calvinia), E Bestbier (Hopefield), W Visser (Hopefield), E Marais (Drostdy), B Meiring  (Worcester School for the Deaf)

Management: SF le Roux (Piketberg), HJ Lochner (Wellington)

Border A: J McEvoy (Selborne), D Longmore (Queen's), T Botha (Hangklip), M Cowley (Selborne), M Dickson (Dale), K Dovey (Selborne), J Maree (Grens), C Bussel (Dale), J Kranidiotis (Umtata), S Rees (Selborne), C van Onselen (East London Tech) (captain), Jennings (Dale), A de Wet (Selborne), R Els (Hangklip), R McConnell (Queen's), Stickels (De la Salle), I Whithorn (Queen's), J Steenkamp (Grens), L Weare (Selborne), M Cunard (Selborne)

Management: R Marais (Grens)

Border B: Stickels (De la Salle), M Kent (East London Tech), G Lombard (Grens), M Cunard (Selborne), A Tromp (Selborne), Field (Queen's), R Hayse (Queen's), T Webb (Queen's), J Grogan (Selborne), D  Smith (Selborne), L Weare (Selborne) (captain), M Wiggell (Queen's), Filmer (Dale), I Whithorn (Queen's), J Steenkamp (Grens), R Seymore (Cambridge), J Pienaar (Grens), Schreiber (Dale), B Ker-Fox (East London Tech), G Page (Selborne), Morrison (Dale), W van Lille (Grens), P Bezuidenhout (Grens), P Lawrenson (De la Salle)

Management: and Emslie (Selborne)

Eastern Province: P Coetzee (Die Brandwag), F Collins (Kingswood), D Castelyn (PJ Olivier), D Gradwell (St Andrew's), G Crain (Muir), B Gillmer (Muir), G Cawood (Union High), J van der Merwe (Die Brandwag), S Terblanche (Pearson), P Wilson (captain) (St Andrew's), R Parker (Pearson), A Troskie (Marlow), D Smith (Kingswood), M Denvon-Stevens (St Andrew's), R Vice (Graeme), D Noble (Grey), J Langner (Gill), F Waldeck (Marlow), D Weyer-Henderson (Gill), H Roux (Pearson)

Management: SM Sauerman (Otto du Plessis)

Eastern Transvaal: P Krugel (Volkskool, Heidelberg), J Mare (Ermelo), B Bam (Ermelo), G Louw (Hoogenhout), M de Vos (Hoëveld Landbou), J Pienaar (Piet Retief), T Bester (Ermelo), P Oosthuizen (Hoogenhout), R McKechnie (Volkskool, Heidelberg), K van der Merwe (Standerton), J Joubert (Volksrust), G Kruger (Hoogenhout), P Engelbrecht (Hoëveld Landbou), T Kruger (Hoogenhout), G Dercksen (Hugenote), L Fourie (Volksrust), T Olivier (Piet Retief), F Froneman (Carolina), J Steenkamp (Carolina), C Flies (Delmas)

Management: C Liebenberg

Free State: A Roberts (Sentraal), T Potgieter (Tweespruit), B Cronjé (Shannon), P Burger (Grey), J van Pletzen (Bethulie), J van Rensburg (Sentraal), J de Kock (Grey), J Lategan (HTS Kroonstad), E van der Westhuizen (Odendaalsrus), P Nortjé (HTS Kroonstad), Potgieter (Dewetsdorp), Van Reenen (Bethlehem), Bezuidenhout (Hoërskool Kroonstad), Triegaardt (Tweespruit), Van Helsdingen (Sentraal), Venter (Vrede), Strydom (Grey)

Management: AK Volstedt (Grey), PW du Plooy (Jim Fouché)

Griqualand West:  A Pienaar (Victoria-Ws), B Hauptfleisch (Diamantveld), F Slabbert (Landbouskool, Vaalhartz), F Forster (Kimberley Boys' High), J Jansen (Griekwastad), H Roodt (Christiana), P Bothma (Griekwastad), D Sterley (Kimberley Boys' High), M Cloete (Griekwastad), G Hough (Kakamas), C Becker (Olifantshoek), P Viljoen (Douglas), J Burger (North Cape Tech), A Kriel (Diamantveld), B van Heerden (Prieska), J Roets (Warrenton), A Nel (Hartswater), J Botha (Hartswater), J Scholtz (Victoria-Ws), R Billett (Kimberley Boys' High)

Management: G Venter, H Duvenage

Natal:  (AF Egner (Maritzburg College), BA Sharp (Maritzburg College), AE van der Watt (Maritzburg College), P Timm (Maritzburg College), DM Morrissey (Glenwood), NW Hayward (Glenwood), AJ Delport (Glenwood),  RD Bickerton (Kearsney), AS Pringle (Maritzburg Tech), RD Shaw (Glenwood), AS Balmer (Maritzburg College), JG McKenzie (Maritzburg College), RB Hemming (Kearsney), PE Rutherford (Maritzburg College), DL O'Connor (Maritzburg College), AD Sclanders (Glenwood), AG Nicolson (Maritzburg College), M Guest (Alexander), N Hermer (Kearsney)

Management: OL Palin, J Nicholson

North Eastern Districts: J Opperman (Burgersdorp), J Serfontein (Burgersdorp), G Potgieter (Colesberg), J van Pletzen (Colesberg), D van der Merwe (Sterkstroom), K van Dyk (Aliwal-Noord), L Botha (Colesberg), A Norval (Sterkstroom), A Cloete (Burgersdorp), A Zietsman (Colesberg), L Hauptfleisch (Colesberg), W de Bruin (Dordrecht), R Greybe (Sterkstroom), H Putter (Burgersdorp), J Kruger (Burgersdorp), I Baker (Burgersdorp), J Herselman (Burgersdorp), J Delport (Molteno), Van Schalkwyk (Colesberg), F Oosthuizen (Aliwal-Noord)

Management: J le Roux

Northern Transvaal: JP van der Merwe (Affies), N Smith (Langenhoven), J Grobler (Tom Naudé), F Brits (Tom Naudé), C Oberholzer (Clapham), J van Blommenstein (Langenhoven), J Els (Tuine), J Bruwer (Landbouskool, Brits), C Oosthuizen (Tom Naudé), J Erasmus (Frikkie Meyer), D Bester (Frikkie Meyer), L Pool (Affies), J de Lange (Kuschke), D Gould (Capricorn), C van der Merwe (Nylstroom), G Prinsloo (Nylstroom), J Engelbrecht (Lydenburg), D Claasen (Middelburg), B Pretorius (Nylstroom)

Management: GJ Malherbe, BJ Vorster

Rhodesia: E Gilmaer (Chaplin), M Cowley (St Stephen's), M Mullighan (Churchill), G Irvine (Churchill), K Lewis (Mount Pleasant), B Southwood (Chaplin), R Dale (Umtali), Van Zyl (Chaplin), Rau (Guinea Fowl), Coleshaw (Milton), Davies (Northlea), Weston (Umtali), Hobbins (Umtali), Stead (Churchill), Mitchell (Churchill), Rawlands (Chaplin), Rutters (Churchill), Yeo (Umtali

Management: J Buchanan, B van Blommenstein

South West Africa: L Botha (Windhoek), J van der Merwe (Windhoek), C Voges (Windhoek), B Heigan (Windhoek), J Louw (Otjiwarongo), W van Vuuren (Otjiwarongo), S van Vuuren (Outjo), H Henning (Otjiwarongo), F du Plessis (Windhoek), J Viljoen (Outjo), D Louw (Windhoek), K Louw (Otjiwarongo), P du Toit (Gobabis), C Lewis (Gobabis), D Derks (Gobabis), L von Moltitz (Windhoek), D Goussard (Keetmanshoop), O de Jager (Outjo), R Els (Outjo),  (Windhoek)

Management: J Burger (Windhoek)

South Western Districts: J Steyn (HTS Oudtshoorn), A Olivier (Oudtshoorn), S Uys (Oakdale), D Gerber (Outeniqua), P le Roux (Oakdale), C Badenhorst (Oudtshoorn), P Nortier (Oudtshoorn), J Gerber (Outeniqua), A du Preez (Punt), N Muller (Oakdale), P Vosloo (Oudtshoorn), L le Grange (HTS Oudtshoorn), L Groenewald (Oakdale), H Mellish (Oakdale), P Uys (Montagu), G Pienaar (Outeniqua), S Grewe (Swellendam), W Marais (Montagu)

Management: CJ Hattingh (HS Langenhoven), MHC Kitshoff (Outeniqua)

Transvaal: C de la Rey (Monument), T Cilliers (H), C Hattingh (Fakkel), J Oosthuizen (Goedehoop), J van Niekerk (Jan de Klerk), J Potgieter (Florida), T Smalberger (Vereeniging), A Rabie (Voortrekker, Boksburg), M Eksteen (H), O Vorster (Kempton Park), M Nel (Afrikaans Hoer, Germiston), G van Vuuren (H) (captain), W Grobbelaar (Fakkel), P Strauss (H), J Gray (Florida Park), T de Vos (Transvalia), W Blignaut (Kempton Park), C Oosthuizen (Vereeniging Tech)

Management: W du Toit, P Malan

Western Province: M Coetzee (JJ du Preez), C Barrett (SACS), P de Villiers (Hottentots Holland), H Herbst (St Joseph's), A Muller (Paarl Gimnasium), C Haytread (Wynberg), J Truter (Tygerberg Commercial), P Beyers (DF Malan), C Louw (Rondebosch), F du Plessis (JG Meiring), A Richards (Hottentots Holland), T Hoffman (Jan van Riebeeck), H Casserley (Paarl Boys' High), M English (Wynberg), W de Vries (Paul Roos), J Vadas (Christian Brothers' College), S Steele (Plumstead), D Ford (Durbanville), W de Jager (Zwaanswyk), F Viljoen (Paul Roos)

Management: CP Fourie,  JG Oosthuizen

Western Transvaal: P Pretorius (HTS Wolmaransstad), M Einkaemerer (Schweizer-Reneke), I Joubert (Potchefstroom Gimnasium), H van der Linde (Potchefstroom Volkskool), M Marais (Lichtenburg) E Starke (Klerksdorp), J de Jager (Potchefstroom Volkskool), N Marais (Carletonville), T Grobler (Lichtenburg), J Fourie (Stilfontein), L van der Ryst (Carletonville), B Badenhorst (Lichtenburg), J Jacobs (Potchefstroom Volkskool), C Pitout (Lichtenburg), J de Bruin (Lichtenburg), M Herbst (HTS Potchefstroom), K Williams (Gimnasium), C Rossouw (Schweizer-Reneke)

Management: VC Wallis, LDJ Erasmus