Full name | Mauritz Christiaan Willem Egmond van Buuren | ||
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Date of birth | 12 August 1865 | ||
Place of birth | Burgersdorp, South Africa | ||
Date of death | 3 October 1950 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Bedfordview, South Africa | ||
School | Diocesan College | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Wing | ||
Provincial/State sides | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
Western Province | |||
correct as of 19 July 2010. | |||
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1891 | South Africa | 1 | (0) |
correct as of 19 July 2010. |
Mauritz Christiaan Willem Egmond "Mosey" van Buuren (12 August 1865 – 3 October 1950) was a South African international rugby union player who played as a wing. Born in Burgersdorp, he attended Diocesan College before playing provincial rugby for Western Province.[1] He made his only international appearance for South Africa in their first ever Test—against Great Britain at the Crusader's Ground, Port Elizabeth. van Buuren died in 1950, in Bedfordview, at the age of 85.[2]