Bill Taberer

{{Short description|South African rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Bill Taberer | image = Bill Taberer.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Walter Stringfellow Taberer | birth_date = {{birth date|1872|4|11|df=y}} | birth_place = King William's Town, Cape Colony | death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|2|10|1872|4|11|df=yes}} | death_place = Bulawayo, Rhodesia | height = | weight = | position = Centre | amatteam1 = | amupdate = | repteam1 = South Africa | repyears1 = 1896 | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | repupdate = 19 July 2010 | province1 = Griqualand West | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | ru_provinceupdate = 19 July 2010 | relatives = Henry Taberer, brother | school = St. Andrew's College }} '''Walter Stringfellow Taberer''' (11 April 1872 – 10 February 1938) was a South African international rugby union player. Born in King William's Town, he attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, where he was a ''Douglass Scholar''{{sfn|Laurie|1914|p=41}} before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West. He made his only Test appearance for South Africa during Great Britain's 1896 tour. He played as a centre in the 2nd Test of the series, a 17–8 South Africa loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genslin.us/bokke/ |title=Bill Taberer |publisher=Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame|access-date=2010-09-05}}</ref> Taberer died in 1938, in Bulawayo, at the age of 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/1231.html |title=South Africa / Players & Officials / Bill Taberer |publisher=Scrum |access-date=2010-09-05}}</ref>

He also played first-class cricket for Rhodesia.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5225/5225.html|title=Walter Taberer|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

He was a Southern Rhodesian civil servant.

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==References== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last=Laurie|first=K. W. J. |title=Register of S. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, from 1855 to 1914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4_yGwAACAAJ|year=1914|publisher=Slater & Co.|location=Grahamstown}} {{refend}}

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