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	Rugby news, results, fixtures and features from Rugby365.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Craven played for and captained the Springboks when they were at their best, the masters of the rugby world in the Thirties.
		Danie Craven's father fought against the British in the Anglo-Boer War when his mother was interred in one of Britain's notorious concentration camps.
		Craven was named one of the five players of the year in New Zealand and the team was often referred to by New Zealanders, not altogether jocously, as the best team ever to leave New Zealand.
	www.rugby365.com /COUNTRY_BY_COUNTRY/South_Africa/SA_Schools/News/story_37160.shtml (1042 words)

	Noorspoort Guest Farm, Eastern Cape, Directions
		Danie Craven - yes, the famous rugby guy - was married to Beyera Hayward in 1938.
		Their eldest son George now owns the family farm Noorspoort and his son Danie is the 6th generation on the farm.
		George’s eldest daughter, Beyera Craven inherited Noorspoort and her son, George Craven, commenced farming in 1977.
	www.noorspoort.co.za /about_us.htm (717 words)

	Planet-Rugby in association with Tiscali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		There was one in 1987 which went on a tour to South Africa, the brainchild of Danie Craven, the president of the South African Rugby Board, who was looking for matches for his boycotted Springboks to play.
		The man that Craven and his Board dealt with was Arthur Jennings, a Fijian who had toured as a lock in the great 1967 All Black team which was coached by Fred Allen.
		Craven had hoped that each player would have enough money to build himself a house, a frame-and-leaf structure, on his return.
	tisc.planet-rugby.com /Teams/Tonga/story_37259.shtml (758 words)

	Lucky Bok, unlucky Bok
		That man was of course none other than Danie Craven, and the reaction that followed his selection was no less heated than it was this week when everyone was still trying to pronounce, let alone digest, Jongi Nokwe and Tim Dlulane.
		Craven spoke about these and other men for whom the green and gold would remain a dream - and then he mentioned Pinky Hill.
		Hill, a scrumhalf in the Craven mould, moved to Cape Town from the northern Free State town of Kroonstad during the 1920s.
	www.news24.com /News24/Columnists/Duane_Heath/0,,2-1630-1650_1612695,00.html (695 words)

	Sunday Times - rugby - 20 December 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Craven was not a man who minced his words; and his
		It involved an unsigned, front-page report in Die Volksblad which told how Craven was criticised in an official memorandum for his involvement in the 1960/61 Springbok tour of the United Kingdom.
		Craven presumed the report had been written by Le Roux when, in fact, its author was the late Quintus van Rooyen, an erstwhile colleague of the accused who had acquired the top-secret memo drawn up by team manager Ferdie Bergh.
	www.sundaytimes.co.za /1998/12/20/sport/rugby/rugby04.htm (442 words)

	Danie Craven -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Danie Craven -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		He was a also member of the (additional info and facts about International Rugby Board) International Rugby Board during the same period and was its (The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization) chairman on several occasions.
		The South African Craven Week schools rugby competition is named after him.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/danie_craven.htm (220 words)

	The British & Irish Lions 2005: South Africa 1986 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		But whilst this avowedly unilateral decision by Dr. Craven appears on the face of it to be an especially shrewd move, and one that has an element of magnanimity within it - since it lets the four home unions off a dangerously barbed hook - why should it have come at this particular time ?
		There remained the possibility that the State of Emergency in South Africa might be lifted (as it has been in certain areas since Dr. Craven's announcement).
		Total responsibility for the decision has been admitted by Dr. Craven, who has denied external persuasion or interference in what he has declared a unilateral decision and that's how it stands officially.
	www.2005lions.net /misc_safrica86_01.shtml (1044 words)

	Craven, Daniel Hartman -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		English courtier known for his long association with the “winter queen” of Bohemia, the English princess Elizabeth, who was the consort of Frederick V, the elector Palatine.
		A Royalist during the English Civil Wars, Craven provided considerable financial support for both Charles I and Charles II.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9111697 (670 words)

	awright
		Our attempt to secure a bonus point in the dying seconds of the game brought to mind a story that Dr Danie Craven used to tell, though it in no way reflects on Vaughn Graham, who was unable to secure an extremely difficult pass.
		He blamed Danie Craven afterwards for the defeat.
		Craven had passed to a big forward who had knocked on.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2002/04/26/sport/AWRIGHT.HTM (272 words)

	DRSU : : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Stellenbosch University Rugby Football Club was founded in 1875 and is the third oldest rugby club in South Africa after the two Cape Town based clubs Hamiltons and Villagers.
		The headquarters of probably the most successful club in the country is based at the Danie Craven Stadium in quite the most stunning setting of the Coetzenburg sport grounds.
		Apart from the fact that the Danie Craven Stadium can accommodate 17,000 spectators, the club operates an incredible 24 rugby fields.
	www.durbanrugby.co.za /04id39.html (569 words)

	DRSU : : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		clash at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch.
		Needless to say Maties have won the competition more times than any other club in the history of the club championships but have not produced a winning national combination for some time now and are looking to change their fortunes.
		Maybe by playing on their home grounds at the Danie Craven Stadium could once again inspire them to new heights.
	www.durbanrugby.co.za /05id119.html (725 words)

	Els on the Web: Latest News
		Danie and Aneria Craven, school friends from South Africa, spent the first week of the year with us.
		My fears about the job continue, and were confirmed on January 2, when the company laid off one of the guys in the development department due to a lack of funds.
		On our way to Missouri, we had a surprize phone call from old school friend, Danie Craven, whom we hadn't seen in at least 8 years.
	www.elsweb.net /news.htm (2055 words)

	Sunday Times - rugby - 05 July 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tomorrow: Danie Craven Stadium - 7.15pm: Australia vs England; 9.15pm: South Africa vs Argentina.
		Wednesday: Danie Craven Stadium - 7.15pm: New Zealand vs Argentina; 9.15pm: England vs South Africa.
		Wednesday, June 15: Danie Craven Stadium - 5.15pm: England vs Argentina; 7.15pm - Australia vs New Zealand.
	www.suntimes.co.za /1998/07/05/sport/rugby/rugby04.htm (296 words)

	Official Website of the British & Irish Lions Rugby Tour - Lions rugby history
		As the last Lions of the pre-war era set off for South Africa against a backdrop of looming conflict, their on-field prospects were considered similarly fl.
		They were by no means a weak side but were at least half a dozen stars short of being the best of British, and in Danie Craven’s Springboks they were up against the unofficial world champions.
		South Africa went into the series on the back of successive series victories in Australia and New Zealand, while the tourists had established themselves as an attractive, free-scoring side after a hesitant start to their schedule.
	www.lionsrugby.com /1938.htm (355 words)

	The Herald : Sport
		Buenos Aires — South African rugby icon, the late Dr Danie Craven, will be honoured when the Springboks face Argentina at the Velez Sarsfield Stadium here tomorrow — which will conclude their year-end tour.
		The winner will receive the Danie Craven Trophy.
		For Bok coach Jake White and his team the pressure is as intense now as it was at the outset of this five-Test trip, which has so far yielded only a 50 per cent success rate.
	www.theherald.co.za /herald/2004/12/03/sport/sp13_03122004.htm (330 words)

	The Herald : LaFemme : makoti.htm
		THERE are not many local businesses that farm with a particular product, process it, manufacture goods from it, handle all the advertising and marketing for it and then still sell the merchandise themselves — including to buyers overseas.
		Like many of their neighbours, she and her husband, George — son of the late rugby great Dr Danie Craven — came close to losing everything they had worked for.
		The couple’s youngest children, Hanlie and Le Roux, were sent to boarding school in Uitenhage and, with the eldest, Danie and Anéria, away at university, Anna-Marie was left to run Noorspoort, the historic family farm.
	www.theherald.co.za /femme/2004/05/26/makoti.htm (819 words)

	IOL: Joost among 50 greatest Boks
		They assembled a panel of selectors, which included the late AF Markotter and Danie Craven, to help them select the best Boks over more than 100 years of South African rugby.
		Their decision on the best South African rugby player of all time is Danie Gerber, the great centre of the eighties who is now an assistant coach with the Mpumalanga Pumas.
		The authors, along with publisher Don Nelson, studied the writings of Markotter and Craven to determine which players of a long gone generation needed to be considered for selection.
	www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?click_id=4&art_id=ct2003110909415574R210172&set_id=6 (542 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Pressure mounts as Pumas loom
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		A South African rugby icon, the late Dr Danie Craven, will be honoured when the Springboks face Argentina at the Velez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires on Saturday, which will conclude their year-end tour.
		But for Bok coach Jake White and his team the pressure is as intense now as it was at the outset of this five-Test trip, which has so far yielded only a 50 percent success rate.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/395678.htm (456 words)

	Stellenbosch Self Catering Cottage Accommodation, CRAVEN COTTAGE, Winelands Western Cape South Africa
		The cottage was occupied for some years by the wife of the well known South African rugby player, Dr. Danie Craven.
		The unit was extensively renovated towards the end of 2004, and has only recently come onto the market.
		Craven Cottage, Self Catering Cottage/ House/ Chalet Accommodation in Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa
	www.wheretostay.co.za /cravencottage (349 words)

	Sunday Times - South Africa's best selling newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For the first time, Danie Gerber has been named South Africa's greatest Springbok ahead of Frik du Preez.
		They bypass the natural pitfall of rating players from the late 1800s and early 1900s by referring to the writings of rugby patriarchs AF Markötter and Danie Craven, who between them saw every player from 1891 until Craven's death in 1993.
		It is: 15 HO de Villiers, 14 Ray Mordt, 13 Danie Gerber, 12 Japie Krige, 11, Carel du Plessis, 10 Naas Botha, 9 Danie Craven; 8 Doug Hopwood, 7 Jan Ellis, 6 Hennie Muller (captain), 5 Frik du Preez, 4 Phil Mostert, 3 Boy Louw, 2 Jan Lotz, 1 Chris Koch.
	www.sundaytimes.co.za /2003/11/09/sport/rugby/rugby13.asp (546 words)

	South Africa rugby news, commentary, fun, fixtures, results, downloads and features from Planet-Rugby.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Provincial matches have been played there and touring teams such as the 1980 Lions and England in 1984, and in 1995 Australia played Romania at Danie Craven Stadium in a World Cup match.
		Danie Craven Stadium has seating for 16 000.
		Nearby are playing fields, the faculty of Human Movement Science and the Jan Marais House with its statue of Danie Craven with its admonishing finger
	www.planet-rugby.com /Teams/South_Africa/story_35924.shtml (425 words)

	Lanzerac Manor and Winery; Stellenbosch - Cape Wine Region, South Africa
		For a more formal, romantic dinner, select from a wide range of a la carte delights at the splendid Governors Hall Restaurant.
		As a fitting end to the perfect meal, guests are invited to retire in the evenings to the Craven Lounge, a tribute to local rugby legend, Danie Craven, decorated with fine oil paintings and Victorian furniture.
		This cozy lounge is also the ideal spot to relax and enjoy afternoon tea any time between 3:00 and 6:00 pm.
	www.classicafrica.com /portfolio/lanzerac_1.htm (388 words)

	Sports Trivia
		Compiled by Danie Craven 1964 and -South Africa’s Cricketing Lawyers — H. Schulze 1999
		Daisy De Melker, South Africa’s first convicted woman poisoner in 1932, having killed her first two husbands and only son, married again shortly before she was arrested to S. De Melker, a centre threequarter in Paul Roos’s 1906/7 Springbok side on the tour to the United Kingdom and France.
		- Doc Craven’s Tribute to the Legends of Springbok Rugby 1889 — 1989.
	www.angelfire.com /biz4/bigbrian/trivia.htm (1309 words)

	vodaworld online - worldwide cellular communications update
		History shows that the 1949 All Blacks, captained by Fred Allen, were humiliated 4-0 in the Test Series on South African soil.
		Big names like Danie Craven, Hennie Greyhound Muller and Okey The Boot Geffen saw the Springboks emerge victorious.
		Today s squad of South Africa s best has its own legends in the making and instead it will be the turn of Joost van der Westhuizen, Andre Joubert and James Small to ensure that the Crown remains firmly on the head of the Springboks.
	www.vodaworld.co.za /showarticle.asp?id=645 (888 words)

	Student Health Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		First aid for sport injuries is given free of charge.
		is available daily during weekdays, as well as on applicable Saturdays, during Rugby Season at the Danie Craven Stadium.
		Student Health Services can contribute to health-related research through statistical processing of the trends in the incidence of diseases and sports injuries.
	admin.sun.ac.za /studenthealth (767 words)

	Cape Times - Stormers duo bring experience to WP team
		Flank Luke Watson and lock Quinton Davids have both been included in the Western Province team to play the French Barbarians at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch tomorrow.
		The Stormers duo will give the team a welcome injection of experience against opposition studded with players that have performed at the highest stage.
		Tickets are R10 and are available during office hours from the sports office, Jannie Marais huis, Coetzenburg, and at the Danie Craven Stadium gate tomorrow from 12h30.
	www.capetimes.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=306&fArticleId=2558398 (270 words)

	Facts About Durban - Whaling in Durban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Terry Tribe was always a fitness fanatic and served under Danie Craven in the Physical Training Battalion at Roberts Heights (now Voortrekker Hoogte) during World War II.
		He joined the South African Railways in 1946 and underwent a strenuous apprenticeship as a flsmith.
		He was then involved as treasurer of the Bellhaven Memorial Centre in Greyville, a community centre built with cash donations from South African troops returning from WWII.
	www.fad.co.za /Resources/whaling/tribe.htm (1242 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Magnus Malan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Malan was born in Pretoria; his father was a professor of Biochemistry at the University of Pretoria and later a Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Assembly.
		He started his high school education at the Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool but later moved to Dr. Danie Craven’s Physical Education Brigade in Kimberley, where he completed his matric.
		He wanted to join the South African armed forces immediately after his matric, but his father advised him first to complete his university studies.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Magnus_Malan (698 words)

	Rugby World Magazine Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		South Africa beat Argentina 39-7 at Velez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires on a hot, hot afternoon on Saturday.
		It would be kind to say that the second half was desultory.
		But the Springboks became the first recipients of the Danie Craven Trophy.
	www.rugbyworld.com /News/story_40404.shtml (762 words)

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