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this could not be established beyond reasonable doubt. 18 Official P.O.W. no. 98; Hut no: 43: see Anon, 'Alphabetical Roll of Boer Prisoners-of-War in Ceylon', the original of which is housed at the National Archives of South Africa, Hamilton Street, Pretoria. 19 R. Isherwood and P. Bailey, Western Province Cricketers 1889/90-1995/96 (Nottingham: Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, 1996), 7. 20 Luckin, History ofSouth African Cricket, 41. 21 In these four matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 11.00 and his 15 wickets cost 172 runs at an average of 11.46. His best bowling figures were 5 for 50. See Isherwood and Bailey, Western Province Cricketers, 25. 22 tuckin, History ofSouth African Cricket, 487 and 489. 23 Ibid., 128. 24 H. Kidson, The History ofTransvaal Cricket Oohannesburg: Transvaal Cricket Board, 1995), 27-28. 25 Luckin, History ofSouth African Cricket, 128 and 145; De Villiers Family Papers, in the possession of Mrs S. Terblanche (granddaughter-in-law of P. H. de Villiers), Hankey, Eastern Cape 26 Transvaalse Koloniale Publikasie ('TKP') Book 156 at 7 s.v. (the different volumes which constitute the TKP are housed at the National Archives of South Africa,'Villiers, de Peter (sic) Hendrik'; and Pakenham, Boer War, 361-3. 27 Anon, The MCC South African Tour 1905-1906 (Cape Town: Hart and Co, 1905), 13. 28 P. F. Warner, The MCC in South Africa (Cape Town: J. C. Juta and Co, 1906), 29-30. 29 Ibid., 30. 30 See S. S. Perera, The Janashakthi Book ofSri Lankan Cricket (edited by S. Mutiah), (Colombo: Nagaraj & Co, 1999), 84. 31 Ibid. 32 See Warner, The MCC in South Africa, 30. 33 On the role of sport in general,and rugby in particular, as a vehicle to promote the ideals of the British Empire before the South African War, and that of reconciliation afterwards, see G. van der Westhuizen, 'Something Deeper than Football: Rugby and Reconciliation in the Era of the Anglo Boer War, 1891-1907', in I. Snyman, I. Liebenberg, G. van der Westhuizen and M. Roos (eds), A Century is

a Short Time: New Perspectives on the Anglo-Boer War (Pretoria: Centre for International Political Studies, University of Pretoria, 2005), 393 ff. 34 Warner, The MCC in South Africa, 30. 35 Official P.O.W. no. 42; Hut no. 43: see Anon, 'Alphabetical Roll'. 36 See Langland's Pretoria Directoryfor 1899 Reprint (Pretoria: The State Library,1979), 223. 37 See original letter written to the Director of the Transvaal Archives by Judge G. P. C. Kotze, youngest son of Gert Kotze, on 13 February 1975 (TAB ref A1428) (Kotze'letter'). Johannes Jacobus Kotze was an impressive fast bowler before and after the South African War. He was born at Hopefield, Berg River, in the Cape Colony on 7 August 1879. He toured England with the South African team in 1901, when no Tests were played. He played two Tests against Australia in South Africa in 1902/03 and one Test against England on tour in 1907. He also went to England in 1904. His six Test wickets cost 40.50 runs apiece: see C. Bryden (ed.), Mutual and Federal South African Cricket Annual 2006 Oohannesburg: Mutual and Federal Insurance Co., 2006), 174 and 236. 38 Kotze had a moderately satisfactory match, scoring 15 out of 207 in his team's first innings, and eight out of 85 in the second innings. His three overs in the English team's first innings cost seven runs. 39 For a description of the battle of Pieter's Hill and the taking of Boer prisoners, see Pakenham, Boer War, 361-363. 40 He was one of 976'Burghers' on board the Dilwara. She also had 12 Boer officers on board: see'Anon, Alphabetical Roll'. 41 De Villiers Family Papers, in the possession of Mrs. S. Terblanche (granddaughter-in-law of P. H. de Villiers), Hankey, Eastern Cape. 42 See K. Donaldson, Who's Who 1935 Oohannesburg: Ken Donaldson, 1935), 140; and Kotze 'Letter'. 43 Aged 82 years and two months at the time of his death, Gert Kotze left a widow and three children. His youngest son and namesake, Gerhardus Petrus Christiaan (Gie) Kotze, had a prominent legal career, culminating in his appointment in 1976 as judge of appeal in the South African Appeal Division (now the Supreme Court of Appeal). He later served as president of the Court of Appeal of Swaziland, a post he held until his death on 17 May 1999. For a biographical note on Judge Gie Kotze, see De Jure, 12, 2 (1979), 193; and E. Kahn,'A History of the Wits Law School' (manuscript in preparation: information