1906 South Africa “Springboks” Northern Rugby Union Tour dinner menu signed by 14 Springboks, Arthur Marsburg, William Allan Neill, William A Millar,

1906 South Africa “Springboks” Northern Rugby Union Tour dinner menu signed by 14 Springboks, Arthur Marsburg, William Allan Neill, William A Millar, Sydney C. De Melker, Pieter A. Le Roux, William Charles Martheze, Johannes A Loubser, Dirk Cloete Jackson, William A Burger, Jacob S. Le Roux, Asdam Francis Burdett, Anthony C. Stegman, John G.Hirsch and Harold Paddy Carolin....think the signature on front with note for S.A. to sign maybe the person who owned the menu. This Springbok tour was a watershed in South African sport being the first overseas tour by a South African rugby team and it was during this tour that the term 'Springboks' was coined for a South African team and for 'Springbok' to denote an individual who has represented South Africa, firmly cementing them amongst the world leaders of the rugby nations. Their first test match on the tour was against Scotland, loosing out 6 - 0, their first victory came against the Irish with a narrow 15 – 12 victory, then their big test a week later where at Swansea they defeated the much favoured Wales 11 – 0, next up was a draw with England which sealed the test series for the tourists. To complete their tour a match with France, ending in an emphatic 55 - 6 victory in Paris