Fonnie du Toit
Full names: Pieter Alfonso
Date of birth: 13 Mar 1920
Place of birth: Vryburg
School: Vryburg
Springbok no: 279
Springbok debut province: Northern Transvaal
Physical: 1.74m, 77.1kg
Date of death: 21 Jul 2001 (Age 81)
Test summary: Tests: 8 Tries: 2
First Test: 13 Aug 1949 Age 29 - Scrumhalf against New Zealand at Ellispark, Johannesburg
Last Test: 16 Feb 1952 Age 31 - Scrumhalf against France at Stade Olympique, Colombes, Paris
Tours Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England & France 1951-52
Test history:
DateAgePositionOpponentVenueResultScoreProvince
13 Aug 1949 29Scrumhalf New Zealand Ellispark, Johannesburg Win: 12-6  N-Tvl
03 Sep 1949 29Scrumhalf New Zealand Kingsmead, Durban Win: 9-3  N-Tvl
17 Sep 1949 29Scrumhalf New Zealand Crusaders (St George's Park), Port Elizabeth Win: 11-81 try N-Tvl
24 Nov 1951 31Scrumhalf Scotland Murrayfield, Edinburgh Win: 44-0  N-Tvl
08 Dec 1951 31Scrumhalf Ireland Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin Win: 17-5  N-Tvl
22 Dec 1951 31Scrumhalf Wales Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff Win: 6-3  N-Tvl
05 Jan 1952 31Scrumhalf England Twickenham, London Win: 8-31 try N-Tvl
16 Feb 1952 31Scrumhalf France Stade Olympique, Colombes, Paris Win: 25-3  N-Tvl

Fonnie du Toit: Doc Craven

Garrison were playing against Harlequins in Pretoria just after I returned from Germany, and due to the war we were very much a hotch-potch lot.

There was this little scrumhalf opposing me and I noticed he passed with pin-point accuracy and never gave his stand-off half a suicide pass. War having broken out - I was due to serve in the war - I said after the match that I had played my last game, but that I had seen a man who could take my place as scrumhalf in the Springbok side.

That man was Fonnie du Toit, and he certainly performed at scrumhalf with distinction for his country. His partnership with Hansie Brewis has become part of rugby legend.