Again, I can only fall back on what Mr Markotter told me. He thought Jimmy was an outstanding player. He played in the era when there was no specialisation amongst the forwards and Mr Markotter said he could play in any position in the scrum, and brilliantly too.

He was also a fine cricketer, one who could really clout the ball. He helped put South African cricket on the map in the latter part of the last century and the early years of this one.

Note: Jimmy Sinclair, besides being a natural rugby player, was a phenomenal cricketer:

1. In April, 1899 Jimmy scored 106 runs against England at Newlands - South Africa's first test century.
2. Bowling legbreaks he took 6 wickets for 26 runs in the first innings of the same match.
3. His cricketing test career spanned the period from February 1896 when he played in the first test against Lord Hawke's English side in Port Elizabeth until March, 1911 when, as a member of Percy Sherwell's side in Australia, he played in the fifth test in Sydney.
4. He played in 25 test matches during this period scoring 1 069 runs including three centuries.
5. At the Old Wanderers (current Park Railway station) Jimmy Sinclair hit the ball for six. It landed in a train standing at one of the platforms at the adjacent old Johannesburg station and was only discovered two days later in Cape Town. At approximately 956 miles, it must rate as the biggest six ever struck.