George Smith
Full names: George Alfred Cary
Date of birth: 31 Aug 1916
Place of birth: Humansdorp
Schools: Pearson Grey High School
Springbok no: 262
Springbok debut province: Eastern Province
Date of death: 23 Mar 1978 (Age 61)
Test summary: Tests: 1 Tries: 0
Only test: 10 Sep 1938 Age 22 - Full Back against Britain at Newlands, Cape Town
Test history:
DateAgePositionOpponentVenueResultScoreProvince
10 Sep 1938 22Full Back Britain Newlands, Cape Town Lose: 16-21  EP

Khaki-clad Springboks: Gideon Nieman

The members of the 6th South African Armoured Division touring team (WW2) became good citizens and contributed to rugby in South Africa. Here are some of their individual stories after the war (in sequence of their playing positions):

George Smith (fullback) the 1938 Springbok became a SA Railways employee and played for Eastern Province in 1946 and 1947. In total he had played 7 seasons for Eastern Province.