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The following lists events that happened during 1979 in South Africa.
Dirk Peter Viljoen is a former cricketer who played 2 Tests and 53 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe. An allrounder, Viljoen bowled slow left arm orthodox and batted in the middle order, left-handed. He won Zimbabwe's Young Cricketer of the Year Award in 1996–97 and was granted a scholarship to the Australian Cricket Academy.
Kenneth George Viljoen was a South African cricketer who played in 27 Tests from 1930–31 to 1948–49. He was later a manager of post-World War II South African teams. He was born in Windsorton, Cape Province and died in Krugersdorp, Transvaal.
South Africa was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a ???-member strong contingent comprising ??? sportspeople and ?? officials.
The Boland is a first-class cricket team that nominally represents the Boland region, in the South African province of Western Cape, in the CSA Provincial Competitions. The team is selected and supported by the Boland Cricket Board (BCB) and plays its home games at Boland Park in Paarl. At organisational level, the BCB is responsible for the administration and development of cricket in the region and among its primary functions are management and promotion of the Boland team. The current BCB was founded in 1992 as a merger between the Boland Cricket Union and an earlier Boland Cricket Board.
Belmont Shore Rugby Club is an American rugby union team named after the Belmont Shore neighborhood of Long Beach, California, which has a tradition of amateur rugby.
The South Africa national cricket team toured Australia in the 1952–53 season and played 5 Test matches against Australia. The series was drawn 2–2, the first time a rubber between the two sides had not been won by Australia.
The South Africa national cricket team toured Australia in the 1963–64 season and played 5 Test matches against Australia. The series was drawn 1-1.
Many people of European heritage in South Africa are descended from Huguenots. Most of these originally settled in the Cape Colony, but were absorbed into the Afrikaner and Afrikaans-speaking population, because they had religious similarities to the Dutch colonists.
Sunette Stella Viljoen is a South African sportswoman who has represented her country in both cricket and athletics. In athletics, she competes as a javelin thrower and has won an Olympic silver medal and two Commonwealth Games gold medals, as well as medals in various other competitions. As a cricketer, she represented the South African national team between 2000 and 2002, including at the 2000 World Cup in New Zealand.
Valiant Swart, is a South African musician, Afrikaans folk rock singer/songwriter and actor from Wellington.
Viljoen is an Afrikaans surname, derived from the French Villion. It was brought to South Africa in 1671 by French Huguenots who subsequently intermarried with the local Dutch population. The progenitors of the extended Viljoen clan are François Villion and Cornelia Campenaar. Married in the Cape of Good Hope, they later farmed for a living near Stellenbosch. Some of their descendants include:
Christoffel "Christi" Viljoen is a cricketer who plays for the Namibia national team. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium-fast. He also represents Otago in domestic cricket in New Zealand.
Gerhardus and its shortened form Hardus are masculine given names of Dutch-language origin. People with those names include:
GC Viljoen, known as Hardus Viljoen, is a South African professional cricketer. Viljoen played for Lions in domestic cricket and made one Test match appearance for the South Africa national team. He is a right-arm fast bowler.
EW Viljoen is a South African rugby union player playing for the Johannesburg based Lions. He previously played for the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge, while also representing the Leicester Tigers. It was announced on the 14th of July 2020 that Viljoen would be joining the Lions. He is a utility back that can play as a fullback, winger or centre.
Scott Michael Boland is an Australian cricketer. He plays for Victoria and the Hobart Hurricanes. In March 2019, he was named the Shield Player of the Year by Cricket Australia.
Sean Andrews is a South African cricketer. He played in three first-class matches for Boland in 1992/93 and 1993/94.
Manfred de Kock is a South African cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for Boland in 2000/01.
Ryan Groeneveld is a South African cricketer. He played in 15 first-class and 18 List A matches for Boland from 2002 to 2007.
References
- ↑ "Chris Viljoen". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
