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Birth name | Ernest Olver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 July 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Liskeard, Cornwall, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 12 June 1943 68) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Olver (27 July 1874 – 12 June 1943) was an English born South African international rugby union player [1] who played as a wing. [2] Olver became the 33rd capped Springbok player when he was a member of the Springboks team to play against the British Isles in Port Elizabeth on 30 July 1896. [3]