Fonnie du Toit
Full names: Pieter Alfonso
Date of birth: 13 Mar 1920
Place of birth: Vryburg
School: Vryburg
Springbok no: 279
Debut test province: Northern Transvaal
Physical: 1.74m, 77.11kg
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

Test history:

Date	Age	Position	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Prov
13 Aug 1949	29	Scrumhalf	New Zealand	Win: 12-6		Ellispark, Johannesburg	N-Tvl
03 Sep 1949	29	Scrumhalf	New Zealand	Win: 9-3		Kingsmead, Durban	N-Tvl
17 Sep 1949	29	Scrumhalf	New Zealand	Win: 11-8	1 try	Crusaders (St George's Park), Port Elizabeth	N-Tvl
24 Nov 1951	31	Scrumhalf	Scotland	Win: 44-0		Murrayfield, Edinburgh	N-Tvl
08 Dec 1951	31	Scrumhalf	Ireland	Win: 17-5		Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	N-Tvl
22 Dec 1951	31	Scrumhalf	Wales	Win: 6-3		Millenium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	N-Tvl
05 Jan 1952	31	Scrumhalf	England	Win: 8-3	1 try	Twickenham, London	N-Tvl
16 Feb 1952	31	Scrumhalf	France	Win: 25-3		Stade Olympique, Colombes, Paris	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.