1951 tour of Britain

In 1951 South Africa undertook their fourth tour of Great Britain, also taking in games in Ireland and France. Van Schoor was one of four centres selected for the tour which took in 31 matches, including five internationals. Van Schoor played in 16 matches scoring seven tries

Try

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. He was chosen for the first game of the tour, against South-Eastern Counties at Bournemouth on 19 October. South Africa won the game 31-6, van Schoor scored one of the seven Springbok tries. He was then rested for two games before playing in the win over Cardiff

Cardiff RFC

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 in Wales. After missing the game against Llanelli, van Schoor played in two back-to-back games, a win over North-Western Counties on the 27 October and then an encounter with a combined Glasgow and Edinburgh team in Scotland. South Africa won the game 43-11, with van Schoor scoring another try, but he also suffered a broken rib which saw him withdraw from the squad for the next four matches. He returned for the win over Oxford University

Oxford University RFC

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 and kept his place for the match against a joint Neath

Neath RFC

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/Aberavon

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 side. On the 24 November, South Africa faced their first international opponents of the tour, Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

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. Van Schoor was selected for the match, his fourth international cap, and scored his first international points with a try in a 44-0 win over Scotland. Rested against North of Scotland, van Schoor was back on the scoresheet in a win over Ulster

Ulster Rugby

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. He was then chosen to face Ireland

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. After just six minutes van Schoor was carried from the pitch unconscious, coming around some time later in the dressing-room. The three doctors present advised him not to return to the game, but van Schoor ignored them return to the pitch in the seventh minute of the second half. At that point South Africa were 7-5 up, and were weak in the line-out. With van Schoor's return, the team improved and won the match 17-5, van Schoor scoring a fine individualist try of which he hardly remembered.

Van Schoor was left out of the squad for the two matches before being selected for the third international, against Wales

Wales national rugby union team

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. South Africa won 6-3. He was then rested for another two games, before being brought into the squad on 5 January 1952 to face England

England national rugby union team

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. It was van Schoor's seventh consecutive international and his seventh consecutive win after the Springboks beat England 8-3. Van Schoor played in three of the five final matches in Britain, all wins, against Newport, Midland Counties and the Barbarians

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, scoring a try in the Newport game. The tour then moved to France, van Schoor playing in two of the final games of the tour. He scored a try in the win over a France 'B' team, and then was part of the Springboks squad that beat France

France national rugby union team

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 25-3 in the final match of the tour.

1953 Australia tour of South Africa

Van Schoor played in all four Tests against the touring Australia

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team of 1953. The first game, played at Johannesburg saw South Africa win 25-3. The next Test, played on 5 September, saw van Schoor part of a losing international side for the first, and only, time. South Africa were beaten at Cape Town by a narrow 14-18 scoreline. The loss was blamed on the Springboks desire to please the crowd by switching away from their normal kicking game, to one based on running with the ball. Van Schoor survived a cull by the selectors to retain his place for the third Test, this time played at Durban. South Africa won 18-8, needing a draw to take the series in the last game at Port Elizabeth. This was van Schoor's final international, and he finished with a victory, leaving him with a career record of 11 wins out of 12 international matches.