In a notable event of the tour, the touring side presented the Currie Cup to Griqualand West, the province they thought produced the best performance on the tour.

In the following season, he was a regular appearing in all eight Currie Cup matches plus being part of the Benson and Hedges Series winning team, scoring 73 as an opener in the final.

In 1989-90, despite playing all the Currie Cup matches, he failed to make a century, and averaged only 19. 76 ; however, in one-day games he averaged 60. 12.

In 1995-96, he finished the season top of the batting averages in the Currie Cup, his top score of 158 helped Free State chase down 389 to beat Northern Transvaal.

Major domestic competitions include the Top 14 in France, the English Premiership in England, the Currie Cup in South Africa, and the ITM Cup in New Zealand.

* Currie Cup – Transvaal

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* Currie Cup – not contested

* Currie Cup – not contested

* Currie Cup – Transvaal

* Currie Cup – Transvaal

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* Currie Cup – Transvaal

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* Currie Cup – Western Province

* Currie Cup – Transvaal

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* Currie Cup – Transvaal

The match also marks the beginning of first-class cricket in South Africa where the Currie Cup is inaugurated as the premier domestic competition.

* In South Africa, the inaugural Currie Cup is won by Transvaal

* Currie Cup – Transvaal

* Currie Cup – Kimberley

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* 1871 – Lorne Currie, British sailor ( d. 1926 )

* 1875 – Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian soldier ( d. 1933 )

* 1946 – Susan Kyle ( aka Diana Palmer, Susan S. Kyle, Diana Blayne, Katy Currie ), American writer

* 1964 – Justin Currie, Scottish singer and songwriter

* 1967 – Currie Graham, Canadian actor

* 1960 – Nick Currie, Scottish musician

For example, in Spitting Image, Major's puppet was changed from a circus performer to that of a grey man who ate dinner with his wife in silence, occasionally saying " nice peas, dear ", whilst at the same time nursing an unrequited crush on his colleague Virginia Bottomley – an invention, but an ironic one in view of his affair with Edwina Currie, which was not then a matter of public knowledge.

The party ultimately nominated the former civil rights campaigner Austin Currie, a respected new TD and former minister in Brian Faulkner's power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland from 1973 – 74.

* 1939 – Austin Currie, Northern Irish politician

* 1946 – Edwina Currie, British politician

* October 11 – Austin Currie, Irish politician

* June 20 – Austin Currie, Member of Parliament ( MP ) at Stormont in Northern Ireland, along with others, squats a house in Caledon to protest discrimination in housing allocations.

* December 5 – Arthur Currie, Canadian military leader ( d. 1933 )

* November 30 – Arthur Currie, Canadian military leader ( b. 1875 )

* January 20 – Finlay Currie, Scottish actor ( d. 1968 )

* Currie Cup – Western Province

* Currie Cup – Western Province

From when the Currie Cup became an annual competition until the mid-1980s only one team had seriously challenged the supremacy of the Western Province rugby club — arch rivals Northern Transvaal, also known as the " Blue Bulls ".

The inaugural Currie Cup tournament was held in 1892 with Western Province as the first winners.

During this period his contributions ensured that they dominated South African rugby and won the Currie Cup nine times ( sharing it twice with Western Province in 1979 and 1989 ).

* Currie Cup – Western Province

Battle list Canadian Troops on the Western Front plaque in Currie Hall, Royal Military College of Canada

They are centered on the Western Province Currie Cup side, but also draw players from the Boland Cavaliers ( covering the Cape Winelands and West Coast districts, with home matches in Wellington ).

In fact, Lohmann was not well enough to play any cricket until the 1894 / 1895 Currie Cup final where he turned out for Western Province.

In January 1973, Allan made his first team debut at the age of 18 when he played for the Western Province in the Currie Cup.

He played the early part of his South African domestic career for Western Province in the Currie Cup and the Stormers in Super Rugby ; after a mid-career stint in Wales, he returned to South Africa to play for the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup and the Sharks in Super Rugby.

He has previously played for the Boland Cavaliers, Free State Cheetahs and Western Province in the Currie Cup and the Stormers and the Central Cheetahs in Super Rugby.

In 1828, he and his wife Mildred (" Kitty ") emigrated to Western Australia as servants of Captain Mark John Currie, arriving in Perth on board the Parmelia in June 1829.

* Western Province in the Currie Cup

In the Currie Cup, playing mainly for Western Province, he has averaged nearly a try a match.

The channel immediately showed its intention to include sport in its programming lineup, by securing exclusive rights of an important Currie Cup match between Transvaal and Western Province for its first ever broadcast.

The facility was named after the recently deceased General Sir Arthur William Currie, commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front during World War I.

Eight years would pass before they would first lift the Currie Cup in 1946, when they defeated the Western Province 11-9 at home at Loftus Versfeld thanks to two dropped goals ( one off his left foot ) by Springbok flyhalf Hansie Brewis ; the score was 8-9 to Province ( a drop goal counted 4 points in those days ).

Northern Transvaal next appeared in the Currie Cup final in the 1954 season against Western Province but this time Western Province ran out winners ; after being up 11-0 at half time they eventually won the game 11-8.

Through the years the rivalry between the Blue Bulls and Western Province has become legendary, and a clash between these two sides is one of the Currie Cup's biggest rivalries.

After meeting in numerous other finals following 1946, it would not be until the 1982 season, when the Western Province would defeat Northern Transvaal in a Currie Cup final.