ORIGINAL SPRINGBOK RUGBY CARTOON by TEDDY WINDER

ORIGINAL SPRINGBOK RUGBY CARTOON by TEDDY WINDER

The 1968 Rugby Union tour to France involved two Tests between the Springboks and the French. These were as follows:

9 November 1968 at Parc Lescure, Bordeaux RESULT: 9-12 won by South AfrIca

16 November 1968 at  Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes RESULT: 11-16 won by South AfrIca

This original pen and black ink cartoon was published in the Sunday Times on 17 November 1968, the day after the Second Test.

Framed it would make a great addition to a collection of Rugby Memorabilia. The subject of the cartoon is of a set of Rugby Posts, formed by the Eiffel tower and the Brixton Tower - the two towers each surmounted by a Cockerel and a Springbok.  Both are also depicted falling off their pedestals with the word AAAAAH!  The cross bar records: LAST TEST.

This is a typical standard newspaper sized cartoon.

The card measures 320 mm wide by 270 mm high.

The black-line outline of the cartoon measures 275 mm wide x 215 mm high.

Condition:

Good condition.

The usual markings accompanying an original cartoon from this era are present.  The typesetter has made a note in Red pen on the margin "The block of this to go to Mrs Welch'. Another notation across the top margin in blue crayon records that the width of the cartoon was to occupy "3 columns" of newsprint. Another notation at the base - also in blue crayon - records "S. Times 17/11/68".

The cardboard on which the cartoon has been drawn has an impressed circular mark at the bottom right hand corner noting it was drawn on HELIO BOARD.

Henry Edward (Teddy) Winder

Teddy Winder was born in London on 11 March, 1897. He served in France during the First Wold War as a Lieutenant, later Acting Captain, in the East Surrey Regiment. He was in action at Ypres, on the Somme where he was severely wounded in the leg and at Flers, where tanks went into action for the first time. He spent some years in hospital until his leg eventually healed. At school he had excelled in most sports and had exhibited a particular talent for art, consequently during and after his convalescence, he studied at the Slade School of Art, University of London for two years.

Teddy Winder came to South Africa in 1920 and joined the Rand Daily Mail as a sports cartoonist. For the following 60 years he worked for the South African Associated Newspapers Group as a cartoonist, and as a cartographer. During the Second World War he was asked to lecture on the making of sketch maps, the use of natural features, night navigation and survival.

As a cartoonist he was painstaking to ensure that his drawings were correct in every detail. His insistence on good draughtmanship was the hallmark of his career. Paying tribute at his funeral service the Rev Bill Marshall said that Teddy Winder was never bitter nor revengeful, and with skilful use of pen or brush he left impressions not only on paper and canvas but in the hearts and souls of men and women.

Winder was a foundation member of the South African Military History Society, and served on its first Executive Committee. He had a keen interest in the affairs of the Society, was a regular attender at its monthly meetings, and seldom missed any of its tours.

He made a significant contribution over the years to the community in the form of his war service, his cartoons and cartography, his art and his writing.  He was one of nature's gentlemen and a devoted husband and father.

Henry Edward Winder, FRSA died on Monday 19 July 1982, in his 86th year and was buried at the West Park Cemetery.

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