Rev George OGILVIE

1826 - 1915  (89 years)

• Name	George OGILVIE
  Title	Rev
  Birth	1826	Calne, Wiltshire
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	19 Sep 1826	Calne, Wiltshire   [1, 2]
  Residence	1841	Elm Rectory, Frome, Somerset   [3]
  Occupation	1851  [4]
  	Tutor - Classics. To children of Fulke Southwell Greville J.P.
  Residence	1851	North Mimms Place, North Mimms, Hertfordshire   [4]
  Residence	1915	The Grange, Sandown Road, Rondebosch, South Africa   [5]
  Death	1 May 1915	Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa   [6]
  Burial	3 May 1915	Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa. Grave No. 628 BC   [7]
  Person ID	I7686	GhentGoodFamilyTree
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	George Shadforth OGILVIE, MRCS,   b. 1791, Douglas, Isle of Man d. 10 Jul 1868, Redland Green, Bristol (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Bridget Mary BISHOP,   b. 28 Dec 1801, Calne, Wiltshire d. 28 Jul 1829, Calne, Wiltshire (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1820	Calne, Wiltshire   [8]
  Family ID	F1132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1826 - Calne, Wiltshire Baptism - 19 Sep 1826 - Calne, Wiltshire Death - 1 May 1915 - Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa Burial - 3 May 1915 - Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa. Grave No. 628 BC  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  George Ogilvie Reverend

  
  

  Documents

  Rev. George Ogilvie The History of South African Rugby.

  
  

• Notes

  The History of South African Rugby-published on the rugbyfootballhistory.com website. The Reverend George Ogilvie ('Gog'), is credited with introducing football to South Africa, following his appointment as Headmaster of the Diocesan College at Rondenbosch, near Cape Town in 1861 and remained until 1885. Actually, the game he taught was the Winchester football variety, a game he had learned at his former ‘alma mater’, the well-known Hampshire school, Winchester College, Hampshire England. Soon, the young gentlemen of Cape Town joined in and the local press reported a series of football matches between scratch sides conveniently named ‘Town v Suburbs’, Civil servants v All comers or ‘Home v Colonial-born’ etc. etc. but the first game took place on 21st August 1862 between the Army and the Civil service. Published on the Bishops Diocesan College website. There is also a myth that Canon Ogilvie brought rugby to South Africa. In fact he detested the game and did not want Bishops to play it. What he brought to South Africa in 1861 was a form of football at a time when there was no game called soccer and rugby football was played only at Rugby School. Canon Ogilvie's game was based on what was played at his old school, Winchester College in Hampshire. George Ogilvie was a remarkable personality. His nickname was Gog and the game played at the Cape was often referred to as Gog's Game or Gogball. Bishops got the Cape playing football of this kind, starting with the South African College. The Form of Information of a Death for George shows him being married at the time of his Death.

  
  

• Sources

  [S03281] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. [S53766] Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916. [S03265] England Census 1841. [S03264] England Census 1851. [S54415] Form of Information Of A Death: Act No.7 Of 1894. [S54393] Cape Province, Soutyh Africa, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972. [S54396] Cape Town, South Africa, Maitland Cemetery Records, 1888-1959, 290. [S03207] England, Select Marriages 1538-1973, 84.