Ajax (Amsterdam) tour to Southern Africa 1958


Originally Amsterdam rivals Blauw Wit had been invited to make the trip to South Africa, but on the condition that the club would only send white players. As Blauw Wit player Erwin Sparendam (from Surinam) did not fulfil that condition, the club refused to travel and were replaced by Ajax, who did not have any non-white players at the time.

14- 6-1958 Sandvikens IF  2-2  Ajax   [HT 1-1]
             [Bertil Lundberg 7' pen 59' / Wim Bleyenberg 26' 54']
             [Rand Stadium, Johannesburg; att 14000]
             [Sandvikens: Stig Olsson; Curt Cahlman, Sune Ĺsberg; Reidar Lannemo, Fred Eklöf, Roland Grönberg;
                          Ĺke Persson, Bertil Lundberg, Lennart Andersson, Ove Lindholm, Curt Andersson.]
             [Ajax: Eddy Pieters Graafland; Ger van Mourik [c], Cor Geelhuizen; Ad Visser, Wim Anderiesen,
                    Bennie Muller; Loek den Edel, Piet van der Kuil, Piet Ouderland, Willy Schmidt, Wim Bleyenberg.]
             [Referee: W.Rautenbach.]
             [Notes: a South African source reported the second Ajax scorer as den Edel.
                     This was reportedly the first ever match between two overseas teams in South Africa.
                     A cup was donated for the game by Mr Gösta Landström (a Swedish resident of Benoni)
                     but it is unclear which team received it.
                     It is also reported that Mats Larsson played for Sandvikens.]

18- 6-1958 Northern Transvaal  4-2  Ajax   [HT 0-1]
             [Owen Beckett 57' pen, Levinson 61' 62', Jack van Roon 65' / Piet van der Kuil 8', Trevor Gething 52' OG]
             [Caledonian Ground, Pretoria]
             [N.Transvaal: Trevor Gething [Arcadia]; H.Wimmer [Arcadia], Brown [Berea Park]; Jack Botten [Arcadia],
                           Brian Tocknell [Berea Park], Owen Beckett [Arcadia]; T.Bosse [Iscor], Perlee [Arcadia],
                           Levinson [Berea Park], Roland Tulloch [c] [Berea Park], Jack van Roon [Arcadia].]
             [Ajax: Eddy Pieters Graafland; Ger van Mourik [c], Cor Geelhuizen; Ad Visser, Wim Anderiesen,
                    Bennie Muller; Loek den Edel, Jan Fransz, Wim Bleyenberg, Piet van der Kuil, Piet Ouderland.]
             [Referee: P.van der Spek.]
             [Notes: Ajax walked off twice in protest against refereeing decisions but eventually
                     finished the match and apologised the next day.]

22- 6-1958 Lourenço Marques combined  0-3  Ajax   [HT 0-0]
             [Donald Feldmann 56', Loek den Edel 68', Piet van der Kuil 78']
             [Campo Engenheiro Freitas e Costa, Lourenço Marques; att: 6000]
             [LM: Arménio [Alto Maé]; Pontes [Ferroviário], Perico [Ferroviário]; Hilário [Sporting],
                  Sales [1o de Maio], Onofre [Desportivo]; Teixeira [Ferroviário], Laje [c] [Desportivo],
                  Pires [Ferroviário], Barata [1o de Maio], Julinho [Desportivo].]
             [Ajax: Jan van Drecht; Ger van Mourik [c], Cor Geelhuizen; Ad Visser, Wim Anderiesen, Bennie Muller;
                    Piet Ouderland, Jan Fransz, Loek den Edel, Piet van der Kuil, Donald Feldmann.]
             [Referee: Alfredo Viegas.]

25- 6-1958 Orange Free State  0-2  Ajax   [HT 0-0]
             [Loek den Edel 56' 72']
             [Welkom Mines Club, Welkom; att: 3000]
             [OFS: Des Darlington [Bloemfontein] (Monty du Toit [Welkom] 70'); A.Joosten [Bloemfontein], Peter Walters [Welkom];
                   Willie Meerholtz [c] [Bloemfontein], Robert Morris [Welkom], Ronnie Boucher [Bloemfontein];
                   R.Tibshraeny [Bloemfontein], Paul Mulbauer [Virginia], Lance Calder [Bloemfontein], John McKechan [Welkom],
                   Hugh Buchanan [St Helena].]
             [Ajax: ]

28- 6-1958 Combined Transvaal  1-1  Ajax   [HT 0-1]
             [Wally Warren ~65' / Loek den Edel 29']
             [Rand Stadium, Johannesburg; att: 6000]
             [Transvaal: Trevor Gething [Arcadia]; Gillie Petersen [c] [Boksburg], Eddie Simpson [Wanderers];
                         Henry Hauser [Rangers], Brian Tocknell [Berea Park], Owen Beckett [Arcadia]; Charlie Hurly [Marists],
                         Wally Warren [Marists], Peter MacEwan [Ramblers], Arthur Williams [Rangers], Les Fourie [Rangers].]
             [Ajax: Eddy Pieters Graafland; Ger van Mourik [c], Cor Geelhuizen; Ad Visser, Wim Anderiesen,
                    Bennie Muller; Piet Ouderland, Wim Bleyenberg, Loek den Edel, Piet van der Kuil, Donald Feldmann.]
             [Referee: Wilf Lubbe.]
             [Note: Owen Beckett missed a penalty at 38'.]


Ajax squad
 Officials: Roef Vunderink (director), Jan Elzenga (secretary), Ferry Dukker (treasurer)
 Manager: Ger Beumer
 Coach: Gerrit Keizer
 Players:
  GK: Eddy Pieters Graafland, Jan van Drecht
  FB: Ger van Mourik [capt.], Cor Geelhuizen
  HB: Ad Visser, Bennie Muller, Wim Anderiesen, Henk Koning
  FW: Piet van der Kuil, Piet Ouderland, Loek den Edel, Wim Bleyenberg, Jan Fransz, Willy Schmidt, Donald Feldmann



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