335:. Although a regular presence in the team, South African sports journalist R.K. Stent stated that Dinkelmann's form fluctuated throughout the tour. Dinkelmann played in the first game of the tour against a South East Counties combined team, and shared half of the first 12 games of the tour with the other three South African locks Dannhauser, Pickard and Barnard.
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series. This was South Africa's first loss in 15 years, and was attributed to the team trying to run with the ball in an attempt to play to the crowd. With two games left to win the series, the South
African selectors reacted by making six changes. Dinkelmann was one of those dropped and never represented his country again.
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play in both that match and the game against
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Australia on the Wallabies 1953 tour. The first match, held at Johannesburg, saw the Springboks win by a 25–3 scoreline, but the very next game saw Australia rally to win 14–18 and level the
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Dinkelmann played rugby from a young age, and he represented his local town team of Ermelo while still a schoolboy, but as a fly-half. He later moved into the scrum, and was selected to represent provincial team
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African tour of Great Britain. Dinkelmann was one of the more regular members of the squad, playing in 19 games of the tour and scoring nine points through three
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318:. He was a medical practitioner by profession. Dinkelmann was married to Lucy and they had a daughter, five sons and thirteen grandchildren. He died of a stroke in Nelspruit in 2010.
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43:1927-05-14
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