Charles "Hasie" Versfeld

Charles (Hasie) Versfelt and three of his five brothers, John/Jan, Marthinus (Oupa), and Robert Loftus all played rugby for Hamilton RFC. In 1885 all four were in the Hamilton side that won the inaugural WP Grand Challenge Cup. In the same year they were on the Combined Cape Town team that competed in the first interprovincial competition at Grahamstown.

Charles (Hasie) Versfeld and his three brothers all faced Bill MacLagan's 1891 British tourists. Charles "Hasie" and Martinus "Oupa" played alongside Jan "John" in a Cape Town XV. Hasie became the first South African to score a try against an international touring side in Cape Town's 1-15 loss at Newlands on 9 July 1891. Tries then had a value of only 1 point, and Hasie's try was the only point scored against the Brits on their entire 1891 tour. Marthinus "Oupa" (3 caps) and Charles "Hasie" (1 cap) went on to represent South Africa's national team.