Background
He was born at Keiskammahoek, Cape Province and died at Colesberg, Cape Province.
He was born at Keiskammahoek, Cape Province and died at Colesberg, Cape Province.
He appeared for Oxford against Cambridge in both athletics (long jump) and rugby union. Taberer had an intermittent cricket career in South Africa, appearing for Natal, Transvaal and Rhodesia. On his one Test appearance he captained the side, but he scored only two runs and took just one wicket, that of Victor Trumper.
The match was his last first-class cricket appearance.
He was later prominent in South African cricket administration. Taberer was born on a mission station and was a fluent speaker of the languages used by the local population: he claimed to speak them more fluently than he did English.
He was able to use this talent effectively when he became manager of the South African government"s Native Labour Bureau and adviser to the Native Recruiting Corporation for the Chamber of Mines at a time of increasing industrial unrest.