Jan "Jacky" Willem Hurter Morkel (13 November 1890 – 15 May 1916) was a South African international rugby union player, who also played first class cricket. Morkel played at centre for Somerset West RFC and Western Province. He was selected for for the 1912–13 tour of the Home Nations and France. He played in 18 games on the tour, including all five test matches, and scored four tries, two of them against . His brother, Gerhard, and his cousins 'Boy' and Dougie, were also on the tour. Jacky Morkel also represented Transvaal in cricket. In the First World War, Morkel served as a scout in the 1st South African Mounted Brigade in German East Africa. When his unit was effectively cut off by the onset of the rainy season in April 1916, he and many of his fellow soldiers became sick. He died of dysentery, and is buried in the Dar es Salaam War Cemetery in modern-day Tanzania near Tommy Thompson, who was also on the 1912–1913 tour. His entry on the International Roll of Honour reads: Early life Morkel was born on 13 November 1890 in Somerset West, in what is today the Western Cape, South Africa. Rugby career Morkel, who was a 'very quiet, unassuming fellow, a man of few words', was one of 21 brothers and cousins who played first class rugby in South Africa before the First World War, eight of whom played for the Springboks. Morkel played rugby for Somerset West Rugby Club, and from 1911 to 1914, for Western Province. He was selected to play for on the tour to Europe of 1912–13. Alongside Morkel in the team were his brother Gerhard, at full-back, and his cousins 'Boy' and Dougie, in the forwards. The team played 27 matches, winning every game except those against Newport, Swansea and a combined London XV. Morkel himself played in the five tests against the Home Nations and , and in 13 other matches. He scored four tries, two of them in the 0–38 victory over , one against , and a try – as well as a conversion – against France. In the game against Llanelli, he kicked the ball over the three-quarters, caught it, then repeated the move against the full-back, and scored under the posts to take the game for South Africa by one point. Jacky and his cousin Dougie scored all the points in the