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*He was a founding member of the Norwood Bowls Club, but gave up the game when he moved out of the district.
*He was chairman of the committee that established the [[Norwood Oval]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5250974 |title=State Elections |newspaper=[[The Advertiser]] |volume=LII, |issue=16,054 |location=South Australia |date=31 March 1910 |accessdate=28 June 2018 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
*He was an active member of the [[Royal Geographical Society of Australasia|Royal Geographical Society]], the [[Liberal Union (South Australia)|Liberal Union]],<ref name=pen/> then the [[Liberal Federation]],<ref name=death/> and the [[South Australian Literary Societies' Union]],<ref>The Union was founded in September 1883 as a conference of 16 literary societies. At their peak, in the 1900s, inter-Society literary tournaments attracted such public interest that the Town Hall had to be hired to cope with the crowds. By December 1903 the 16 had grown to 44, but by 1910 interest had collapsed and in 1915 consisted of seven clubs. The Union was still active in 1926, but little can be found after that date.</ref> and served as President of each.
*He was for many years patron of the [[Norwood Football Club]]
*He was a prominent Freemason.<ref name=pen>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129834388 |title=Pen Portraits of People |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)]] |volume=II, |issue=199 |location=South Australia |date=12 March 1924 |accessdate=27 June 2018 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=death>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133056324 |title=Death of Mr. Justice Piper at Age of 70 |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)]] |volume=XXVI, |issue=3,925 |location=South Australia |date=19 February 1936 |accessdate=27 June 2018 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>