Clive Anthony Ulyate (11 December 1933 – 18 March 2018) was a South African sportsman who played international rugby union for South Africa. He also played first-class cricket, provincial hockey and provincial squash.[1][2]
Birth name | Clive Anthony Ulyate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 December 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 18 March 2018 | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Virginia, Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hilton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of the Witwatersrand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union career
editUlyate, a fly-half, played his early rugby at Hilton College, before moving on to the University of Witwatersrand RFC. He would later play provincially for Transvaal. He was capped four times for South Africa during the British Lions tour of South Africa in 1955. In the Test in Port Elizabeth, which the Springboks won, Ulyate scored a try and kicked a drop goal. He played three further Tests for South Africa, in their 1956 tour of New Zealand.[3]
Test history
editNo. | Opponents | Results (SA 1st) |
Position | Points | Dates | Venue |
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1. | British Lions | 25–9 | Flyhalf | 6 Aug 1955 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | |
2. | British Lions | 6–9 | Flyhalf | 20 Aug 1955 | Newlands, Cape Town | |
3. | British Lions | 22–8 | Flyhalf | 3 Sep 1955 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | |
4. | British Lions | 22–8 | Flyhalf | 6 (1 try, 1 dg) | 24 Sep 1955 | Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth |
5. | New Zealand | 6–10 | Flyhalf | 14 Jul 1956 | Carisbrook, Dunedin | |
6. | New Zealand | 8–3 | Flyhalf | 4 Aug 1956 | Athletic Park, Wellington | |
7. | New Zealand | 10–17 | Flyhalf | 18 Aug 1956 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch |
Legend: try (3 pts); pen = penalty (3 pts.); conv = conversion (2 pts.), dg = dropgoal (3 pts.).
Cricket career
editHe was an all-rounder on the cricket field and played four first-class matches.[4] His first appearance was in the 1955/56 Currie Cup season, playing for Transvaal against Natal. He had minimal impact on the match but did claim the wicket of Test opener Trevor Goddard. It was until 1964, with Eastern Province, that he played another first-class match. He played once for Eastern Province in 1964/65 and then appeared twice for them in the 1965/66 Currie Cup. His best performance came in the 1964/65 fixture, which was against North Eastern Transvaal. He scored the only half-century of his career, 55, in the first innings and then took 3/58.[5]
See also
edit- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 315
References
edit- ^ "The Passing of Clive Ulyate". Rugby365. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ Heath, Duane (2019). South African Rugby Annual 2019. Cape Town: South African Rugby. p. 478. ISBN 978-0620818087. OCLC 1089860189.
- ^ "Clive Ulyate - Match by match list". ESPN Scrum.
- ^ "Profile - Clive Ulyate". Cricinfo.
- ^ "Eastern Province v North Eastern Transvaal". CricketArchive.