Clive Berrange van Ryneveld (born 19 March 1928 in Cape Town

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, Cape Province

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) is a former South Africa

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n cricket

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er who played in nineteen Tests

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 from 1951 to 1958. He is the oldest living South African cricket captain.

Van Ryneveld was also an international rugby union

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 player. He represented Oxford University RFC

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 in The Varsity Match

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 in 1947, 1948 and 1949 and won four caps as a centre for the England national rugby union team

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, playing in all four matches of the 1949 Five Nations Championship

1949 Five Nations Championship

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. He scored three tries for England; one against and two against . He never represented at rugby union. He currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa with his wife, Verity. Their 3 children, Mark, Philip and Tessa live in South Africa too.