Durban High School is an all boys public school in Durban

Durban

Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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History

DHS opened its doors in 1866 in two rooms and with seven pupils in Smith Street. From there it moved to a disused granary in Cato Square in 1880, just after the Zulu War, and then to the Old Hospital on the foreshore. In 1895, it moved up onto the healthier Berea to its present site, where it flourished. The ten acres (four ha) plot was granted to the School by the Durban Town Council. The first enrolled student was a boy called Eben Coakes and he was also the first Head-boy. There is also a related primary school: Durban Preparatory High School (D.P.H.S.). The school has approximately 1000 enrolled students, all boys, and includes a small boarding establishment and over 75 teachers. The headmaster is David Magner (since 2004), the sixth 'old boy' to lead the school. It is the oldest standing school in Durban and one of the oldest in South Africa.

Houses

There are six houses:

• Swales – Old Gold
• Grice – Turquoise
• Langley – Red
• Campbell – Green
• Payn – Oxford Blue
• Blackmore (the boarders' house) – White

Blackmore

Blackmore House is a home for over 120 boys. The boys' needs are catered for by food provision and dormitories with a maximum of 28 boys. The boys can go home most weekends and return on Monday mornings.

Sports

• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Canoeing
• Chess
• Climbing
• Cricket
• Cross Country
• Cycling
• Fishing
• Golf
• Hockey
• Indoor Hockey
• Inter-House Sports
• Rugby union
• Rugby 7s
• Soccer
• Softball
• Sport Climbing
• Squash
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Touch Rugby
• Waterpolo
• Hardball

Politics

• Alec Erwin MP, SA Minister of Trade and Industry
• Dr Ernest George Jansen
  Ernest George Jansen
  Ernest George Jansen was the second-last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, holding office from 1950 to 1959.Born in 1881, he graduated with a law degree from the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1905, and was admitted as an advocate in 1913.An ardent champion of Afrikaner...
  
   MP, Governor- General of the Union of South Africa
  Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
  The Governor-General of the Union of South Africa was the representative of the British and later South African Crown in the Union of South Africa between 31 May 1910 and 31 May 1961...
  
   (1950-1959).
• Sir Albert Robinson.MP and High Commissioner for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
• Sir Gavyn Arthur, Lord Mayor of London,2002.
• Senator Charles Clarkson OBE
  Order of the British Empire
  The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
  
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• Leif Egeland MP, Rhodes Scholar. Ambassador to Sweden and the Hague.SA High Commissioner in London.
• Denis Shepstone. Administrator of Natal Province.
• John Lloyd. Former Labour Party Leader, Exeter City Council UK. Barrister and anti- apartheid campaigner.
• Roger Hulley MP.
• Miles Cadman MP.
• Townley Williams MP.
• Graham Mackeurtan MP. King's Counsel and Historian.First in the Final Law Examinations of The Inner Temple
  Inner Temple
  The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns...
  
  , London.
• Dr Vernon Shearer, Mayor of Durban.
• Radclyffe Cadman, MP. Leader of the New Republic Party. Administrator of Natal.

Law

• Justice A E Carlisle.
• Justice Leo Caney.
• Justice O N Holmes.
• Justice Ramon Nigel Leon.
• Justice B D Burne.

Academics

• Sir Aaron Klug, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982. Scientific Advisor to the British Government.President of The Royal Society
  Royal Society
  The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
  
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• Dr Trevor Wadley
  Trevor Wadley
  Trevor Lloyd Wadley, was a South African electrical engineer, best known for his development of the Wadley Loop circuit for greater stability in communications receivers....
  
  , invented the Tellurometer in 1957, the Wadley Loop and an Ionosonde.
• Dr Phillip V. Tobias
  Phillip V. Tobias
  Phillip Vallentine Tobias is a South African palaeoanthropologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg...
  
  , Professor of Palaeoanthropology at Wits. Nominated three times for a Nobel Prize.
• Dr Alan Gelb, Rhodes Scholar. Director of The World Bank, Washington DC.
• Dr Dudley Goodhead OBE.Professor and Director of Medical Research Council Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Harwell, UK.
• Nils Eckhoff. Senior Surgeon at Guy's Hospital and consulting surgeon of Harvard University.Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, London.
• Dr David Papineau.Professor of the Philosophy of Science, King's College London.
• Dr Percy Deift
  Percy Deift
  Percy A. Deift is a mathematician known for his work on spectral theory, integrable systems, random matrix theory and Riemann–Hilbert problems....
  
  . Professor of Mathematics at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
  Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
  The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences is an independent division of New York University under the Faculty of Arts & Science that serves as a center for research and advanced training in computer science and mathematics...
  
  , New York University.Awarded The George Polya Prize
  Pólya Prize (SIAM)
  The Pólya Prize is a prize in mathematics, awarded by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. First given in 1969, the prize is named after Hungarian mathematician George Pólya...
  
  , 1998.
• Dr Peter Disler. Professor of Medicine at Melbourne and Monash Universities, Australia.
• Dr Peter de Villiers, Rhodes Scholar. Professor of Psychology, Smith College USA.Won the Decathlon at the British AAA in 1969 while at Oxford University.
• Dr Garth Allardyce. Played centre half for Kaizer Chiefs while at Wits Medical School.
• Dr Jacques Joubert. Professor of Neurology at UNISA and Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia.
• Dr Charles Alfred Keogh, Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England
  Royal College of Surgeons of England
  The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body and registered charity committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients, regulating surgery, including dentistry, in England and Wales...
  
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• Thomas John L'Anson Bromwich. Professor of Mathematics,Galway University, Ireland.Senior Wrangler, Cambridge, 1895.
• Dr EV Axelson. Professor of History, University of Cape Town.
• Dr David Levy. Professor Electrical and Information Engineering, Sydney University.
• Professor Bruce Sparks. Head of Family Medicine, Wits Medical School, JHB.
• Dr Chris Leeman,Professor of English, Moorpark College, California, USA.
• Dr Alistair McEwan Lamont. Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pretoria.
• J M 'Skonk' Nicholson
  Skonk Nicholson
  James Mervyn Nicholson, better known as Skonk Nicholson, was a retired rugby coach and school master at Maritzburg College...
  
  , renowned schools rugby coach.

Education

Presidents of the National Union of South African Students

National Union of South African Students

The National Union of South African Students was an important force for Liberalism in South Africa in the latter part of the last century...

• Phillip V. Tobias
  Phillip V. Tobias
  Phillip Vallentine Tobias is a South African palaeoanthropologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg...
  
  , Professor of Palaeoanthropology.
• Ian Robertson . Banned for inviting Senator Robert Kennedy to SA.
• Karel Tip.Senior Counsel.
• Duncan Innes.

Business

• Bronek Masojada, Rhodes Scholar. CEO Hiscox Insurance,London. Past President of Insurance Institute of London and Director of Lloyd's of London.
• Dr Aaron Beare. International financier and philanthropist.
• Dr Cecil Renaud, international financier and philanthropist.
• Stephen Bradley Saad. Founder and CEO of Aspen Pharmaceuticals, Africa's largest pharmaceutical manufacturer.
• Graeme Robertson. Direct marketing advertising guru in the UK. The Graeme Robertson Trust was established in 1991 in his honour.
• Alan J Hellman. Founder and original CEO of Game Stores, Africa's largest discount retailer.
• Howard Buttery. CEO of Bell Equipment, Africa's largest manufacturer of heavy earth- moving equipment.

Military

• Major Edwin Swales
  Edwin Swales
  Edwin Essery Swales VC DFC was a South African pilot and war hero of the Second World War. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and posthumously the Victoria Cross.-Early life and career:...
  
   VC, DFC. SAAF
  South African Air Force
  The South African Air Force is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria. It is the world's second oldest independent air force, and its motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra...
  
   and RAF
  Royal Air Force
  The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
  
  . Pathfinder 'Master' Bomber.
• Lt-Col JFO Davis SAAF. DFC and Bar and AM(American).
• J.J.le Roux. RAF. Squadron Leader 602 Squadron
  No. 602 Squadron RAF
  No 602 Squadron is a Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadron. Originally formed in 1925 as a light bomber squadron, its role changed in 1938 to army co-operation and in 1939 to that of a fighter squadron....
  
  . DFC and 2 Bars.
• Major EC Saville SAAF. DFC and Bar and American DFC.
• Paddy Roberts. Lawyer and WW 2 RAF pilot. Turned to songwriting and singing writing numerous UK hits and film scores. Won five Ivor Novello Awards
  Ivor Novello Awards
  The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and were first introduced in 1955.Nicknamed The Ivors, the awards take place...
  
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• Captain W L O Moon, DFC and Bar.
• Lt.-Col J A C Rademan, DSO and DFC.
• Lt.-Col E M Baker,DSO, DFC.
• Lt.-Comdr. J E H McBeath RN,DSO, OM
  Order of Merit
  The Order of Merit is a British dynastic order recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture...
  
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• Sq.Ldr. 'Paddy' Hopkins, RAF Coastal Command
  RAF Coastal Command
  RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force . Founded in 1936, it was the RAF's premier maritime arm, after the Royal Navy's secondment of the Fleet Air Arm in 1937. Naval aviation was neglected in the inter-war period, 1919–1939, and as a consequence the service did not receive...
  
  . AFC and DFC.
• Wing-Commander David Haysom RAF, DSO
  Distinguished Service Order
  The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
  
   and DFC.
• Major G R O Edwards, DSO and Bar.
• Lt-Col.A Winter Evans, DSO,DCM.
• Lt J F Britz, MM. SA Boxing.
• Sgt Peter Keogh, MC -Afghanistan 2010.

Over 250 old boys died in both World Wars. I Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

(VC), 27 Distinguished Flying Crosses (DFC), 21 Military Crosses (MC) ,10 Military Medals

Military Medal

The Military Medal was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land....

(MM) and 8 Distinguished Service Orders

Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...

 (DSO) were awarded to old boys in these and subsequent conflicts.

The arts and media

• Roy Campbell
  Roy Campbell (poet)
  Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell, better known as Roy Campbell, was an Anglo-African poet and satirist. He was considered by T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and Edith Sitwell to have been one of the best poets of the period between the First and Second World Wars...
  
  , poet, author and adventurer.
• Fernando Pessoa
  Fernando Pessoa
  Fernando Pessoa, born Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa , was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic and translator described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language.-Early years in Durban:On 13 July...
  
  , Portuguese poet.Won the Queen Victoria Memorial Prize for English in 1903.Also wrote in French.
• Marc Raubenheimer
  Marc Raubenheimer
  Marc Raubenheimer was a South African pianist. A disciple of Friedrich Gulda in Munich, he graduated in London, debuting at the Wigmore Hall in 1978. For the next years he settled in London's musical life while he made headway to the American scene, debuting in the Carnegie Hall...
  
  , concert pianist.Won the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition in 1982.Killed in the Barajas Airport tragedy in 1983 aged 32.Acclaimed in Austria, Switzerland, Germany,London and New York.
• Noel Langley
  Noel Langley
  Noel Langley was a successful novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director. While under contract to MGM he was one of the screenwriters for The Wizard of Oz...
  
   novelist and playwright. Wrote the film scenario for The Wizard of Oz.
• Howard Carpendale, 'Schlager' singer and songwriter. Had number one hits in all German speaking countries.Received Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Echo Awards.Sold over 25 million records.
• Jack Cope
  Jack Cope
  Jack Cope was a South African novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor.Jack Cope was born in Natal, South Africa and attended boarding school in Durban, afterwards becoming a journalist on the Natal Mercury and then a political correspondent in London for South African newspapers...
  
  , author.
• Professor Geoffrey Smithers, Rhodes Scholar. World authority on Middle English. King's College, Oxford and Durham Universities.
• Conrad Arthur Skinner,author. Wrote under the pseudonym Michael Maurice.
• Victor Stiebel
  Victor Stiebel
  Victor Frank Stiebel was a South African-born British couturier.Born in Durban he arrived in Britain in 1924 to study architecture at Jesus College, Cambridge. Having designed for theatre wardrobe at university, he worked as a dress designer for the House of Reville for three years beginning in...
  
  . London fashion designer.
• Stephen Mulholland. Editor of Financial Mail(JHB) and CEO of South African Associated Newspapers, now Times Media and the Fairfax Group(Australia).All-American swimming champion(1960) while at Purdue University.
• Tony Heard, editor of the Cape Times and Advisor to the SA Government.Given Golden Pen of Freedom Award by World Association of Newspapers.
• Laurence Gandar.Editor the Rand Daily Mail.Received the World Press Achievement Award by the American Newspaper Proprietors Association in 1966 and named a World Press Freedom Hero in 2010.
• Professor Tim Couzens. Literary and social historian.
• Paul Herman Robinson. Cartoonist for The Natal Mercury newspaper in Durban.

Cricket

All represented South Africa

• Hashim Amla
  Hashim Amla
  Hashim Mahomed Amla is a South African cricketer. A right-handed upper order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler, Amla bats at number 3 for South Africa in Test matches and has opened in limited overs contests. He is currently ranked as the No...
  
  . World Cup 2011.
• Lance Klusener
  Lance Klusener
  Lance Klusener is a South African cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. He is known for his aggressive batting and his fast-medium swing bowling. He is nicknamed "Zulu" because of his fluency in that language. Following his exploits at the 1999 World Cup, he topped the ICC ODI Batting...
  
  , ICC 1999 World Cup Man of the Tournament
  Cricket World Cup awards
  The major prestigious awards handed out in the Cricket World Cup are the "Man of the Tournament" and the "Man of the Match" in the Final awards.-Awards summary:Man of the tournamentMan of the match-History:...
  
  , Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
• Barry Richards
  Barry Richards
  Barry Anderson Richards is a former South African batsman. A right-handed "talent of such enormous stature", Richards is considered one of South Africa's most successful cricketers. He was able to play only four Test matches - all against Australia - before South Africa's exclusion from the...
  
  . Broke Don Bradman's record for the number of runs in a season playing for South Australia, 1970/71.Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1969. Scored 80 first class centuries. His average of 79.14 in World Series Cricket
  World Series Cricket
  World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...
  
   was 23 higher than the second highest average. Test umpire Dickie Bird rated him the best batsman he ever saw.
• Hugh Tayfield
  Hugh Tayfield
  Hugh Joseph Tayfield was a cricketer. He played 37 Test matches for South Africa from 1949 to 1960 and was one of the best off spinners the game has seen. He was the fastest South African to take 100 wickets in Tests until Dale Steyn claimed the record in March 2008...
  
  . Took 9/113 in England's second innings at The Wanderers in 1957. Wisden Cricketer of the Year
  Wisden Cricketers of the Year
  The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season"...
  
   in 1956*.
• Geoff Griffin. The only South African to take a hat-trick in a test match (Lords 1960) *.
• Trevor Goddard.SA captain and opening bat and test cricket's most economical bowler (av 1.64/over).*
• Eric Dalton. SA golf and tennis also.
• Horace Chapman.
• Richard Snell. World Cup 1992.
• HG Deane. SA captain.
• Lee Irvine
  Lee Irvine
  Brian Lee Irvine, born on 9 March 1944 in Durban, South Africa was a cricketer who played four Tests for South Africa in 1969-70 in the last Test series played by South Africa before official sporting links were broken over the apartheid policy....
  
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• DV Dyer.
• Jon Kent.
• Tyron Henderson
  Tyron Henderson
  Tyron Henderson is a South African cricketer.Henderson has represented South Africa in a Twenty20 International. An all-rounder, Henderson played for Middlesex. He was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals for whopping $650,000 in the Indian Premier League Season 2 Auction...
  
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• Colin 'Tich' Wesley.*
• Mike Rindel.
• Imraan Khan
  Imraan Khan
  Imraan Khan is a South African cricketer who plays domestic cricket and captains the Dolphins. He has previously captained his country at under 19 level....
  
  . Not the ex-Pakistan captain.
• Jon Fellows-Smith
  Jonathan Fellows-Smith
  Jonathan Payn Fellows-Smith is a former South African cricketer who played in four Tests in 1960.Fellows-Smith, nicknamed "Pom Pom", was an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a useful right-arm medium pace bowler who played the bulk of his cricket in England...
  
  .*
• Richard Dumbrill.
• IJ Siedle.
• Sid Pegler
  Sid Pegler
  Sidney James Pegler was a South African cricketer. He emerged following the decline of their googly bowlers Vogler and Schwarz in the early 1910s....
  
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• DP 'Conky' Conyngham.
• JFW Nicholson.
• GH Shepstone.
• VC Robbins.Played for SA against S B Joel's XI, captained by Lord Tennyson
  Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson
  Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson was known principally as a cricketer who captained Hampshire and England...
  
   (1924/5).They were not test matches.
• JAJ Christy.

Over 100 old boys have played first class provincial or county cricket in SA and the UK. [* All five played in the second test at Lords in 1960.]

Rugby

• Alistair Hargreaves, South Africa - Springboks, Position - Lock.
• Greg Rawlinson
  Greg Rawlinson
  Greg Rawlinson is a New Zealand international rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Guinness Premiership....
  
  , New Zealand - All Blacks, Position - Lock.
• BJ Botha. South Africa - Springboks, Position - Prop. World Cup Winner 2007.
• Andrew Aitken, South Africa - Springboks, Position - Flank & Eighth man.
• Neville 'Jacko' Tod. South Africa - Springboks, Position - Wing.
• Matthew Alexander. USA - Eagles, Position - Flyhalf. Scored 286 points for the Eagles.
• Graham Downes. USA - Eagles, Position - Prop.
• Guy Manson-Bishop. Played on the flank for the British Barbarians against the Springboks at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, 1994.

Athletics

• Clarence Oldfield
  Clarence Oldfield
  Clarence Winston Oldfield was a South African athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres....
  
  , Silver medal 4x400m relay in 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
• Sydney Atkinson
  Sydney Atkinson
  Sydney Atkinson was a South African athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics....
  
  . Gold medal 110m hurdles, 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, silver in the same event in 1924 Olympics.

Surfing, swimming and lifesaving

• Shaun Tomson
  Shaun Tomson
  Shaun Tomson is a South African professional surfer and former world champion, environmentalist, actor, author and businessman.-Life and career:...
  
  , 1977 IPS World Champion Surfer.
• Travis Logie. 2002 ISA World Champion Surfer.
• Jason Ribbink, surfer. Captain of the winning SA team at the 2002 ISA World Games.
• David Weare, international surfer.
• Leandro Jorge. Swam for Mocambique in the Olympic Games in Atlanta, 1996.
• Alan Burt. SA Lifesaving.
• Guy Nothard, SA Lifesaving.
• R Coetzee, SA Lifesaving.
• T Dumas, SA Lifesaving.
• B Edwards, SA Lifesaving.
• Lester Kitto,SA Lifesaving.
• M Hardaker.SA Lifesaving.
• J Zwart, SA Lifesaving.
• Michael Bolstridge. Chosen to swim for SA in the Montreal Olympics.
• G May, SA Swimming.
• D Collopy, SA Water-polo and Lifesaving.
• Colin Woodcock,SA Water-polo.

Golf

• Rory Sabbatini
  Rory Sabbatini
  Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini is a South African professional golfer.Rory Sabbatini was born in Durban, South Africa. He started playing golf at age 4, but concentrated on it from age 12. He was recruited by the University of Arizona, turned professional in 1998 and joined the PGA Tour in 1999...
  
  . Won the World Cup of Golf in 2003 partnered by Trevor Immelman.

Tennis

• VG Kirby,SA Davis Cup.
• David Adams
  David Adams (tennis)
  David Adams is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
  
  , SA Davis Cup.
• C J J Robbins, SA Tennis.
• E Getaz, SA Tennis.
• J Hendrie, SA Tennis.
• John Yuill
  John Yuill
  John Yuill was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town, Cheltenham Town and Arbroath.-References:*99 Years & Counting - Stats & Stories - Huddersfield Town History...
  
  , SA Tennis.

Hockey

• Mike Cullen, SA.
• Grant Smith, SA.
• Geoff Abbott t, SA.
• S de Wet, SA.
• B Pearse, SA.
• P Woods, SA.
• Shaun Davenhill, SA.

Miscellaneous

• Rory Donnellan, Rhodes Scholar. SA Equestrian.
• David Uniacke, SA Basketball.
• Lt.J F Britz, Military Medal. SA Boxing.
• E J W Browne,SA Rowing.