At Chippo...Clifford A Riordan.
You will see him in SACS Old Boys list un
Also on rugby stats against Springbok versus British Isles 1910 team...3 tests, Boks won 2 , Br Isles 1.
He was a man of many activities, Magistrate, Diplomat in Argentina, Decorated Captain First World War Dardenelles, invented type of ice skates and manufactured them in England (design , I am told still used today.
Sadly, he died quite young in London in the fifties, he was my grandads older brother ...I never met him.
He was in the Transvaal just before the war and played for Diggers Rugby Club then...he only played 2 tests.
He was born in Colesberg just after his family arrived from Ireland as immigrants.
Many SACS Old Boys
have played international rugby.
Ben Duff, who is No.1
on the Springbok list, Marthinus Versfeld who was called Oupa, Tiger Devenish,
Paul Scott, Scraps Wessels Allan Beswick, whose father founded Queen’s College,
Jim Crosby, Pieter Dormehl, Tom Hepburn, Charlie Brown, Tom Hobson, John Jackson,
Billy Millar who captained South Africa and became a test referee, the three
brothers Luyt – Johan, Fred and Clive – who were the only three brothers in
rugby history to play together in a test, Clive van Ryneveld whose son played
rugby for England and cricket for South Africa, Cliff Riordan , Nick Crosby, Max
Davison, Saturday Knight, who was married to Max Davison's sister, Wally Mills,
Ernest “Baby” Shum and Toby Moll, who was killed in France in World War I. Fred
Luyt, known as Lammetjie, is the man who started the dive pass, not Danie
Craven as is often believed.
After World War I
there was Frank Mellish, who played for England and South Africa in the same
calendar year – the only international to play for two countries in the same
year – and went on to be the convener of selectors, taking over from legendary
Bill Schreiner, also a SACS man. Danie Craven regarded Mellish as the best
manager of a Springbok team ever after he was the manager of the great 1951-52
Springboks in Europe. Between the Wars there were also Jack van Druten and
Frankie Waring.
After World War II
come Cecil Moss, the Springbok vice-captain in 1949 when the Springboks beat
the All Blacks 4-0 in a series. Later he was a successful Springbok coach. He
is just a great rugby man. After Moss came Percy Montgomery, the most capped of
SACS players by far.