Clive van Ryneveld

Clive van Ryneveld
Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
International information
National side South African
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 19 101
Runs scored 724 4803
Batting average 26.81 30.20
100s/50s 0/3 4/29
Top score 83 150
Balls bowled 1554 13329
Wickets 17 206
Bowling average 39.47 30.24
5 wickets in innings 0 9
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/67 8/48
Catches/stumpings 14/- 71/-
Source: Cricinfo,

Clive Berrange van Ryneveld (born 19 March 1928 in Cape Town, Cape Province) is a former South African cricketer who played in nineteen Tests from 1951 to 1958. He is the oldest living South African cricket captain.

Van Ryneveld was also an international rugby union player. He represented Oxford University RFC in The Varsity Match in 1947, 1948 and 1949 and won four caps as a centre for the England national rugby union team, playing in all four matches of the 1949 Five Nations Championship. He scored three tries for England; one against Ireland and two against Scotland. He never represented South Africa 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.