Clive Ulyate

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Clive Ulyate

| image = Clive Ulyate 1956.jpg

| image_size = 240px

| caption = Ulyate in New Zealand in 1956

| birth_name = Clive Anthony Ulyate

| birth_date = 11 December 1933

| birth_place = Johannesburg, Transvaal,
South Africa

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|3|18|1933|12|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = Virginia, Free State

| school = Hilton College

| university = University of the Witwatersrand

| ru_position = Fly-half

| province1 = {{rut|Transvaal}}

| ru_provinceyears1 = 1953–1957

| provinceapps1 =

| provincepoints1 =

| repteam1 = South Africa

| repyears1 = 1955–56

| repcaps1 = 7

| reppoints1 = 6

}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.rugby365.com/article/83877-the-passing-of-clive-ulyate |title=The Passing of Clive Ulyate |work=Rugby365 |accessdate=16 May 2018 |archive-date=16 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516174954/http://www.rugby365.com/article/83877-the-passing-of-clive-ulyate |url-status=dead }}{{Cite book|last=Heath|first=Duane|title=South African Rugby Annual 2019|date=2019|publisher=South African Rugby|isbn=978-0620818087|location=Cape Town|pages=478|oclc=1089860189}}

Rugby union career

Ulyate, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/5959.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match|title=Clive Ulyate - Match by match list|publisher=ESPN Scrum}}

= Test history =

No.	Opponents	Results (SA 1st)	Position	Points	Dates	Venue
class="wikitable sortable"
1.	{{flag\|British and Irish Lions\|name=British Lions}}	align="center"\|25–9	Flyhalf		6 Aug 1955	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 2.	{{flagicon\|British and Irish Lions}} British Lions	align="center"\|6–9	Flyhalf		20 Aug 1955	Newlands, Cape Town
3.	{{flagicon\|British and Irish Lions}} British Lions	align="center"\|22–8	Flyhalf		3 Sep 1955	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 4.	{{flagicon\|British and Irish Lions}} British Lions	align="center"\|22–8	Flyhalf	6 (1 try, 1 dg)	24 Sep 1955	Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth
5.	{{ru\|NZL}}	align="center"\|6–10	Flyhalf		14 Jul 1956	Carisbrook, Dunedin
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 6.	{{ru\|NZL}}	align="center"\|8–3	Flyhalf		4 Aug 1956	Athletic Park, Wellington
7.	{{ru\|NZL}}	align="center"\|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

He was an all-rounder on the cricket field and played four first-class matches.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47667.html|title=Profile - Clive Ulyate|publisher=Cricinfo}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27216.html|title=Eastern Province v North Eastern Transvaal|publisher=CricketArchive}}