John Dold

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John Biddulph Dold (3 January 1902 – 17 September 1968) was a South African rugby union international and first-class cricketer with Eastern Province.

In six first-class matches between the 1922/23 and 1926/27 South African cricket seasons, four of them in the Currie Cup, Dold made 269 runs at 22.41 and took two wickets at the cost of 26.50 runs each.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/25/25334/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Dold| publisher=CricketArchive}} He performed well on his debut, against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club, opening the batting and scoring 55 in his second innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10654.html|title=Eastern Province v Marylebone Cricket Club 1922/23| publisher=CricketArchive}}

Dold, who was born in Grahamstown, played ten matches for the South African national rugby union team but no Tests. He was a member of South Africa's 1931–32 tour of Britain and Ireland and all of his matches came on that tour. A forward, Dold represented Albany at club level and Eastern Province provincially.{{cite web|url=http://www.sarugby.co.za/profiles.asp?id=46634&Search=dold|title=John Biddulph Dold|publisher=SA Rugby}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}