Anthony John van Ryneveld (7 November 1925 – 29 August 2018) was a

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first-class

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er. The son of Reginald Clive Berrangè van Ryneveld and Maria Alfreda Blanckenberg, he was born at

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in Cape Town in November 1925. He was educated at the Diocesan College, before going up to Trinity College, Oxford as a

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. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Free Foresters at Oxford in 1947. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 50 runs in the Oxford first innings by Ian Peebles, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 19 runs by

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. He was better known in South Africa as a rugby union player. van Ryneveld was in business and served on the Old Diocesan Union Committee. He died at

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in Cape Town, three weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Both his brother

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and uncle

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played Test cricket for South Africa. Another uncle,

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, was also a first-class cricketer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:van Ryneveld, Tony 1925 births 2018 deaths Cricketers from Cape Town Alumni of Diocesan College, Cape Town South African Rhodes Scholars Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford South African cricketers Oxford University cricketers South African rugby union players South African businesspeople Deaths from cancer in South Africa