Syd de Melker (31 March 1884 – 1 November 1953) was a Cape Colony international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who played as a centre. He made 2 appearances for South Africa from 1903 - 1906. Married to notorious female serial killer,

Daisy de Melker Daisy Louisa C. de Melker ( née Hancorn-Smith; 1 June 1886 – 30 December 1932) simply known as Daisy de Melker, was a South African nurse who poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance money; she also poisoned her only ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:de Melker, Syd Cape Colony rugby union players 1884 births 1953 deaths Rugby union centres Place of death missing Griquas (rugby union) players