Ivan D'Oliveira (born 19 March 1941) is a South African former

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er who played

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for

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. Born at

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in South Africa, he is the brother of

Basil D'Oliveira Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE OIS (4 October 1931 – 19 November 2011) was an England international cricketer of South African Cape Coloured background, whose potential selection by England for the scheduled 1968–69 tour of apartheid-era Sout ...

and the uncle of

Damian D'Oliveira Damian Basil D'Oliveira (19 October 1960 – 29 June 2014) was a South African-born English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire, and was the Academy Director of Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Playing for Worcestersh ...

. Although D'Oliveira only made one first-class appearance in English

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, he was a heavy scorer in lower-league South African cricket and played a number of games for Leicestershire's 2nd XI. In his only first-class match, a 1967 fixture against

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, he recorded a

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in his only innings.Ivan D'Oliveira
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References

1941 births Living people South African cricketers Leicestershire cricketers South African expatriate cricketers in England Cricketers from Cape Town South African people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent 20th-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1940s-stub