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Clive Single
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Full name
Clive Vallack Single
Born(1888-09-17)17 September 1888
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Died10 July 1931(1931-07-10) (aged 42)
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Source: Cricinfo, 1 February 2017

Clive Vallack Single, D.S.O., M.B.,[a] (17 September 1888 – 10 July 1931) was an Australian cricketer,[1] baseballer, soldier, and medical practitioner. He played two first-class matches for New South Wales in 1912,[2] and three interstate baseball matches for New South Wales in 1911; and, having enlisted in December 1914, he served as a medical officer in the First AIF, in the Middle East, eventually reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel — he was awarded a D.S.O. in 1919, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches.

"He was a decorated hero, a gifted sportsman, a dedicated doctor and a loving family man. A true gentleman, he inspired his team mates, his companions and his men to their best ideals." (Eric McElhone)[3]

Family[edit]

One of the six sons and two daughters of Henry Ernest Single (1855–1930),[4][5] and Mary Judith Single, née Vallack (1858–1937),[6] of "Wandoona", Wollar, near Mudgee, he was born in Burwood, on 17 September 1888.[7] Several of his brothers were also talented cricketers:[8] one of whom, Raymond Vallack Single (1917), was killed in action on 26 September 1917.[9][10]

Clive married Verania "Rania" McPhillamy, O.B.E., M.B.E. (1899–1961), the eldest daughter of Charles Smith McPhillamy (1859–1935),[11] and Alice Kay McPhillamy, née Halloran (1861–1938)[12] – Verania had captained the Ascham cricket team whilst she was there as a boarding student in 1906[13] – at "Waroo", Forbes on 21 June 1920.[14] Single’s best man was Colonel B.V. Stacey, (1886–1971) C.M.G.[15]

They had four children:[16][17] a son, Clive Vallack Single (1924–1990),[18] and three daughters, Rania Alice Vallack Murray, née Single (1921–1994),[19] Denise May Vallack Lovell, née Single (1923–1975),[20] and Ann (a.k.a. Polyann) Dewar, née Single (1927–1999).[21]

Education[edit]

Educated at Mudgee Grammar School,[22] and, from 1908,[23] at the University of Sydney, from whence he graduated M.B. in 1913.[24]

Baseball[edit]

At university, he played baseball, at first base, for several years,[25] and also played first base for the New South Wales interstate team in all of its three games against Victoria in 1911.[26]

Cricket[edit]

Single, "who was looked upon as one of the greatest slip fielders in New South Wales",[27] played cricket for the University of Sydney team, including two First Grade Premiership teams (in 1910/1910 and 1911/1912), receiving a "blue", for cricket, in 1912.[28][29][30]

A talented cricketer with both bat and ball,[31] he played in two Sheffield Shield matches for New South Wales, against Western Australia in November 1912.[32][33]

Following his graduation from university, and prior to his enlistment in December 1914, he played for Glebe Cricket Club in the 1913/1914 and 1914/1915 seasons.[34][35] After the war he played for Western Suburbs in the 1919/1920 season.[36]

Once settled in Moree, he played impressive cricket for various local teams, and was routinely selected in the Moree Cricket Association's representative teams.[37] In (perhaps) his last match at Moree, aged 37, he took 8 wickets for 28 runs; the match report noted that "the genial doctor … [its] chief attacking force … has been a tower of strength to [his representative team] … [and] in the three matches in which he has played [this season] he has taken 20 wickets for 75 runs — 6 for 17, 6 for 30, and 8 for 28."[38]

Military service[edit]

He enlisted for military service on 24 December 1914, and served in the Dardanelles in the Gallipoli Campaign, and in Egypt. On 23 March 1918, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and placed in charge of the 4th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance and served there, in Egypt, until he was demobilized in 1919.[39] He was awarded a D.S.O in 1919,[40] and was twice Mentioned in Despatches.[41]

Medical practice[edit]

Registered as a medical practitioner from 9 April 1913,[42] immediately post-war, he moved to Moree and practised there from 1920 to 1926;[43] and, then, following a family trip to England,[44] he and his family settled in Woollahra in 1926, and he conducted his medical practice from rooms in Macquarie Street, Sydney until his death.[45][46]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Note that, although a wide range of sources, including the University of Sydney's own "Book of Remembrance", state that Clive Vallack Single had attained Ch.M. (Master of Surgery), neither the University's official register of its 1913 graduates (see Calendar, p.517), nor the New South Wales Register of Medical Practitioners (see 1931, p.242) give any indication that any such qualification was awarded to Single in 1913, or at any other time.

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "Clive Single". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Clive Single". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ^ Eric McElhone, "also a member of those University 1st Grade Premiership teams and also a noted NSW baseballer and Clive’s partner in that record intervarsity partnership", quoted at Rodgers (1999), p.25.
  4. ^ Deaths: Single, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Thursday, 2 October, 1930, P.8.
  5. ^ Death of Mr. H.E. Single, The Nepean Times, (Saturday, 11 October 1930), p.7.
  6. ^ Deaths: Single, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday, 6 July 1937), p.10.
  7. ^ Births: Single, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday, 25 September 1888), p1.
  8. ^ The Singles of Cricket, The Referee, (Wednesday, 10 September 1919), p.1.
  9. ^ Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Single's Soldier Sons, The Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative, (Thursday, 14 August 1919), p.17.
  10. ^ Australian War Memorial: Embarkation Roll: Captain Raymond Vallack Single; Australian War Memorial: First World War Nominal Roll: Captain Raymond Vallack Single; ,Australian War Memorial: Roll of Honour: Captain Raymond Vallack Single; National Archives of Australia: World War I Service Record: Captain Raymond Vallack Single.
  11. ^ Mr. Charles McPhillamy, The Bathurst National Advocate, (Wednesday, 23 January 1935), p.2.
  12. ^ Marriages, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 13 August 1883), p.1; Deaths: McPhillamy, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 1 August 1938), p.10; The Bathurst National Advocate, (Tuesday, 2 August 1938), p.2.
  13. ^ Fulloon, 1986.
  14. ^ The National Advocate, 24 June 1920; The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 July 1920.
  15. ^ See Lincoln, M. & Lloyd, D.E., "Stacy, Bertie Vandeleur (1886–1971)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, (Parkville), 1990).
  16. ^ Rodgers (1999), p.24.
  17. ^ Obituary: Dr. C.V. Single, Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser, (Monday, 13 Jul 1931), p.2.
  18. ^ Births: Single, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Friday 31 October 1924), p.8; World War II Service Record: Clive Vallack Single (432887); Papua New Guinea Administration: Personal File: Clive Vallack Single (ex-R.A.A.F.); Vale December 1990: Clive Vallack, Papua New Guinea Association of Australia.
  19. ^ Births: Single, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday 26 July 1921), p.8; About the Town, The (Sydney) Sun, (Sunday, 11 March 1945), p.12.
  20. ^ Births: Single, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Friday, 16 March 1923), p.8; Engagements: Lovell—Single, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Saturday, 30 June 1951), p.36.
  21. ^ Social Jottings, The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday 6 August 1955), p.31; Social Jottings, The Australian Women's Weekly, (Wednesday 17 August 1955), p.27; https://www.castlemenzies.org/saving-and-restoring-castle-menzies Dr. Albert Duncan (Bill) Dewar, MBE, Castle Menzies.
  22. ^ University of Sydney: Matriculation Examination, The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph, (Friday, 20 March 1908), p.9.
  23. ^ Uni. Deferred Exams: Additional Results: Faculty of Medicine, The Evening News, (Saturday, 20 March 1909), p.7.
  24. ^ Masters and Bachelors: University Degrees, The (Sydney) Sun, (Sunday, 13 April 1913), p.2: Note that the "*" next to his name indicates that his degree had "already been conferred".
  25. ^ For example, in 1910, against Petersham (Baseball, The (Sydney) Sunday Times, (Sunday, 14 August 1910), p10).
  26. ^ For example, Baseball, The Daily Telegraph, (Wednesday, 26 July 1911), p.16.
  27. ^ Obituary: Dr. C.V. Single, Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser, (Monday, 13 Jul 1931), p.2.
  28. ^ Presentation of Blues, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 27 May 1912), p.5.
  29. ^ Sydney University Cricket team, 1912-13, Saturday Referee and The Arrow (Saturday, 26 April 1913), p.2.
  30. ^ Davis, J.C., "Now I Remember: Exit Two Cricketers Who Played Well Their Parts, The Referee, (Wednesday, 29 July, 1931), p.12.
  31. ^ Personal: A Mudgeee Boy, The Referee, (Wednesday, 7 August 1918), p.1.
  32. ^ Interstate Cricket, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday, 12 November 1912), p.10; Interstate Cricket, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday, 19 November 1912), p.5.
  33. ^ Photograph of Single, with the caption "C.V. Single, of the University Club. He is an all-round player of considerable promise. Against the West Australians in his first interstate engagements he scored 0, 72, 12, and 54" at The Evening News, (Friday, 22 November 1912), p.10.
  34. ^ Rodgers (1999), p.23.
  35. ^ He appears in the team lists as "Dr. C.V. Single" (e.g., The Referee, 19 November 1913)
  36. ^ Ups & Downs in Cricket, The Referee, (Wednesday, 24 December 1919), p.9.
  37. ^ See Local Cricket Competition, Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser, (Thursday, 3 February 1921), p.2; Cricket Notes, Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser, (Thursday, 9 March 1922), p.2; Moree v. N.W. Slopes, Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser, (Thursday, 4 January 1923), p.2; Cricket, Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser, (Thursday, 6 March 1924), p.5; Woods Challenge Cup, Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser, (Thursday, 19 March 1925), p.2; and Milk!, Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser, (Thursday, 24 September 1925), p.2.
  38. ^ Cricket, The Northwest Champion, Moree, (Monday, 23 November 1925), p.5.
  39. ^ Personal, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Friday, 5 September 1919), p.6; U of Sydney, Book of Remembrance.
  40. ^ Renshaw (2014), p525; Australian War Memorial: Recommendation for Honour/Award: September 1918: Clive Vallack Single; Australian War Memorial: Recommendation for Honour/Award: September 1918: Clive Vallack Single; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.113, (6 October 1919), p.1462: Distinguished Service Order: Major (temporary Lieutenant Colonel) Clive Vallack Single.
  41. ^ Australian War Memorial: Recommendation for Honour/Award: General Despatch: Clive Vallack Single; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.173, (7 November 1918), p.2113: Mentioned in Despatches: Army Medical Corps: Major C.V. Single;. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.113, (6 October 1919), p.1466: Mentioned in Despatches: 1st Military District: Major (temporary Lieutenant Colonel) C.V. Single.
  42. ^ Register of Medical Practitioners for 1914, New South Wales Medical Board, (Sydney), 10 December 1913, p.363 (New South Wales Government Gazette, No.11, 21 January 1914).
  43. ^ Register of Medical Practitioners for 1921, New South Wales Medical Board, (Sydney), 8 December 1920, p.302 (New South Wales Government Gazette, No.9, 21 January 1921).
  44. ^ Presentation to Dr. Single, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Friday, 11 December 1925), p.12; Valedictory: To Dr. C.V. Single, The Northwest Champion, Moree, (Thursday, 10 December 1925), p.7.
  45. ^ Obituary: Dr. C.V. Single, Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser, (Monday, 13 Jul 1931), p.2.
  46. ^ Register of Medical Practitioners for 1931, New South Wales Medical Board, (Sydney), 10 December 1930, p.242 (New South Wales Government Gazette, No.7, 10 January 1931).

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