Arthur Cyril Clyde “Clyde” Cant

HERITAGE No: 291

BIRTH: 23 February 1907

Gundary (Goulburn), NSW

DEATH: 23 March 1957 Balwyn, Victoria

DEATH: 23 March 1957

Balwyn, Victoria

OCCUPATION: Clerk, 1931

RESIDENCE: Empire Mansions, Belgrave St Manly, NSW, 1931

GAME HISTORY

Fort St Boys High RU 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 (First Grade) (C), 1926 First Grade) (C)
Combined High Schools 1924, 1925 (C), 1926 (C)
Gerringong RL 1924, 1925
Manly RU 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
Metropolis RU v Combined Country RU 1926
NSW RU v All Blacks RU (Reserve Second Test)
Combined High Schools RU v Sydney Teachers College RU 1926
Sydney Colts RU 1926
NSW RU v Victoria RU 1927, 1928
Metropolitan RU v Waseda University RU (Japan)
Metropolitan RU v Queensland RU 1929
NSW RU v All Blacks (NZ) RU 1929
Glebe-Balmain RU 1930
Metropolitan RU v Newcastle RU 1930
NSW RU B Team v NSW RU A Team 1930
Wests RU (April-August) 1931
Wests RL First Grade (August) 1931, 1932
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1931, 1932
Canowindra RL Player/Coach 1933
Warren RL Representative Team 1933
Albury RL Player/Coach 1934
Group 18 RL 1934
Canterbury Bankstown RL 1935
Leeton RL Selector and General Committee
Manly RU Reserve Grade Coach 1940

Cricket

Fort St Boys High School 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926
Gerringong CC 1925-26, 1926-27
Manly CC 1926-27, 1927-1928, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1939-40, 1940-41 (C), 1941-42 (C), 1942-43 (C) (Manly DCC #302)
Western Suburbs CC 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33 (WSDCC #266 Debut 27 Nov 1930)
Bardsley’s XI v McCartney’s XI 1932
Stan McCabe’s XI v Eastwood (Patriotic Match) 1941
Sydney XI v Army XI 1942

Other

Fort St Boys High Prefect 1926
Fort St Boys High Debating Society 1926

Clyde

Arthur Cyril Clyde Cant was the son of a Railway Fettler. He was born at Gundary in the Goulburn District of NSW. Clyde spent much of his formative years in the Monaro District before his father was transferred to Gerringong in the Illawarra District of NSW.

In the mid 1920’s, Clyde played for the Gerringong Rugby League and Cricket Clubs. Gerringong with Clyde Cant playing, won the 1925 Illawarra First Grade rugby league premiership. They beat Port Kembla 9-8 in the Final. Clyde was seventeen when he first played top level football in the Illawarra.

Clyde initially attended Fort St Boys High School at Petersham while living at Gerringong. It is not clear how he divided his time playing rugby union and cricket at school in Sydney while also playing rugby league and cricket in his home town of Gerringong.

Nevertheless, there is a significant amount of information to confirm that this is what he did.