Clive Wallis

Clive Wallis

MC

Full name	Clive O'Neill Wallis
Date of birth	(1913-10-16)16 October 1913
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	26 October 1981(1981-10-26) (aged 68)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1935 Ireland 1 (0)

Clive O'Neill Wallis (16 October 1913 — 26 October 1981) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Dublin, Wallis was a nephew of Ireland three-quarter Thomas Wallis. He attended Cranleigh School in England and remained in the country for his later rugby, playing with the British Army. In 1935, Wallis was capped as a forward for Ireland in a match against the touring All Blacks at Lansdowne Road in his hometown Dublin.[1]

Wallis received a commission to the East Surrey Regiment and in 1938 got posted with the 2nd Battalion to Singapore. He served as a company commander during the Malayan Campaign and was held for over three years as a prisoner of war by the Japanese, later receiving a Military Cross for his leadership while in captivity.[2][3]

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players

References

1. "Four New Caps in Irish XV". Daily Mirror. 2 December 1935.
2. "Lt Col C O'N Wallis". www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk.
3. Blackburn, Kevin (2012). The Sportsmen of Changi. p. 17. ISBN 174224100X.

External links

• Clive Wallis at ESPNscrum