Durban High School

Durban High School (D.H.S.)
Location
Durban High School (D.H.S.)
125 St. Thomas Road
Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
South Africa
Coordinates 29°50′40″S 30°59′52″E / 29.84444°S 30.99778°E / -29.84444; 30.99778
Information
Type All-Boys Public School (state)
Motto Deo Fretus
(In God We Trust)
Established 1866
Locale Urban
Head Master Mr Tony Pinheiro
Grades 8–12
Number of students 1100
Houses Swales, Grice, Langley, Campbell and Payne and Blackmore
School colour(s) Oxford blue and old gold
Newspaper The Herald
Boarding houses Blackmore
Website www.durbanhighschool.co.za

Durban High School is an all-boys public school in Durban, South Africa.

DHS opened its doors in 1866 in two rooms and with seven pupils in Smith Street. From there it moved to a disused granary in Cato Square in 1880, just after the Zulu War, and then to the Old Hospital on the foreshore. In 1895, it moved up onto the healthier Berea to its present site, where it flourished. The ten acres plot was granted to the School by the Durban Town Council. The first enrolled student was a boy called Eben Coates and he was also the first Head-boy. There is also a related primary school: Durban Preparatory High School. The school has approximately 1000 enrolled students, all boys, and includes a small boarding establishment and over 75 teachers. The headmaster is Mr. Tony Pinheiro. It is the oldest standing school in Durban and one of the oldest in South Africa.

Houses

There are six houses:

  • Swales – old gold
  • Grice – turquoise
  • Langley – red
  • Campbell – green
  • Payne– Oxford blue
  • Blackmore (the boarders' house) – white

Blackmore House has capacity for over 130 boys. The boys' needs are catered for by boarder masters, food provision and dormitories with a maximum of six boys per dorm. The boys can go home most weekends and return on Monday mornings.

Sports

A wide range of sports and activities are offered including climbing, golf, fishing, surfing, chess, football, basketball, and hardball as well as the more traditional athletics, cricket, hockey, and rugby which have been played at the school for over 100 years. The school has produced over 125 international sportsmen in sports ranging from rugby and cricket to golf, badminton, baseball, surfing and powerlifting. Countries represented include France, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Germany and the USA. More than 30 old boys have played international cricket, six of whom were Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Five old boys played in the 1960 Lords test against England and four in the first two tests against Australia in 1969/70.

Notable people


Staff

  • 'Skonk' Nicholson, renowned schools rugby coach.Coached seven Springboks including Joel Stransky and Butch James, both world cup winning fly-halves when he coached the first XV at Maritzburg College. Coach of 14 unbeaten College teams. In his 35 seasons in charge of the College First XV his teams established a playing record of, Played 504, Won 403, Drew 49 and Lost 52. DHS First XV rugby, First XI cricket and Head Prefect. Natal School's Rugby.[1]
  • Bill Payne, Springbok rugby. Taught at the school from 1915-1953. Bill fought in both World Wars and was awarded the Military Medal in 1941, aged 47, while in action in the Western Desert. Prisoner of war in Germany with fellow DHS teacher Izak Van Heerden. Ran the 90 km Comrades Marathon in rugby boots. Provincial cricket, baseball, athletics and boxing.
  • Izak Van Heerden. School, Natal, Springbok and Argentina rugby coach. POW in Germany with another DHS teacher, Bill Payn. Taught at DHS for 39 years. Izak died at the school in 1973.

Alumni

Politics

  • Senator Charles Clarkson OBE. SA Minister of the Interior (now known as Home Affairs) 1943-1948.
  • Leif Egeland,[3] MP. Rhodes Scholar. Ambassador to Sweden and the Hague. SA High Commissioner in London. Dux 1918.
  • John Lloyd.[4] Former Labour Party Leader, Exeter City Council UK. Barrister and anti- apartheid campaigner.
  • Graham Mackeurtan [5] MP. King's Counsel and Historian.First in the Final Law Examinations of The Inner Temple, London. First XI cricket.
  • Sir Albert Robinson [6] MP. Read law at Stellenbosch and Cambridge universities. Served as High Commissioner to Britain for the Central African Federation.

Academics

  • Professor Nigel Blamey,[8] affiliated with University of Aberdeen (Scotland), Brock University (Canada) and New Mexico Tech (USA). Published in Nature on Methane in Martian Meteorites. World leader in quantitative fluid inclusion gas analysis by mass spectrometry.
  • Dr David Bourne.[9] Switched from a career in nuclear physics to become a chief research officer in Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cape Town.
  • Dr John Bradford,[10] Order of Canada 2013. Professor of Forensic Psychiatry University of Ottawa and Queen's University, Canada. Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal.
  • Professor David Brokensha,[11] Universities of Ghana and California. International anthropologist and author. German prisoner of war (1942-1945).
  • Ian Corbishley.[12] Headmaster, Chief Superintendent of Education in the National Department of Education.
  • Professor Peter Disler.[13] Professor of Medicine Monash University, Australia. Senior lecturer Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town. Dux 1964.
  • Nils Eckhoff.[14] Senior Surgeon at Guy's Hospital and consulting surgeon of Harvard University. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, London.
  • Dr Alan Gelb,[15] Rhodes Scholar, Director of the World Bank Washington D.C.(1978-2009), D.Phil, Oxford.
  • Professor Dudley Goodhead,[16] OBE. Director of the Medical Research Council's Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, UK. D.Phil, Oxford. Chairman of CERRIE. Dux 1956. Presented with the Gray Medal in 2011, The Weiss Medal (UK), Failla Medal (USA), Bacq & Alexander Medal (Europe). Scientific Advisor to the British Government.
  • Dr Jeffrey Greenstein,[17] neurologist. Head of Multiple Sclerosis Research Institute, Philadelphia, USA. Professor of Neurology, Temple University School of Medicine.
  • Professor David Henderson-Smart,[18] Sydney University. Order of Australia 2006. Director of Neonatal Intensive Care at King George V Hospital, Sydney.
  • Professor Jacques Joubert,[19] Professor of Neurology UNISA ( Africa's biggest University), University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital.
  • Dr Ian Robertson,[20] US sociologist and author. Former NUSAS president and anti-apartheid campaigner. Studied at Natal, Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard universities. NUSAS President, banned for inviting Senator Robert Kennedy to South Africa.
  • Professor Bruce Sparks,[21] Head of Family Medicine, Wits Medical School, JHB. Elected World Organisation of Family Doctors (Wonca) President in 2004.
  • Professor Stephen Tollman,[22] Rhodes Scholar. BSc, MBBCh, MMed (Rand), MPH (Harvard), MA (Oxon), PhD (Umeå) Sweden.

Business

  • Graham Atkinson: Chief Executive Officer Umgeni Water (1987-1996), a state-owned entity. It is one of Africa’s most successful organisations involved in water management, and is the largest supplier of bulk potable water in KwaZulu-Natal.
  • Stephen Mulholland,[23] CEO Times Media Limited (Formerly SAAN) 1986-1992. CEO Fairfax Group (Australia)1992-1996. Two time All American Swimming Champion and South African national champion.
  • Stephen Bradley Saad, founder and CEO of Aspen Pharmacare, Africa's largest pharmaceutical manufacturer. First XV rugby.
  • Howard Buttery,[24] former CEO of Bell Equipment, Africa's largest manufacturer of heavy earth- moving equipment. The company is the largest producer of Articulated Dump Trucks in the world.
  • Mick Goss,[25] attorney and advocate and owner of Summerhill Stud. Natal School's rugby.
  • Tony Norton,[26] Rhodes Scholar. First Executive President of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Director-General, Council of Southern African Bankers. Oxford Blue in Athletics, Modern Pentathlon.
  • Bronek-Masojada,[27] Rhodes Scholar. CEO of Hiscox Insurance. Past president of Insurance Institute of London, Deputy Chairman of LLoyd's of London (2001-2007).
  • Alex Ritchie,[28] Hot air balloon engineer, innovator and businessman who saved Richard Branson's life.
  • Graeme Robertson,[29] British direct marketing guru. The Graeme Robertson Trust is named in his honour. First XV rugby.
  • Christopher Seabrooke,[30] Chairman of the South African State Theatre, the largest theatre complex in Africa.

Past presidents of NUSAS

  • Dr Duncan Innes.[31]
  • Charles Nupen [32] attorney. Chief Technical Advisor to the International Labour Organisation.
  • Ian Robertson.[33] Banned for inviting Senator Robert Kennedy to address a NUSAS meeting. US sociologist and author.
  • Karel Tip,[34] Senior Council (SA) and Queen's Counsel (Britain).

Judiciary

  • Justice Neville (G N) Holmes,[35] Judge of the Appellate Division.
  • Justice Ramon Nigel Leon [36]
  • Justice Jonathan Heher,[37] Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, formerly the Appellate Division.

Military

  • Sq Ldr Johannes Jacobus le Roux, RAF, Battle of Britain. Distinguished Flying Cross and two Bars. His squadron wounded Field Marshall Erwin Rommel when his car overturned during an aerial attack just after D-Day. First XV rugby.
  • Paddy Roberts. Lawyer and WW 2 Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot. Commercial BOAC pilot after the war. Turned to songwriting and singing, writing numerous UK hits and film scores. Won five Ivor Novello Awards
  • Major Edwin Swales. Victoria Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross. SAAF and RAF. Pathfinder Master Bomber.
  • Michael Turner, WW2 RAF Pilot. Became a stage, television and film actor in Britain after the war.
  • Sq Ldr W S Bowyer,[38] RAF, Battle of Britain.
  • Captain J F O Davis [39] SAAF. Killed in action in Korean War. DFC and Bar, Distinguished Flying Cross (American).
  • Lt Martin Grunder,[40] SAAF 2 Squadron. Killed in action in Korea, September 1951.
  • Wing-Commander David Haysom,[41] DSO, DFC. RAF, Battle of Britain.
  • Captain L M Jacobs, Royal Durban Light Infantry.[42]
  • Sergeant Peter Keogh,[43] Military Cross (2010). Royal Irish Regiment; Led a patrol which completely overran seven enemy positions in a single afternoon.
  • Lorenzo Rodrigues,[44] French Foreign Legion. Military Medal, National Defence Medal (Gold level for Heroism), 2017. Died while rescuing eight comrades when their raft capsized during a training exercise.
  • Major E C Saville,[45] SAAF. DFC and Bar and American DFC.
  • Major Clive Shenton [46], Black Watch and Parachute Regiment. Left the British Army and studied law at Edinburgh University. Admitted to the Scottish Bar (1975) and English Bar and became a Queen's Counsel in 1990. Distinguished Service Cross.

254 old boys died, and more than 2000 were injured in both World Wars. One Victoria Cross (VC), 27 Distinguished Flying Crosses (DFC), 21 Military Crosses (MC), 10 Military Medals (MM) and 8 Distinguished Service Orders (DSO) were awarded to old boys in these and subsequent conflicts. In the Battle of Delville Wood in 1916, 12 old boys were killed, 9 wounded and 3 were taken prisoner.

Arts and media

Rhodes Scholars

Sports

All international representatives unless indicated otherwise.

Cricket

All represented South Africa except where noted:[lower-alpha 1]

Rugby
Athletics
Triathlon
  • Henri Schoeman, Bronze medal in 2016 Rio Olympics. Gold medal 2018 Commonwealth Games. Oakridge College also.
Surfing, swimming, lifesaving and canoeing
  • Hank McGregor, Eleven time world K-1 Marathon Champion and winner of 10 Berg River Canoe Marathons.[62]
  • Stephen Mulholland, SA Swimming and All American swimming champion.[63]
  • Shaun Tomson, 1977 IPS World Champion Surfer.
  • Michael Bolstridge, SA Swimming. Chosen to swim at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. The team was banned from participating.
  • Iain Campbell, World Bodyboarding Champion 2016 and 2017.[64]
  • Byron Jeffers, Youngest swimmer to medal, aged 14, at the South African Senior Nationals. Represented SA at Commonwealth Youth Games in Scotland 2000.Three Africa age group records and eight British age group records.First Team All-American in 200m free relay, 2003/4.[65]
  • Travis Logie, 2002 ISA World Champion Surfer.[66]
  • Jason Ribbink, surfer. Ranked #2 longboard surfer in the world in 2001.[67]
Golf
Tennis
Hockey
Other Sports
  • Eric Dalton [69]-SA Golf, Tennis and Cricket.
  • Rupert Ellis-Brown, represented SA in sailing in 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games.
  • Dave Hudson [70], yachtsman. Represented SA in the Admiral's Cup (1975), the Olympic Games (1992), the ISAF Games (1994) and in 14 World Championships between 1968 and 2009.
  • Warren Lewis - Footballer, SA (2 caps in 2000), Durban City, WIts University, Amazulu, Orlando Pirates, Moroka Swallows. Scored the first goal in the PSL.
  • Ian McLeod, World Cup football referee (France 1998).
  • Dr Garth Allardice [71], centre half, Kaizer Chiefs Football Club. First XV, School Athletics, Natal School's Football, Rugby and Athletics.
  • Stephen Lapinsky [72], SA Gymnastics (1974-7), Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto.
  • Reneshan Naidoo [73], SA Badminton (2012) while still at school.
  • Johnny Sinclair, [74]footballer (midfielder).

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Over 200 old boys have played provincial cricket in South Africa or county cricket in England.
  2. 1 2 3 4
  1. ↑ "NATAL SCHOOLS RUGBY OVERVIEW". Schools Rugby Tribune. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  2. ↑ Radclyffe Cadman
  3. ↑ Leif Egeland
  4. ↑ John Lloyd
  5. ↑ Graham Mackeurtan
  6. ↑ Sir Albert Robinson
  7. ↑ Peter de Villiers
  8. ↑ Professor Nigel Blamey
  9. ↑ David Bourne
  10. ↑ Dr John Bradford
  11. ↑ Professor David Brokensha
  12. ↑ Ian Corbishley
  13. ↑ Professor Peter Disler
  14. ↑ Nils Eckhoff
  15. ↑ Alan Gelb
  16. ↑ Dudley Goodhead
  17. ↑ Dr Jeffrey Greenstein
  18. ↑ Professor David Henderson-Smart
  19. ↑ Professor Jacques Joubert
  20. ↑ Ian Robertson
  21. ↑ Professor Bruce Sparks
  22. ↑ Stephen Tollman
  23. ↑ Stephen Mulholland
  24. ↑ Howard Buttery
  25. ↑ Mick Goss
  26. ↑ Tony Norton
  27. ↑ Bronek-Masojada
  28. ↑ Alex Ritchie
  29. ↑ Graeme Robertson
  30. ↑ Christopher Seabrooke
  31. ↑ Duncan Innes
  32. ↑ Charles Nupen
  33. ↑ Ian Robertson
  34. ↑ Karel Tip
  35. ↑ Justice Neville (G N) Holmes
  36. ↑ Justice Ramon Nigel Leon
  37. ↑ Justice Jonathan Heher
  38. ↑ W S Bowyer
  39. ↑ Captain J F O Davis
  40. ↑ Martin Grunder
  41. ↑ David Haysom
  42. ↑ Durban Light Infantry
  43. ↑ Sergeant Peter Keogh
  44. ↑ Lorenzo Rodrigues
  45. ↑ Major E C Saville
  46. ↑ Clive Shenton
  47. ↑ Laurence Gandar
  48. ↑ World Press Freedom Hero
  49. ↑ Michael Turner
  50. ↑ Anthony Bullimore
  51. ↑ Alan Crump
  52. ↑ Robert Pike Daniel
  53. ↑ Tony Heard
  54. ↑ Paul Herman Robinson
  55. ↑ Peter Sacks
  56. ↑ Dan Taylor
  57. ↑ V C Robbins
  58. ↑ Bertram Cooley
  59. ↑ Springboks
  60. ↑ Peter de Villiers
  61. ↑ AAA Championships
  62. ↑ Hank McGregor
  63. ↑ Stephen Mulholland
  64. ↑ Iain Campbell
  65. ↑ Byron Jeffers
  66. ↑ Travis Logie
  67. ↑ 2002 ISA World Games
  68. ↑ "South Africa qualify for Indoor World Cup". Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  69. ↑ Eric Dalton
  70. ↑ Dave Hudson
  71. ↑ Garth Allardice
  72. ↑ Stephen Lapinsky
  73. ↑ Reneshan Naidoo
  74. ↑ Durban United
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