William Hamilton Northey Shum

William Hamilton emigrated to South Africa, where he was a civil engineer in the Cape Government Service. He married Sara Zietsman and one of their children was Ernest Hamilton Shum, known as 'Baby Shum' (died 1952); he played rugby for Transvaal and was the first Natal-born man to play for the Springboks. He featured in one Test for South Africa (a 9-3 win over England at Twickenham in 1913). William lived to a grand age and was in good health until he died in 1943, following a fall down the stairs. Ernest was the grandfather of Lorraine Howard, who has kindly provided so much material for this article.