Johannes Karl "Chum" Ochse[1] (9 February 1925 – 13 July 1996) was a South African rugby union wing.
[4] During the 1949 New Zealand tour of South Africa, Ochse was part of the Western Province team that faced the 'All Blacks', playing at centre.
[4] In 1951 Ochse was selected for the fourth South Africa rugby tour of Britain, Ireland and France.
Oche missed the first game of the tour, but was selected with Marais on the opposite wing for the second match against a combined South West Counties team.
He played in the wins over a joint Glasgow/Edinburgh team, Cambridge University and Neath/Aberavon and the only loss of the tour, to London Counties.
[6] Despite his continued success on the field, when South Africa played their first Test, against Scotland, Ochse was omitted.
South African sports journalist, R.K. Stent, in his 1952 book The Fourth Springboks, reveals that this was a great surprise as it was thought Ochse was the first choice as a wing.
[10] Ochse had an excellent game, though his first prominent move was not in attack but in defence when he tackled Ken Jones in mid stride.
The game was extremely low scoring, South Africa winning by a single penalty goal from Viviers.
[12] Ochse played in three more games before the tour moved to France, against the Western Counties, South of Scotland and the Barbarians.