Clifford Allan Martin Satherley (4 June 1907 – 7 January 1947) was a rugby league player who represented New Zealand in three test matches against Australia in 1935.

The Star (Christchurch) newspaper reported from the proceedings that "when fifteen years of age, in 1897, she married [Hansen] at Wellington, with her parents' consent, her father being present at the marriage.

Justice Cooper remarked upon "criminal conduct of parents in consenting to such early marriages"; a girl didn't know her own mind at fifteen, and she was not fit to bear children.

On November 21 they held their annual prize giving at the Orpheum Hall in Onehunga and Satherley was presented with a medal for the most-improved player in the senior team.

[15] After the July 28 match with Grammar the Auckland Star reported “every man rose to the occasion, the best of them being that great toiler, C. Satherly (sic), who, being on his holidays, came up from Nelson to play in the game.

Satherley by this time was captaining Manukau to start the season, Albert Falwasser had taken up a contract to play rugby league in England for Wigan.

For a forward to run half the field with defending backs in vain pursuit, is something unusual in representative football, but such was the feat of the Manukau player, who, downed within two feet of the line, had sufficient reach to place the ball across the chalk”.

[41] He was then chosen for the Auckland team to tour the North Island to play matches against Wanganui, Manawhenua, Wellington, Bush Districts, and Hawke's Bay.

They weighed 12.7st and 13st respectively with the Manawatu Standard stating “neither had any knowledge of the fistic art other than an instinctive desire to punch, and fists were flying in the air and descending from all directions.

Richmond lost 14–13 and it was said of Satherley: “in his first outing this sturdy forward, though slightly puzzled by the play-the-ball rule, linked up well in the second row with [Ray] Lawless”.

The selectors (Ernie Asher, William Mincham, and Bert Avery) originally chose a squad of 18 to go into training but Satherley made the match day team.

The match was particularly brutal with the Auckland Star reporting “deliberate kicking and punching were indulged in, and the climax was reached when two opposing players stood over the side-line on the terrace and fought”.

[107][108] On October 7 the ARL organised a match between Richmond and Marist to try and find the 'best club side in Auckland' for the Max Jaffe Cup.

The game was notable for Satherley because his younger brother Jack had joined Richmond and was making his debut due to Lee being unavailable at fullback.

Following a round 3 match against City Rovers in which he had scored 3 tries the New Zealand Herald said “there is no better forward in the code than C. Satherley, the former North Island rugby representative.

[119] He scored after the ball rolled clear from a scrum and he “was across in a flash to touch down for a simple try” to give the North Island side a 16–13 lead.

[126] Richmond then capped a truly remarkable season by beating Newton Rangers in the Stormont Shield final by 21 points to 5 with Satherley setting up Harold Tetley for their first try and then converting it and then 2 others later in the match.

A good goal kicker for Auckland would have made the game closer, as the local team was awarded several penalties inside half-way.

[143] In spite of his disappointing goal kicking Satherley was chosen to make his debut for New Zealand in the first test against the same opponent at Carlaw Park on September 28.

He missed an easy conversion early but a while later in an attacking movement he threw the final pass to Lou Hutt who scored and this time Satherley was successful with his kick at goal.

Satherley missed a penalty early in the match and then failed to convert Hutt's try however he had been involved in the lead up play to the try with Herb Lilburne and Kay before Cliff Hunt finished it off.

[167] On June 23 the Te Puke sub-union was reported to have expressed regret “at the action of the Auckland Rugby Union in opposing the reinstatement of C. Satherley”.

[177] The result of the match was not reported, nonetheless Papamoa must have won as they played and defeated Paengaroa in the (knockout) final a week later by 11 points to 3 with Satherley kicking a penalty.

[180] Tauranga then defeated Te Puke in their final match of the season by 16 points to nil with Satherley missing 2 of penalty attempts.

[200] Following a game against Technical Old Boys on July 20 where he scored a try and kicked 3 conversions he was selected in the Waikato squad to train in preparation for a match against Bay of Plenty.

[202] He was then selected to play in the match with Bay Of Plenty at Tauranga Domain on July 27 and became the 298th player to represent the Waikato Rugby Union.

[209] On August 24 Satherley made his debut for the Hamilton sub union representative side in a match with Morrinsville for the Peace Cup elimination competition.

He was still playing good football however and after a match against Army on June 20 the Waikato Times reported that “the Technical Old Boys forwards, led by Satherley were faster in the loose and co-operated with their backs more than the service team's pack”.

[221] His final known game of the season, and possibly rugby altogether came on August 22 in a match between Hamilton and Pukekohe for the Peace Cup at Bledisloe Park.

Clifton was killed aged just 22 on September 15, 1961 when the car he was travelling in was hit by a shunting train at 10.30pm half a mile south of Paeroa.