| Full name | Matthew Robert Neely | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1919-12-24)24 December 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Craigs, Ballymena, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 October 1997(1997-10-19) (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Robert Neely (24 December 1919 – 19 October 1997) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born near Ballymena, Neely served as a Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and after being decommissioned played rugby for Collegians. He was capped four times for Ireland in the 1947 Five Nations, playing as a prop. A doctor, Neely was the Principal Registrar at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital and was married in 1950 to fellow doctor Jean Stewart.
See also
References
- "Irish Forward For Collegians". Belfast Telegraph. 27 August 1946.
- "Fourteen New Irish Rugby Caps". Dundee Courier. 13 January 1947.
- "Doctors Wed At Randalstown". Ballymena Weekly Telegraph. 21 July 1950.
External links
- Matthew Neely at ESPNscrum