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| Full name | James Moorhead McKelvey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 April 1933 Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1954 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Moorhead McKelvey (born 2 April 1933,date of death unknown) was an Irish first-class cricketer and rugby union international.
McKelvey was born at Belfast in April 1933,where he was educated at Campbell College. [1] After completing his studies at Campbell College,he went up to Queen's University Belfast to study medicine. [1] While studying at the Queen's,McKelvey played club cricket for Queen's University Cricket Club,as well as playing rugby union for Queen's University RFC. [1] He played two first-class cricket matches for Ireland in 1954,against Scotland at Paisley,and the Marylebone Cricket Club at Dublin. [2] He scored a total of 25 runs in these two matches. [3] Having excelled playing rugby union for Queen's,McKelvey played two Test matches for Ireland in the 1956 Five Nations Championship, [4] against France at Colombes,and England at Twickenham. [5] After graduating from Queen's,McKelvey worked as a well respected general practitioner in Saintfield,County Down. [1] He continued to play club cricket for North of Ireland,and in retirement he served as the president of the Ulster branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. [1] McKelvey died in Bahrain. [6]
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