| Full name | Neville Allen Emery | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 June 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bexhill, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 September 1991 (aged 67) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Booyong, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Shore School | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Phil Emery (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Neville Allen Emery (19 June 1924 — 10 September 1991) was an Australian rugby union international.
Raised in Lismore, Emery finished his schooling at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. He was a Combined GPS 1st XV captain and also played as a wicket-keeper for the GPS XI. [1]
A RAAF officer during the war, Emery served with the No. 467 Squadron in the UK. [1]
Emery, a fly-half, was renowned for his ball handling skills and played first-grade for Sydney University after the war. He was a member of the Wallabies between 1947 and 1949, gaining 10 Test caps, which included all five international matches on the 1947–48 tour of Britain, Ireland, France. [1]
During the 1950s, Emery was based in England, captain-coaching Cumbrian rugby league club Whitehaven for several seasons. [2] He also played cricket for Cumberland in the Minor Counties Championship. [3]
Emery's son Phil was an Australian Test cricketer. [4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Neville Allen Emery". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Memories shared as those wartime days are revisited". Whitehaven News. 24 February 2005.
- ^ "Neville Emery". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Highlanders at their peak after a double triumph". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 October 1994.
External links
- 1924 births
- 1991 deaths
- Australian cricketers
- Australian expatriate cricketers in England
- Australian rugby league coaches
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Cumberland cricketers
- Rugby league players from Lismore, New South Wales
- Rugby union players from New South Wales
- Rugby union fly-halves
- People educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School
- Royal Australian Air Force officers
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Sportspeople from Lismore, New South Wales
- Sydney University Football Club players
- Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players
- Whitehaven R.L.F.C. coaches
| Full name | Neville Allen Emery | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 June 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bexhill, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 September 1991 (aged 67) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Booyong, NSW, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Shore School | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Phil Emery (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neville Allen Emery (19 June 1924 — 10 September 1991) was an Australian rugby union international.
Raised in Lismore, Emery finished his schooling at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. He was a Combined GPS 1st XV captain and also played as a wicket-keeper for the GPS XI. [1]
A RAAF officer during the war, Emery served with the No. 467 Squadron in the UK. [1]
Emery, a fly-half, was renowned for his ball handling skills and played first-grade for Sydney University after the war. He was a member of the Wallabies between 1947 and 1949, gaining 10 Test caps, which included all five international matches on the 1947–48 tour of Britain, Ireland, France. [1]
During the 1950s, Emery was based in England, captain-coaching Cumbrian rugby league club Whitehaven for several seasons. [2] He also played cricket for Cumberland in the Minor Counties Championship. [3]
Emery's son Phil was an Australian Test cricketer. [4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Neville Allen Emery". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Memories shared as those wartime days are revisited". Whitehaven News. 24 February 2005.
- ^ "Neville Emery". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Highlanders at their peak after a double triumph". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 October 1994.
External links
- 1924 births
- 1991 deaths
- Australian cricketers
- Australian expatriate cricketers in England
- Australian rugby league coaches
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Cumberland cricketers
- Rugby league players from Lismore, New South Wales
- Rugby union players from New South Wales
- Rugby union fly-halves
- People educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School
- Royal Australian Air Force officers
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Sportspeople from Lismore, New South Wales
- Sydney University Football Club players
- Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players
- Whitehaven R.L.F.C. coaches