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James McKelvey
Personal information
Full name
James Moorhead McKelvey
Born(1933-04-02)2 April 1933
Belfast, Northern Ireland
DiedBahrain
BattingLeft-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 25
Batting average 6.25
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 9
Balls bowled 0
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 November 2018

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Player profile: James Moorhead McKelvey". CricketEurope. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by James McKelvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James McKelvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Player profile: Jimmy McKelvey". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Jimmy McKelvey - match by match list". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. ^ "James McKelvey". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
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