| 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]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "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.