Matthew Neely (rugby union)
Rugby union player from Northern Ireland
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Matthew Robert Neely (24 December 1919 – 19 October 1997) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Full nameMatthew Robert Neely
Born24 December 1919
Craigs, Ballymena, Ireland
Died19 October 1997 (aged 77)
Position
Prop
Born near Ballymena, Neely served as a Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and after being decommissioned played rugby for Collegians.[1] He was capped four times for Ireland in the 1947 Five Nations, playing as a prop.[2] A doctor, Neely was the Principal Registrar at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital and was married in 1950 to fellow doctor Jean Stewart.[3]