James McKelvey

James Moorhead McKelvey (born 2 April 1933) is a former Irish first-class cricketer and rugby union international.

James McKelvey
Personal information
Full nameJames Moorhead McKelvey
Born (1933-04-02) 2 April 1933
Belfast, Northern Ireland
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 25
Batting average 6.25
100s/50s –/–
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

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]

References

  1. "Player profile: James Moorhead McKelvey". CricketEurope. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by James McKelvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James McKelvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  4. "Player profile: Jimmy McKelvey". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  5. "Jimmy McKelvey - match by match list". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
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