Joey O'Meara
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| Full name | Joseph Anthony O'Meara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1943 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 May 2001 (aged 57) Dublin, Leinster, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1963 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph Anthony O'Meara (24 June 1943 – 4 May 2001) was an Irish first-class cricketer and field hockey international.
Life
[edit]O'Meara was born at Dublin and was educated at Blackrock College.[1] Overcoming polio as a child, O'Meara would go on to have a successful sporting career.[2]
Playing his club cricket for Railway Union,[1] O'Meara made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Derry in 1963.[3] Batting twice during the match, O'Meara was dismissed without scoring in Ireland's first-innings by Ronald Hogan, while in their second-innings he was dismissed again without scoring by Stuart Wilson. He took a solitary wicket in the match, dismissing Malcolm Ford with his off break bowling in Scotland's second-innings.[4] He managed the Ireland cricket team for a period.[2]
O'Meara was more noted as an international hockey player for Ireland,[1] making 52 appearances.[2] He later coached the national hockey team.[2]
He died at Dublin in May 2001.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Player profile: Joseph Anthony O'Meara". CricketEurope. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Won 52 hockey caps for Ireland". The Irish Times. 12 May 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Joey O'Meara". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Ireland v Scotland, 1963". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2018.