Paddy Neville

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = Ireland

| fullname = Patrick Augustine Neville

| birth_date = 22 June 1920

| birth_place = Donabate, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1977|7|16|1920|6|22}}

| death_place = Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

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| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Ireland

| year1 = 1956–1960

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 143

| bat avg1 = 17.87

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 38

| deliveries1 = 0

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 23 November

| year = 2018

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24474.html Cricinfo

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Patrick Augustine Neville (22 June 1920 – 16 July 1977) was an Irish sportsman who played cricket, hockey, football, and Gaelic football.

Neville was born at Donabate in County Dublin, and was educated at O'Connell School in Dublin.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/IRELAND/PLAYERS/477/index.shtml |title=Player profile: Patrick Augustine Neville |publisher=CricketEurope |accessdate=2018-11-23}} He began playing club cricket for Leinster in 1941, before moving to Malahide, where he was to play the majority of his club cricket. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1956 at Dublin.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26855/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Paddy Neville |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-11-23}} After his debut, he played a number of minor matches against Sussex in 1956, as well as the touring New Zealanders and Worcestershire, both in 1959.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26855/Miscellaneous_Matches.html |title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Paddy Neville |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-11-23}} He made a second first-class appearance in 1959, against Leicestershire on Ireland's tour of England. He made two further first-class appearances, both in 1960 against Scotland at Paisley, and the MCC at Dublin. Across his four first-class matches, Neville scored a total of 143 runs at an average of 17.87, with a highest score of 38.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26855/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Paddy Neville |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-11-23}}

Besides cricket, Neville also played several other sports to a high level. He played field hockey at international level for the Ireland national field hockey team, as well as playing football for Drumcondra and Dundalk as a goalkeeper, also winning four caps for the League of Ireland XI. He also played Gaelic football for Parnells in Dublin; however the 'Ban' resulted in Neville being banned from playing by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), after the GAA discovered him playing hockey under his mother's maiden name.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/sport/other-sports/sportsman-paddy-neville-was-the-gentle-giant-of-fingal-27773912.html|title=Sportsman Paddy Neville was the gentle giant of Fingal|date=2004-12-10|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=2018-11-23}} Outside of sport, Neville worked as a psychiatric nurse. He died unexpectedly at Dublin in July 1977. The Neville Cup, contested annually by hockey clubs based in Leinster, is named after Neville and his brother, John.