What is Don Neely?
[[File:Don Neely MNZM (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Donald Owen Neely''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|MBE|size=85%}} (21 December 1935 – 16 June 2022) was a New Zealand cricket historian, administrator and player. He was the president of [[New Zealand Cricket]] from 2006 until 2009. He wrote over 30 books<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.cricinfo.com/tourdiaries/archives/2009/04/_don_neely_and.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408220343/http://blogs.cricinfo.com/tourdiaries/archives/2009/04/_don_neely_and.php |archive-date=8 April 2009 |title=Encyclopedia Battleshipica |website=blogs.cricinfo.com |access-date=7 April 2009}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> on New Zealand cricket. Neely was born in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]]. A player, he played for the [[Wellington cricket team]] from 1964 until 1968 and [[Auckland cricket team]] from 1968 until 1971. Neely died on 16 June 2022 in Wellington at the age of 86.<ref>[https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/300615556/former-new-zealand-cricket-president-and-selector-don-neely-dies-age-86 Former New Zealand Cricket president and selector Don Neely dies, age 86]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Neely, Don}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand cricketers]] [[Category:New Zealand writers]] [[Category:Historians]] [[Category:People from Wellington]] {{sports-bio-stub}}