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{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name              = Jim McNeece
| image             = James McNeece.jpg
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| birth_name        = James McNeece
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1885|12|24|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Invercargill]], New Zealand
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1917|06|21|1885|12|24|df=y}}
| death_place       = [[Rouen]], France
| ru_position       = [[Rugby union positions#Forwards|Forward]]
| height            = 1.88 m
| weight            = 92 kg
| ru_nationalteam   = {{nrut|New Zealand}}
| ru_nationalyears  = 1913–1914
| ru_nationalcaps   = 5
| ru_nationalpoints = (3)
| ru_province       = {{Rut|Southland}}
| ru_provinceyears  = 1905–1913
| ru_provincecaps   = 10
| ru_provincepoints =
| occupation        = Farmer<ref name="NZH">{{cite web |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/james-mcneece |title=James McNeece |date=31 May 2017 |website=New Zealand History |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>
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}}
'''James McNeece''' (24 December 1885 – 21 June 1917) was a New Zealand [[rugby union]] player. A [[Rugby union positions#Forwards|forward]], McNeece represented {{Rut|Southland}} at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the [[All Blacks]], in 1913 and 1914. He played 11 matches for the All Blacks including five internationals.<ref name="AB profile">{{cite web |url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=596 |title=Jim McNeece |last=Knight |first=Lindsay |publisher=New Zealand Rugby Union |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> He served as a [[Private (rank)|private]] with  2nd Battalion, [[Otago Infantry Regiment (NZEF)|Otago Regiment]], [[New Zealand Expeditionary Force]], during [[World War I]], and died in hospital of wounds received during the [[Battle of Messines (1917)|Battle of Messines]].<ref name="NZH"/><ref name="AB profile"/><ref>{{CWGC|id=27979|name=James McNeece|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>
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[[Category:Rugby union players from Invercargill]]
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[[Category:New Zealand international rugby union players]]
[[Category:Southland rugby union players]]
[[Category:Rugby union forwards]]
[[Category:New Zealand military personnel killed in World War I]]
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