Jack Robert Skeen (23 December 1928 – 28 September 2001) was a New Zealand

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, Skeen represented

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at a provincial level, captaining the side from 1954 to 1957. He played just one match the New Zealand national side, the

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, a test against the touring Australian team at Wellington in 1952.

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