Philip Allen Emery (born 25 June 1964) is a former Australian cricketer. A

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and valuable left-handed

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, he represented Australia internationally and

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domestically. Born in St Ives, Sydney, Emery was educated at Newington College Preparatory School, Lindfield (1969–72), and

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, North Sydney (1973–1982). At Shore, he was captain of cricket and captain of rugby and subsequently represented

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teams in both sports. He was also a very good swimmer and diver in his early school years. Emery represented Gordon at the

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level. He then made his debut for the New South Wales Cricket team during the 1987–88 season replacing the previous wicketkeeper

Greg Dyer Gregory Charles Dyer (born 16 March 1959) is a former New South Wales and Australian wicketkeeper. Dyer played in six Tests and 23 ODIs from 1986 to 1988, including playing in the victorious 1987 World Cup Final. He toured India in 1986 as a ...

. Emery captained New South Wales to their 42nd

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title during the 1993–94 season while regular captain Mark Taylor was absent representing Australia. He played in one

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and one ODI, both in

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relieving

Ian Healy Ian Andrew Healy (born 30 April 1964) is an Australian former international cricketer who played for Queensland domestically. A specialist wicketkeeper and useful right-hand middle-order batsman, he made an unheralded entry to international ...

who was out due to injury. This makes Emery only the third wicket-keeper (together with the long-serving Healy and

Adam Gilchrist Adam Craig Gilchrist (; born 14 November 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He was an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-ke ...

) to keep wicket in an Australian Test cricket team to

Shane Warne Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international cricketer, whose career ran from 1991 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-handed batsman for Victoria, Hampshire and Australi ...

(1992–2007) and Glenn McGrath (1993–2007) during their long Test careers.

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