{"id":13910,"date":"2022-10-25T18:10:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T18:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/?p=13910"},"modified":"2022-10-25T18:10:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T18:10:33","slug":"wallace-boyce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/25\/wallace-boyce\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallace Boyce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have learnt with sadness of the recent death of Wally Boyce.  Wally played for his home town club in the 1950s and 60s and was first eleven captain in 1956\/57, he was capped four times for Ulster in 1955\/56.  Wally was also an excellent cricketer as a batsman but his cricket and hockey careers ended when he took up employment in the USA.  All at North Down extend their sympathies to his wife Kathleen, daughter Deirdre, sons Gerald and Kieren and all of the family circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wally&#8217;s funeral service will be on 31 October in Comber Gospel Hall at 11.30 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A-Wallace-Boyce-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A-Wallace-Boyce-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13911\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have learnt with sadness of the recent death of Wally Boyce. Wally played for his home town club in the 1950s and 60s and was first eleven captain in 1956\/57, he was capped four times for Ulster in 1955\/56. 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