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Full name | Allanson Mervyn Henry Kelaart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Ceylon | 7 May 1908||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 February 1968 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 59)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Ed Kelaart (brother) Ernie Kelaart (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 September 2017 |
Allanson Mervyn Henry Kelaart (7 May 1908 – 2 February 1968) was a Ceylonese cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1932 and 1940. He scored Ceylon's first international century.
Mervyn Kelaart was a left-handed batsman who was particularly proficient at cutting and leg-glancing, and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.[1] At St. Joseph's College, Colombo, he headed both the batting and bowling averages.[2] On Ceylon's first tour, to India in 1932-33, batting at number three he scored a century in the first of the two matches against India, 101 out of Ceylon's total of 287. His brother Ed was Ceylon's captain in the match.[3] Mervyn also toured India in 1940-41.
Kelaart married Neliya Foenander in Colombo in June 1933. They had two daughters and two sons. In 1957 they moved to England, and in 1964 they moved to Australia.[4][5]