John Kenny (cricketer)

John Kenny
Personal information
Born(1883-10-07)7 October 1883
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died15 April 1937(1937-04-15) (aged 53)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1911/12Otago
Only FC23 December 1911 Otago v Canterbury
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2016

John Kenny (7 October 1883 – 15 April 1937) was a New Zealand businessman and cricketer. He played a single first-class match for Otago during the 1911–12 season.[1]

Kenny was born at Dunedin in 1883.[2] He played club cricket primarily for the Opoho club in the city, although he had also played for Grange and Dunedin Cricket Clubs.[3] His only senior representative fixture was a December 1911 Plunket Shield match against Canterbury at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. Opening the batting, Kenny scored 11 runs in his first innings and recorded a duck in his second. Later in the season he played in Otago's annual match against Southland, a match not considered first-class during this season, and also played in the fixture the following year.[4] He is known to have played at least twice more for the provincial side and was described after his death as "a familiar figure in cricketing circles" in Dunedin.[3]

Professionally Kenny worked as a brass moulder, eventually setting up his own company in Dunedin.[3] He died in April 1937 after being hit by a runaway tram car outside his home in Dunedin.[2][3][5] He was aged 53.[1]

  1. ^ a b John Kenny, CricInfo. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 76. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  3. ^ a b c d Runaway Tram, Otago Daily Times, issue 23166, 16 April 1937, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 8 November 2023.)
  4. ^ John Kenny, CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 November 2023. (subscription required)
  5. ^ Dunedin Tram Tragedy, Mt Benger Mail, 21 April 1937, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 8 November 2023.)