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John Kerr (8 April 1885 – 27 December 1972) was a Scottish cricketer from Greenock.

John Kerr

Personal information
Born	8 April 1885 Greenock, Scotland
Died	27 December 1972(1972-12-27) (aged 87)
Batting	Right-handed batsman
Bowling	Right-arm slow
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 32 Runs scored 1975 Batting average 37.26 100s/50s 4/10 Top score 178* Balls bowled 298 Wickets 7 Bowling average 36.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2-48 Catches/stumpings 31/0
Source: CricketArchive

A right-handed batsman, Kerr represented Scotland for 26 years and is their longest serving player of all time. His unbeaten 178 against Ireland in Dublin remained a national record for 3 decades until it was passed by James Aitchison. Aitchison was also the man to pass his record tally of 1975 runs for Scotland. Kerr played club cricket for Greenock and scored 21558 runs for them and made 49 hundreds.

He was also the cousin of the Scottish double international, James Reid-Kerr.[1]

References

External links

• Cricket Europe

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