Dé Kessler

Dé Kessler

Personal information
Full name	Johann Heinrich Hermann Kessler
Date of birth	11 August 1891(1891-08-11)
Place of birth	Garut, Dutch East Indies
Date of death	6 September 1943(1943-09-06) (aged 52)
Place of death	Netherlands
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	HVV Den Haag
National team
1909–1922	Netherlands	21	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Johann Heinrich Hermann "Dé" Kessler (11 August 1891 – 6 September 1943) was a Dutch football and cricket player.

Football

Kessler - along with brother Tonny and cousins Boeli and Dolf - played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. Kessler also won 21 caps for the Dutch national side between 1909 and 1922, scoring nine goals.^[1] After playing alongside each other in a match against England in March 1913, the Kessler brothers became the first brothers to represent the Netherlands together in an international match.^[2]

Cricket

Kessler played for the Netherlands national cricket team. He played five matches for them between 1921 and 1925, including two against the Free Foresters and one against the MCC.^[3] In August 1922 he scored a century against Ingoniti, scoring 100 not out in the second innings of the match.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Dé Kessler – International Appearances". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/dkessler-intlg.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
2. ^ "Kessler Brothers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/kesslers-intl.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
3. ^ Other matches played by JHH Kessler at CricketArchive
4. ^ Scorecard of Netherlands v Incogniti, 23 August 1922 at CricketArchive

External links

• (Dutch) Player profile at KNVB
• (Dutch) Player profile at VoetbalStats.nl

Persondata
Name	Kessler, De
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	11 August 1891
Place of birth	Garut, Dutch East Indies
Date of death	6 September 1943
Place of death	Netherlands