Gus Kelly

Infobox Old Cricketer


nationality = Irish
country = Ireland
country abbrev = Ire
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngname = Gus Kelly
batting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Right-arm fast
FCs = 26
FC runs = 614
FC bat avg = 16.59
FC 100s/50s = 0/1
FC top score = 52
FC balls = 2567
FC wickets = 55
FC bowl avg = 22.85
FC 5s = 2
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 5/32
FC catches/stumpings = 10/0
debut date = 23 May
debut year = 1901
last date = 16 July
last year = 1914
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26796/26796.html Cricket Archive

Gustavus William Francis Blake "Gus" Kelly (2 April 1877 in Dublin, Ireland – 16 August 1951 in County Roscommon, Ireland) [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26796/26796.html Cricket Archive profile] ] was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler, he played 18 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1895 and 1914 [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire149.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ] including nine first-class matches. He also played first-class cricket for Oxford University and the MCC. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26796/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Gus Kelly] at Cricket Archive]

Playing career

Kelly made his debut for Ireland against Surrey in August 1895. He played twice more for Ireland that month, including a match against the MCC at Lord's, but it would be six years before he again featured in high-level cricket.

He made his first-class debut playing for Oxford University against Surrey in May 1901. He played for the university against Somerset the following month, before returning to the Ireland side to play against South Africa. He played four more first-class matches for Oxford University that year, gaining his blue when he played against Cambridge University in July.

He played ten first-class matches for Oxford University in 1902, including a matches against his native Ireland and the touring Australian team, and returned to the Ireland team for a match against London County in June 1903. He played three more times for Ireland before he made his first-class debut for them against Yorkshire in May 1907. He also played for Ireland against South Africa that year.

His appearances for Ireland were sporadic over the rest of his career, playing against Philadelphia (twice) and Yorkshire in 1908, against Scotland in 1910 and 1911 before he played a first-class match for the MCC against Oxford University in June 1912. He played for Ireland against South Africa that year, and played twice more against Scotland before his career came to an end in July 1914.

tatistics

In all matches for Ireland, Kelly scored 204 runs at an average of 8.87 with a top score of 30 against South Africa in June 1901. He took 41 wickets at an average of 17.12, with a best innings bowling performance of 5/42 against Scotland in July 1910, the only time he took five wickets in an innings for Ireland.

Relations

Kelly came from a cricketing family. Two of his sons, Achey and Gustavus, both played for Ireland, as did his brother-in-law Dan Comyn.

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