Neil Kemsley

Jeremy Neil Kemsley (28 September 1933 — 16 February 2018) was an Australian-born Scottish first-class cricketer and badminton player.

Neil Kemsley

Personal information
Full name	Jeremy Neil Kemsley
Born	28 September 1933 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	16 February 2018(2018-02-16) (aged 84) Guernsey
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1955–1957	Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 8 Runs scored 285 Batting average 20.35 100s/50s 1/1 Top score 103 Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 June 2022

Kemsley was born at Melbourne in September 1933, but emigrated with his parents to Scotland as a child, where he was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School.^[1] Kemsley made his debut for Scotland in a first-class cricket match against Ireland at Dublin in 1955, with him making eight first-class appearances up to 1957.^[2] Kemsley scored 285 runs across these matches, at an average of 20.35;^[3] his highest score of 103 came against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Aberdeen in 1957, with Kemsley having scored an unbeaten century against the MCC in a minor two-day match at Lord's the previous season.^[1] His club cricket was for both Clydesdale Cricket Club in Glasgow and Grange Cricket Club in Edinburgh. Besides playing cricket, Kemsley represented Scotland in badminton.^[1] By profession, he was an accountant.^[4] He later moved to the island of Guernsey, where he died in February 2018.

References

1. Booth, Lawrence (2019). The Shorter Wisden 2019. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 267. ISBN 9781472963871.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Neil Kemsley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
3. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Neil Kemsley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
4. The Accountant's Magazine. Vol. 60. Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. 1956. p. 111.

External links

• Neil Kemsley at ESPNcricinfo