Johann Heinrich Hermann "Dé" Kessler (11 August 1891 – 6 September 1943) was a Dutch football and cricket player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Johann Heinrich Hermann Kessler | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Garut, Dutch East Indies | ||
| Date of death | 6 September 1943 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Netherlands | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1904-1920 | HVV Den Haag | 328 | (121[1]) |
| International career | |||
| 1909–1922 | Netherlands | 21 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Football edit
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.[2] 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.[3]
Cricket edit
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.[4] In August 1922 he scored a century against Ingoniti, scoring 100 not out in the second innings of the match.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Daniël Voskamp bereikt opnieuw een magische grens in HVV 1". www.konhcvv.nl.
- ^ "Dé Kessler – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ "Kessler Brothers". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ Other matches played by JHH Kessler Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Netherlands v Incogniti, 23 August 1922 at CricketArchive
External links edit
- (in Dutch) Player profile at KNVB
- (in Dutch) Player profile at VoetbalStats.nl
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