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
Born28 September 1933
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died16 February 2018(2018-02-16) (aged 84)
Guernsey
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1955–1957Scotland
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

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
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