John Kelly (Nottinghamshire cricketer)
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John "Jack" Kelly, born on 15 September 1930 at Conisbrough
, Yorkshire
, played first-class
cricket
for Nottinghamshire
from 1953 to 1957. He later played Minor Counties cricket for Devon
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Kelly was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler. In three seasons, 1953, 1954 and 1956, he played in around half of Nottinghamshire's matches.
Conisbrough
Conisbrough is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is located roughly midway between Doncaster and Rotherham, and is built alongside the River Don at...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, played first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
for Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws...
from 1953 to 1957. He later played Minor Counties cricket for Devon
Devon County Cricket Club
Devon County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Devon and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....
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Kelly was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler. In three seasons, 1953, 1954 and 1956, he played in around half of Nottinghamshire's matches.