Otto Harvey Kelly was an Australia

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n sportsman who represented Western Australia

Western Warriors

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 as a first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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er and played for South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL). Kelly also played with East Fremantle

East Fremantle Football Club

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 and South Fremantle

South Fremantle Football Club

The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League...

 in the West Australian Football Association

West Australian Football League

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 (WAFA).

The eldest of three brothers in the VFL, Kelly participated in 16 of a possible 17 games in the 1902 season

1902 VFL season

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. His brother, Harvey

Harvey Kelly

Harvey "Duff" Kelly was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League ....

, was also with South Melbourne that year and his other brother Ernie

Ernie Kelly

Ernest Harvey "Ernie" Kelly was an Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Western Australian Football Association and Carlton in the Victorian Football League .-Career:...

 would later play at Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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. Along with Harvey, Kelly made his way to Western Australia

Western Australia

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 in 1903 and signed with East Fremantle. All three brothers were members of the 1904 East Fremantle premiership side. He switched to rival club South Fremantle in 1905 and played for them in three WAFA seasons.

As his football career was coming to an end, Kelly was at his peak as a cricket

Cricket

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er and made two appearances for Western Australia, both against New South Wales

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, in the 1906/07 cricket season. He played as a right handed top order batsman but could only manage scores of 23, 0, 13 and 4. In 1907/08 he was picked for his third and final first-class match, against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 from England. He scored 22 in the first innings, dismissed by Wilfred Rhodes

Wilfred Rhodes

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, and 13 not out in the second.

A nephew, Ernest Bromley

Ernest Bromley (cricketer)

Ernest Harvey Bromley was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1933 to 1934....

was the first Western Australian to play cricket for Australia.