Charlie Kerr (cricketer)

Allen Kerr

Personal information
Full name	Allen Charles Kerr
Born	(1906-06-13)13 June 1906 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 November 1985(1985-11-28) (aged 79) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Relations	Alec Kerr (father)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1941/42–1945/46	Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 14 Runs scored 686 Batting average 32.66 100s/50s 1/4 Top score 122 Balls bowled 2,910 Wickets 37 Bowling average 29.89 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/55 Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 June 2016

Allen Charles Kerr (13 June 1906 – 28 November 1985) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 14 first-class matches for Auckland and other teams in New Zealand between 1941 and 1946.^[1] He also played for Green Lane.^[2] He was an all-rounder.^[3]

Kerr was the son of Auckland cricketer Alec Kerr and was born at Mudgee, New South Wales, in 1906. He scored a century on his first-class debut for Auckland against Wellington in February 1942 as well as taking five wickets in the match.^[4] Against Wellington in February 1945 he took 5 for 55 and 4 for 37 with his off-spin.^[5]

Following his death in 1985 an obituary was published in the 1986 edition of the New Zealand Cricket Almanack and the main stand at the Auckland Domain ground was named in his honour.^[6]

References

1. "Allen Kerr". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
2. "Charlie Kerr". The Auckland Star. 17 March 1945. p 19.
3. "Charlie Kerr . . . best all rounder". The Auckland Star. 28 April 1945. p 20.
4. "Auckland v Wellington 1941-42". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
5. "Auckland v Wellington 1944-45". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
6. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 76. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)

• "Farewell to Kerr". Auckland Star. 17 December 1942. p 7.
• "Domain Games: Kerr misses 100". Auckland Star. 15 November 1943. p 5.
• "Hit For Sixes: Aggressive Wellington Batsmen Punish Charlie Kerr". The Auckland Star. 31 March 1945. Latest Sporting. p 4.
• "Kerr in the Runs" in "Suburban Opening . . . Solid Seventy To Kerr . . .". The Auckland Star. 28 October 1944. Latest Sporting. p 1.
• "A Coming Man" in "With Bat and Ball". The Sun, Auckland. 30 November 1927. p 7.
• "All-Round Excellence". The Auckland Star. 14 October 1938. p 17.
• "Bright Cricket Assured". Northern Advocate. 3 April 1947. p 2.
• Square-Leg. "Baker Cup Cricket in Tauranga". Bay of Plenty Times. 21 January 1949. p 5.

External links

• Charlie Kerr at ESPNcricinfo