Frank Kerr (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frank Kerr (cricketer)

New Zealander cricketer (1916-1943)

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1916

Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1943

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Frank Kerr (cricketer)

  • Frank Bevan Kerr (28 October 1916 – 24 July 1943) was a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) pilot who was killed in World War II.
  • He played first-class cricket for Otago. Kerr was born in Perth, Western Australia, to Gwendoline Lisle and H.
  • Douglas Kerr.
  • All his cricket, however, was played in New Zealand.
  • His first-class debut for Otago came when he was 18, against Canterbury during the 1934–35 Plunket Shield season.
  • A right-handed batsman, Kerr played another three Plunket Shield games the following season, as well as a match against the touring MCC team.
  • Against Auckland in the first match of the season, he scored 44 not out from eighth in the batting order, his highest first-class score.
  • Later in the season, he was promoted to third in the batting order, but had little success.
  • Kerr's final first-class matches came during the 1936–37 season, when he played three games for only 28 runs (at an average of 4.66).
  • His final high-level match for Otago, however, came against Canterbury in December 1942, though it did not have first-class status.By that time, Kerr was enlisted as a pilot officer in the RNZAF.
  • He was killed in the Solomon Islands in July 1943, as the co-pilot of a Lockheed Hudson flying a patrol between Bougainville and New Georgia.
  • The plane was attacked by eight Japanese Zeros, and was eventually forced to ditch near a small island off the coast of Vella Lavella.
  • The five crew, including Kerr, survived the ditching, but were afterward strafed by the Japanese, with only one member, Sgt.
  • Trevor Ganley, surviving.
  • Kerr was survived by his wife, Flora Margaret Mary Kerr.

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