Gwilym Kessey

Gwilym Kessey

Personal information
Full name	Gwilym Taf Kessey
Born	(1919-01-13)13 January 1919 Meekatharra, Western Australia, Australia
Died	Perth, Australia
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1945–50	Western Australia
1946	Western Australia Combined XI
Career statistics
Competition F/C Matches 13 Runs scored 320 Batting average 21.33 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 60 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 19/7
Source: CricketArchive, 29 July 2011

Gwilym Taf Kessey (13 January 1919 – 25 June 1986) was an Australian cricketer who played thirteen first-class matches between 1945 and 1950 for Western Australian sides as a wicket-keeper. He made his debut for Western Australia in 1945 against the Australian Services cricket team, making 22* in his only innings. Kessey played in Western Australia's inaugural Sheffield Shield match in November 1947 against South Australia, making 12 runs batting at #8. He played one match for a Western Australia Combined XI featuring Test players Ian Johnson, Ken Meuleman, Bruce Dooland and Sid Barnes against the MCC in 1946, stumping Test cricketers Denis Compton and Bill Edrich. Overall, he played 13 first-class matches, scoring 320 runs with a highest score of 60, and making 26 dismissals. His identical twin daughters, Karen and Katherine Kessey, were both actresses.

See also

• List of Western Australia first-class cricketers