John Kelly (Lancashire and Derbyshire cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Lancashire and Derbyshire cricketer
Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1922
Place of Birth: Bacup, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 13-Nov-1979
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John Kelly (Lancashire and Derbyshire cricketer)
- John Martin Kelly (19 March 1922 – 13 November 1979) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire from 1947 to 1949 and for Derbyshire from 1950 to 1960. Kelly was born at Bacup, Lancashire.
- He was playing for Bacup as a teenager in 1938 and 1939, and again in 1946 after World War II.
- Also in 1946 he played a match for Lancashire second XI.
- For the next three years at Lancashire he played mainly for the second team, but made a first-class appearance against Hampshire in August when he scored a duck.
- He played two first-class games in 1948, retiring hurt against Derbyshire.
- He played three county championship matches in 1949 and started to make reasonable scores but left Lancashire at the end of the season.
- For Lancashire he played 11 innings in 6 first-class matches with an average of 18.75 and a top score of 58.
- He bowled just two overs. Kelly made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1950 season against Surrey when he made 74 in his second innings.
- He was to play full seasons for the club until 1959 making nearly 9,500 runs.
- In 1950 he scored 130 against Essex .
- He made 116 against Hampshire in the 1954 season.
- In the 1956 season he made his top score of 131 against Middlesex and 104 against Yorkshire.
- He scored four centuries in the 1957 season with 106 against Yorkshire, 109 not out against Glamorgan, 113 against Gloucestershire and 127 against Leicestershire.
- In the 1959 season he made 113 not out against Nottinghamshire.
- He played for Derbyshire second XI in the 1960 season, apart from one match against Yorkshire.
- In 1962 he was playing for Bacup again. Kelly was a right-hand batsman and played 437 innings in 259 first-class matches with an average of 23.56 and a top score of 131 among nine centuries.
- He bowled about 34 overs and took one wicket for an average of 103.00.Kelly died at Rochdale at the age of 57.
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