John Kerr (Scottish cricketer)

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John Kerr Scotland (SCO)

Batting style	Right handed batsman
Bowling type	Right-arm slow
First-class record
Matches	32
Runs scored	1975
Batting average	37.26
100s/50s	4/10
Top score	178*
Balls bowled	298
Wickets	7
Bowling average	36.00
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best Bowling	2-48
Catches/Stumpings	31/0
First class debut: -, 1908 Last first class game: -, 1933 Source: [1]

John Kerr (April 8, 1885 - December 27, 1972) was a Scottish cricketer from Greenock.

A right handed batsman, Kerr represented Scotland for 26 years and is their longest serving player of all time. His unbeaten 178 against Ireland in Dublin remained a national record for 3 decades until it was passed by James Aitchison. Aitchison was also the man to pass his record tally of 1975 runs for Scotland. Kerr played club cricket for Greenock and scored 21558 runs for them and made 49 hundreds.