Raymond James Kemp (6 April 1918 – 27 December 1994) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1946 to 1949.
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| Full name | Raymond James Kemp | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1918 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 December 1994 (aged 76) Upper Hutt, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| 1945/46–1949/50 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Kemp was a right-handed batsman. He had his best season in 1947–48, when after scoring 209 not out, 143 and 279 in non-first-class matches for Hutt Valley he was selected to play in Wellington's last match of the Plunket Shield, and scored 152 against Auckland; he took part in consecutive century partnerships with Eric Dempster and Alan McLean.[1][2] He was selected to represent the North Island later that season and made 59 and 5 in the North Island's narrow victory over the South Island.[3]
Kemp played five first-class matches over the next two seasons without success.[4] He continued to have success with Hutt Valley, helping them to win the Hawke Cup for the first time in December 1948 and retain it until April 1950.[5][6]
Kemp served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War II, stationed in the New Hebrides.[7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ Arthur H. Carman & Noel S. Macdonald (eds), The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand, Sporting Publications, Wellington, 1948, p. 23.
- ^ "Auckland v Wellington 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "South Island v North Island 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Jimmy Kemp". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Hawke Cup 1948/49". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Hawke Cup 1949/50". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Cricket Starts". Evening Post: 11. 25 October 1941.
- ^ "Births". Evening Post: 1. 5 April 1944.
- ^ "Football in New Hebrides". Northern Advocate: 4. 30 June 1944.