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Full name | Raymond James Kemp | ||||||||||||||
Born | Wellington, New Zealand | 6 April 1918||||||||||||||
Died | 27 December 1994 Upper Hutt, New Zealand | (aged 76)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1945–46 to 1949–50 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 30 December 2023 |
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.
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]