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Dé Kessler

Johann Heinrich Hermann "" Kessler (11 August 1891 – 6 September 1943) was a Dutch football and cricket player.

Football

Kessler - along with brother Tonny and cousins Boeli and Dolf - played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag. Kessler also won 21 caps for the Dutch national side between 1909 and 1922, scoring nine goals.[2] After playing alongside each other in a match against England in March 1913, the Kessler brothers became the first brothers to represent the Netherlands together in an international match.[3]

Cricket

Kessler played for the Netherlands national cricket team. He played five matches for them between 1921 and 1925, including two against the Free Foresters and one against the MCC.[4] In August 1922 he scored a century against Ingoniti, scoring 100 not out in the second innings of the match.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Daniël Voskamp bereikt opnieuw een magische grens in HVV 1". www.konhcvv.nl.
  2. ^ "Dé Kessler – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Kessler Brothers". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  4. ^ Other matches played by JHH Kessler Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
  5. ^ Scorecard of Netherlands v Incogniti, 23 August 1922 at CricketArchive

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