Born in Ireland, brought up in England, Thomas Kelly emigrated to Australia in 1863 when he was 19. His first match was for George Parr's touring side in 1863-64, and he appeared regularly for Victoria for the next 17 seasons. He made two Test appearances, in the second Test in 1876-77 and in the only match in 1877-78. A capable right-hand batsman, Kelly was regarded as one of the finest point fielders of his generation. He is also credited with being the first man to wear a blazer in Australia.
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Thomas Kelly Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	2	3	0	64	35	21.33	0	0	0	1	0
FC	16	28	1	543	86	20.11	0	5	-	20	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
FC	16	-	16	2	0	-	-	-	0.75	-	0	0	0

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Debut/Last Matches of Thomas Kelly

Test Matches

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Debut

Australia vs England at Melbourne - March 31 - April 04, 1877

Last

Australia vs England at Melbourne - January 02 - 04, 1879

FC Matches

Span

1863/64 - 1882/83

Recent Matches of Thomas Kelly

Match	Bat	Date	Ground	Format
Victoria vs	20 & 14	17-Nov-1882	Melbourne	FC
Australia vs England	10	02-Jan-1879	Melbourne	Test # 3
Australia vs England	19 & 35	31-Mar-1877	Melbourne	Test # 2
Victoria vs Tasmania	3 & 8*	24-Feb-1871	Melbourne	FC
Victoria vs NSW	1 & 3	04-Mar-1869	Sydney	FC

News and Features about Thomas Kelly

Cleary & Cosgrove debut for Redbacks

The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) has named the teams who will travel to Brisbane next week to take on the Queensland Bulls in ING and Pura Cup matches.

10-Jan-2003•South Australian Cricket Association