Dé Kessler
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Johann Heinrich Hermann Kessler | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Garut, Dutch East Indies | ||
| Date of death | 6 September 1943 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Netherlands | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1904-1920 | HVV Den Haag | 328 | (121[1]) |
| International career | |||
| 1909–1922 | Netherlands | 21 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Johann Heinrich Hermann "Dé" Kessler (11 August 1891 – 6 September 1943) was a Dutch football and cricket player.
Football
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Daniël Voskamp bereikt opnieuw een magische grens in HVV 1". www.konhcvv.nl.
- ^ "Dé Kessler – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ "Kessler Brothers". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ Other matches played by JHH Kessler Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Netherlands v Incogniti, 23 August 1922 at CricketArchive
External links
[edit]- (in Dutch) Player profile at KNVB
- (in Dutch) Player profile at VoetbalStats.nl
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