| John Kenny | |
| Birth Date: | 7 October 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Year1: | 1911/12 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Onetype1: | true |
| Debutdate1: | 23 December |
| Debutyear1: | 1911 |
| Debutfor1: | Otago |
| Debutagainst1: | Canterbury |
| Date: | 15 May |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37557.html ESPNcricinfo |
John Kenny (7 October 1883 - 15 April 1937) was a New Zealand businessman and cricketer. He played a single first-class match for Otago during the 1911–12 season.[1]
Kenny was born at Dunedin in 1883.[2] He played club cricket primarily for the Opoho club in the city, although he had also played for Grange and Dunedin Cricket Clubs.[3] His only senior representative fixture was a December 1911 Plunket Shield match against Canterbury at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. Opening the batting, Kenny scored 11 runs in his first innings and recorded a duck in his second. Later in the season he played in Otago's annual match against Southland, a match not considered first-class during this season, and also played in the fixture the following year.[4] He is known to have played at least twice more for the provincial side and was described after his death as "a familiar figure in cricketing circles" in Dunedin.[3]
Professionally Kenny worked as a brass moulder, eventually setting up his own company in Dunedin.[3] He died in April 1937 after being hit by a runaway tram car outside his home in Dunedin.[2] [3] [5] He was aged 53.[1]