| Mervyn Kelaart | |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Fullname: | Allanson Mervyn Henry Kelaart |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Colombo, Ceylon |
| Death Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Family: | Ed Kelaart (brother) Ernie Kelaart (nephew) |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-pace |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 10 |
| Runs1: | 407 |
| Bat Avg1: | 20.35 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/1 |
| Top Score1: | 101 |
| Deliveries1: | 1479 |
| Wickets1: | 16 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 38.12 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/70 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 8/– |
| Date: | 26 September 2017 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/49527.html Cricinfo |
Allanson Mervyn Henry Kelaart (7 May 1908 – 2 February 1968) was a Ceylonese cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1932 and 1940. He scored Ceylon's first international century.
Mervyn Kelaart was a left-handed batsman who was particularly proficient at cutting and leg-glancing, and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.[1] At St. Joseph's College, Colombo, he headed both the batting and bowling averages.[2] On Ceylon's first tour, to India in 1932-33, batting at number three he scored a century in the first of the two matches against India, 101 out of Ceylon's total of 287. His brother Ed was Ceylon's captain in the match.[3] Mervyn also toured India in 1940-41.
Kelaart married Neliya Foenander in Colombo in June 1933. They had two daughters and two sons. In 1957 they moved to England, and in 1964 they moved to Australia.[4] [5]