Country: | Scotland |
Fullname: | Michael Kerrigan |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1931 |
Birth Place: | Perth, Perthshire, Scotland |
Death Place: | Perth, Perthshire, Scotland |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Club1: | Scotland |
Year1: | 1954 - 1961 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 12 |
Runs1: | 84 |
Bat Avg1: | 6.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 18 |
Deliveries1: | 2,737 |
Wickets1: | 39 |
Bowl Avg1: | 22.87 |
Fivefor1: | 2 |
Tenfor1: | 1 |
Best Bowling1: | 7/84 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
Date: | 29 June |
Year: | 2022 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/michael-kerrigan-25258 Cricinfo |
Michael Kerrigan (8 November 1931 — 5 September 1996) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
Kerrigan was born at Perth in November 1931 and was educated at Abbey School. A club cricketer for Perthshire Cricket Club,[1] Kerrigan made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Derbyshire at Buxton as part of Scotland's 1954 tour of England, with him also playing against the touring Pakistanis later in the season;[2] later in August 1954, Kerrigan and two passengers survived a car accident in Perth.[3] He was a regular member of the Scottish side of the 1950s, making 10 first-class appearances during that decade, followed by a further two against Ireland in 1960 and 1961.[2] Playing as a slow left-arm orthodox spinner in the Scotland side, Kerrigan took 39 wickets in his twelve first-class matches at an average of 22.87.[4] He took two five wicket hauls in first-class cricket, the first coming in 1955 and the second, which saw his best innings figures of 7 for 84, coming against Ireland in 1960;[5] it was in this match that he took a further three wickets to give him his only ten-wicket haul in a match.[6]
Kerrigan collapsed while playing golf with a friend at Murrayshall and subsequently died at the Perth Royal Infirmary on 5 September 1996.[1]