Danny Kelleher

Daniel Kelleher

Personal information
Full name	Daniel John Michael Kelleher
Born	5 May 1966 Southwark, London, England
Died	12 December 1995 (aged 29) Barnhurst, Kent, England
Batting style	Right-hand
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Relations	Uncle, Harry
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1987–1991	Kent
Career statistics
Competition FC LA Matches 34 31 Runs scored 565 91 Batting average 15.27 9.10 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 Top score 53* 21 Balls bowled 4,906 1,489 Wickets 77 22 Bowling average 32.89 41.81 5 wickets in innings 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 6/109 3/16 Catches/stumpings 8/– 7/–
Source: Cricinfo.com, 7 July 2009

Daniel John Michael (Danny) Kelleher was a first-class cricketer.^[1]

Educated at St. Mary's Grammar School, Sidcup and Erith College of Technology, he represented Kent Schools at both cricket and rugby.

Spotted at Dartford CC, he joined Kent in 1985, for whom he would play all of his first-class matches. A right arm fast medium bowler and aggressive lower order batsman, he took 77 wickets and scored 565 runs in 34 games for the county.

During his début season in 1987, he took 6 for 109 against Somerset at Bath, figures which would be the best of his career. In 1988, he hit a forty-two ball fifty—including four sixes and five fours—against a touring West Indian side, having earlier taken the wicket of Richie Richardson.^[1]

Kelleher was released by Kent in 1991. He later signed a contract with Surrey but did not appear for them in first-class cricket.

He died by his own hand in 1995 at his home in Erith, Kent after overdosing on Prozac.^[2][3] He was a nephew of Harry Kelleher, who played for Northants and Surrey in the 1950s.

References

1. Kelleher, DJM profile at Cricinfo
2. "When the endgame becomes a matter of life or death" - Times Online
3. Chris Lewis - A Lost Talent, BBC Radio 5 Live 7 July 2009