David Kennedy (cricketer)

Kennedy was born in July 1890 in Uddingston.^[1] Educated at Uddingston Grammar School and Jordanhill Teacher Training College, he became a schoolteacher at Townhead School after graduating from the latter.^[1]

Kennedy made his debut in first-class cricket representing Scotland against Ireland at Observatory Lane on 16 July 1914.^[2] He scored 11 runs during the match.^[3] At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Kennedy enlisted in the Glasgow Commercials of the Highland Light Infantry and soon rose to the rank of sergeant.^[1] Shortly afterwards he was sent to the frontline in France, he was killed on 1 July 1916 at the Leipzig Salient on the first day on the Somme.^[4] He was buried at Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille.^[5]

• McCrery, Nigel (2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1-47382-714-1.