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Daniel John Michael Kelleher (5 May 1966 – 12 December 1995) was an English professional cricketer.

Kelleher was born at Southwark in London in May 1966. He was educated at St. Mary's Grammar School, Sidcup and Erith College of Technology and represented Kent Schools at both cricket and Rugby union.

Spotted at Dartford Cricket Club, he joined Kent County Cricket Club in 1985. 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 wickets for 109 runs against Somerset at Bath, figures which would be the best of his career. In 1988, he hit a 42 ball fifty—including four sixes and five fours—against a touring West Indian side.

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 coached in Argentina in late 1994 and returned to England, where he contacted several counties requesting a trial, but received no responses.

He died in December 1995 at his home in Barnehurst after overdosing on Prozac. He was a nephew of Harry Kelleher, who played for Northants and Surrey in the 1950s.

References

1. ^ Kelleher, DJM profile at Cricinfo
2. ^ Frith, David (2001). Silence of the Heart - Cricket Suicides. Edinburgh, Scotland: Mainstream Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 184018406X.
3. "When the endgame becomes a matter of life or death" - Times Online
4. Chris Lewis - A Lost Talent Archived 9 July 2012 at archive.today, BBC Radio 5 Live 7 July 2009

External links

Danny Kelleher at ESPNcricinfo

• 1966 births
• 1995 suicides
• 1995 deaths
• English cricketers
• Kent cricketers
• People from Southwark
• Cricketers from the London Borough of Southwark
• Drug-related suicides in England
• Sportspeople who died by suicide