Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Isaiah Kershaw | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 27 October 1906||
Place of birth | New Zealand | ||
Date of death | 27 November 1997 | (aged 91)||
Place of death | New Zealand | ||
Position(s) | Centre-half/inside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Wellington Marist | |||
1932 | Seatoun | ||
1932–1935 | Wellington Marist | ||
International career | |||
1933 | New Zealand | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Isaiah Kershaw (27 October 1906 – 27 November 1997) was an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.[2]
Kershaw played three official A-international matches for the All Whites in 1933, all on tour against trans-Tasman neighbours Australia, the first a 2–4 loss on 5 June 1933, followed by a 4–6 loss and another 2–4 loss on 17 and 24 June respectively. Kershaw scored once in each of the first two games and twice in the third match for a total of 4 official international goals.[2][3][4]
After retiring from the game, Kershaw remained involved in the administrative side of the sport. He was a manager of the NZFA representative team which toured Australia in 1954 and an overseas NZFA tour in 1964[5] and served on the council of the New Zealand football association for 15 years, becoming its chairman from 1959 to 1963.[6]