John Kenny (7 October 1883 – 15 April 1937) was a New Zealand businessman and cricketer. He played a single first-class match for Otago during the 1911–12 season.John Kenny, CricInfo. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
Kenny was born at Dunedin in 1883.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 76. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He played club cricket primarily for the Opoho club in the city, although he had also played for Grange and Dunedin Cricket Clubs.Runaway Tram, Otago Daily Times, issue 23166, 16 April 1937, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 8 November 2023.) His only senior representative fixture was a December 1911 Plunket Shield match against Canterbury at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. Opening the batting, Kenny scored 11 runs in his first innings and recorded a duck in his second. Later in the season he played in Otago's annual match against Southland, a match not considered first-class during this season, and also played in the fixture the following year.John Kenny, CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 November 2023. He is known to have played at least twice more for the provincial team and was described after his death as "a familiar figure in cricketing circles" in Dunedin.
Professionally Kenny worked as a brass moulder, eventually setting up his own company in Dunedin. He died in April 1937 after being hit by a runaway tram car outside his home in Dunedin.Dunedin Tram Tragedy, Mt Benger Mail, 21 April 1937, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 8 November 2023.) He was aged 53.
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