Kevin Emery

Kevin St John Dennis Emery (born 28 February 1960) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Emery was born at Swindon in February 1960. He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Wiltshire against the Somerset Second XI in the 1978 Minor Counties Championship, later making eight appearances in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship. Having graduated from the University of Bristol with an economics degree, he briefly trialled with Gloucestershire, while in 1981 he signed a summer contract with Worcestershire, but did not play for their first eleven.

Emery then came to the attention of Hampshire, making his debut in first-class cricket for the county against Leicestershire at Southampton in the 1982 County Championship. Making 24 first-class appearances in his debut season, His best innings figures came against Glamorgan at Portsmouth, with Emery taking 6 for 51, and ten wickets across the match. His 83 wickets was the most by taken by a bowler in their debut season since Derek Underwood in 1963. His success in 1982 saw him selected to playing for England B against the touring Pakistanis. In these, he took 27 wickets at an average of 24.25, with one five wicket haul against Essex. There was speculation that he could be selected for England's winter tour of Australia and New Zealand following the 1982 season. After the conclusion of the season, he was named Under-23 Bowler of the Year. In six first-class matches in 1983, In 1986, he signed a one-year contract with Warwickshire, having rejected an approach from Somerset. However, injury meant he did not play for the first eleven and was subsequently released alongside nine other players at the end of the 1986 season. He returned to playing minor counties cricket for Wiltshire, appearing in nine Minor Counties Championship matches from 1986 to 1988,