Ernest Alexander Kruskopf (3 February 1919 – 20 January 1981) was a New Zealand

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er. He played two first-class matches for

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in the 1944–45 season. Kruskopf was born at Lawrence in

in 1919.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 77. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. He played club cricket in Dunedin as a bowler before making his representative debut for the provincial side in December 1944, playing against Canterbury at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. He took a single wicket on debut before going wicketless in Otago's next match later in the month against Wellington at Carisbrook. He batted at the tail and scored 18 runs, with a highest score of nine not out.Ernest Kruskopf
CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2023. Kruskopf worked as a civil servant. During World War II he served in the

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.Ernest Alexander Kruskopf
Online Cenotaph,

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. Retrieved 31 May 2023. He died in 1981 at Invercargill at the age of 61.

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* 1919 births 1981 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Otago People from Lawrence, New Zealand {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1910s-stub