John Adam Gaskell Kennard (8 November 1884 — 6 April 1949) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
[1] After leaving Harrow, he joined the British Army in September 1903, being commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Rifle Brigade.
[1] During the First World War, he was recommissioned into the Rifle Brigade as a second lieutenant and was confirmed in the rank in January 1915.
[4][5] In December 1914, he was afflicted with colitis and nerves and was hospitalised, resulting in him returning home to recuperate at his father's house in Upham, Hampshire.
[10] Following the war, Kennard represented Hampshire in two first-class cricket matches in the 1919 County Championship against Middlesex at Lord's and Surrey at The Oval.