Kenneth Roy Cumming (12 April 1916 – 11 October 1988) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield.

Cumming was one of only 24 survivors when Parramatta was torpedoed by the German submarine U-559 in the Mediterranean; abandoning ship and later being rescued by British destroyer HMS Avon Vale.

[3][4] Cumming, who hailed from the gold mining town of Coolgardie, continued his sporting career when he returned home and began putting in some good performances in first-grade cricket for Subiaco.

[5] An ankle injury kept him off the football field in 1945 but by the end of the year had made it into the state cricket team, playing as a right-arm opening bowler and number 11 batsman.

[6] He made his first-class debut for Western Australia in the 1945/46 season, against the Australian Services and claimed Keith Miller as his maiden wicket.