Mervyn Kelaart was a left-handed batsman who was particularly proficient at cutting and leg-glancing, and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
[1] At St. Joseph's College, Colombo, he headed both the batting and bowling averages.
[2] On Ceylon's first tour, to India in 1932-33, batting at number three he scored a century in the first of the two matches against India, 101 out of Ceylon's total of 287.
His brother Ed was Ceylon's captain in the match.
Kelaart married Neliya Foenander in Colombo in June 1933.