 He is the uncle of the former Kent cricketer Danny Kelleher.Kelleher was a right-arm fast-medium bowler with a whippy bowling action and a tail-end left-handed batsman.Having played for the second team since 1952 in the Minor Counties, he made a sensational first-class debut for Surrey at the age of 26 in 1955, taking five Worcestershire wickets for 23 runs in the first innings of the match at The Oval and following that up with five for 50 in the second innings for match figures of 10–73.