Question: What sport was played by Gwilym Kessey and Sid Barnes between 1945 and 1948?

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Katherine Kessey: Katherine Glyn Kessey (born 28 January 1946) is an Australian actress.  She is the wife of British actor Bill Treacher.  Their son Jamie Treacher is also an actor.  She was born in Perth, Western Australia, with her father, Gwilym Kessey, having played cricket for Western Australia.  She made her television debut in 1966 as a twin daughter in "Nelson: A Study in Miniature" with her twin sister, Karen Kessey, playing the other twin daughter.  They also appeared in the Australian TV play "All Fall Down".

Ron Sands: Ronald Francis "Ron" Sands (16 September 1921 – 5 September 1995) was an Australian cricketer who played a single first-class match for Western Australia.  Born in Perth, Sands enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy in December 1940, and served at the rank of able seaman until October 1942, when he was discharged.  He subsequently re-enlisted in the Australian Army in May 1943, and served as a driver in the Service Corps until the end of the war.  After leaving the military, Sands took up playing for Subiaco in the WACA grade cricket competition, playing as a wicket-keeper.  In February 1948, he was selected to play for Western Australia against India during their 1947–48 tour of Australia, having been considered a potential longterm replacement for Gwilym Kessey at state level.  In the match, held at the WACA Ground, Sands was dismissed cheaply in both innings, and took two catches, one in each innings.  This was to be his only first-class match.  For the 1948–49 season, Sands switched to play for Midland–Guildford, having been appointed the club's captain-coach.  In February 1950, he moved to New South Wales in an attempt to play Sydney grade cricket for the St George Cricket Club.  Sands was unsuccessful, and returned to Western Australian and Midland–Guildford for the 1951–52 season.  In later years, he gave up the position of wicket-keeper, and played solely as a batsman.  Sands died in Nedlands in September 1995.

Sid Thomas: Sid Thomas ((1919--)12 1919 – ) was a Welsh international footballer midfielder.  He was part of the Wales national football team between 1947 and 1948, playing 4 matches.  He played his first match on 18 October 1947 against England and his last match on 23 October 1948 against Scotland.  At club level, he played for Fulham between 1938 and 1950, playing 61 matches, scoring 4 goals.

Gwilym Kessey: Gwilym Taf Kessey (13 January 1919 – 25 June 1986) was an Australian cricketer who played thirteen first-class matches between 1945 and 1950 for Western Australian sides as a wicket-keeper.  He made his debut for Western Australia in 1945 against the Australian Services cricket team, making 22* in his only innings.  Kessey played in Western Australia's inaugural Sheffield Shield match in November 1947 against South Australia, making 12 runs batting at #8.  He played one match for a Western Australia Combined XI featuring Test players Ian Johnson, Ken Meuleman, Bruce Dooland and Sid Barnes against the MCC in 1946, stumping Test cricketers Denis Compton and Bill Edrich.  Overall, he played 13 first-class matches, scoring 320 runs with a highest score of 60, and making 26 dismissals.  His identical twin daughters, Karen and Katherine Kessey, were both actresses.

1946–47 Ashes series: The 1946–47 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches, each of six days with five hours play each day and eight ball overs.  Unlike pre-war Tests in Australia, matches were not timeless and played to a finish.  It formed part of the MCC tour of Australia in 1946–47 and England played its matches outside the Tests in the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club.  The England team was led by the veteran Wally Hammond and his vice-captain Norman Yardley with the strong batting line up of Len Hutton, Cyril Washbrook, Bill Edrich, Denis Compton and Joe Hardstaff, but a weak bowling attack that relied on pre-war bowlers like the 37-year-old Bill Voce of Bodyline fame and the mercurial leg-spinner Doug Wright.  The two successes of the tour were the newly capped Alec Bedser, who would carry the England bowling attack until 1955, and Godfrey Evans who would be England's first choice wicketkeeper until 1959.  England had drawn the Victory Tests 2-2 in 1945 and were thought to be equal in strength, but Hammond lost 3-0 to Don Bradman's Australian team which had only two other pre-war players - Lindsay Hassett and Sid Barnes, who had played 5 Tests between them - and was packed with fresh talent in the shape of Arthur Morris, Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall, Colin McCool, Ernie Toshack and Don Tallon.  There were several controversial umpiring decisions which assumed greater significance as they favoured Australia and in particular Don Bradman.

Sid Barnes with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948: Sid Barnes with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948

Sid Barnes: Sidney George Barnes (5 June 1916 – 16 December 1973) was an Australian cricketer and cricket writer, who played 13 Test matches between 1938 and 1948.  Able to open the innings or bat down the order, Barnes was regarded as one of Australia's finest batsmen in the period immediately following the Second World War.  He helped create an enduring record when scoring 234 in the second Test against England at Sydney in December 1946; exactly the same score as his captain, Don Bradman, in the process setting a world-record 405 run fifth wicket partnership.  Barnes averaged 63.05 over 19 innings in a career that, like those of most of his contemporaries, was interrupted by the Second World War.

Ernie Crossan: Ernest Eric Crossan (3 November 1915 – 10 August 2009) was an Australian cricketer.  Having played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler for New South Wales from 1937 to 1946, Crossan was at the time of his death the last surviving New South Wales player to have appeared for the team before the Second World War.  "He was the last link to an era of great players, including former Australian representatives, Stan McCabe, Bill O'Reilly, Bert Oldfield, Sid Barnes, Arthur Chipperfield and Jack Fingleton, who all played alongside Ern in his debut match in 1937" wrote David Gilbert, Chief Executive of the club.

Sport-Informations-Dienst: Sport-Informations-Dienst GmbH (SID) ("Sport Information Service") is a German news agency.  Based in Cologne, it has grown to be a major sport news agencie.  It was founded on 15 September 1945.  In 1998 the Sport-Informations-Dienst became a subsidiary of the Agence France-Presse.

Russ Reader: Russell "Big Daddy" Reader Jr. (June 26, 1923 – August 12, 1995) was an American football player.  Reader was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan and graduated from Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan.  After graduating from Dearborn High School, Reader enrolled at the University of Michigan where he was a member of Fritz Crisler's 1941 Michigan Wolverines football team.  After World War II, Reader enrolled at Michigan State University and played at the halfback position for the Spartans football team in 1946 and 1947.  Reader was considered a triple-threat player, as he handled rushing, passing and kicking duties for the Spartans.  In November 1945, he led the Spartans to a 33–0 win over the Penn State Nittany Lions, as he threw two touchdown passes and also caught a touchdown pass.  He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 21st round (195th overall pick) in the 1947 NFL Draft.  Simkus played in two games for the Bears in the 1947 NFL season, and began the 1948 season with the Bears as an understudy for Sid Luckman at the quarterback position.  He was also a renowned swimmer and diver.  He started the 1949 season with the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League and finished the season playing for the Windsor Bulldogs in the Canadian American Football League.  Reader died in 1995 at age 72 while living in Milford, Michigan.

Supporting paragraphs: Gwilym Kessey Sid Barnes
Answer: cricket