Ken Funston

{{Short description|South African cricketer (1925–2005)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ken Funston

| image = Ken_Funston_1952.jpg

| caption = Funston in 1952

| birth_date={{birth date|1925|12|3|df=y}}

| death_date={{death date and age|2005|4|15|1925|12|3|df=y}}

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 19

| runs1 = 824

| bat avg1 = 25.75

| 100s/50s1 = 0/5

| top score1 = 92

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 7/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 84

| runs2 = 4,164

| bat avg2 = 30.39

| 100s/50s2 = 5/23

| top score2 = 160

| deliveries2 = 48

| wickets2 = 2

| bowl avg2 = 21.50

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 2/32

| catches/stumpings2= 36/–

| international = true

| country = South Africa

| testdebutagainst = Australia

| testdebutdate = 5 December

| testdebutyear = 1952

| lasttestdate = 28 February

| lasttestagainst = Australia

| lasttestyear = 1958

| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45081.html Cricinfo

| date = 11 August

| year = 2021

}}

Kenneth James Funston (3 December 1925 – 15 April 2005) was a South African cricketer who played in 18 Test matches between 1952 and 1958.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/947/947.html| title = Ken Funston | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2012-02-19}}

His son, Graham, played first-class cricket in South Africa in the 1970s.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13482/13482.html Graham Funston at Cricket Archive]