title: Ernest Kruskopf
text: # Ernest Kruskopf
  
  Ernest Alexander Kruskopf (3 February 1919 – 20 January 1981) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago in the 1944–45 season.
  
  Kruskopf was born at Lawrence in Otago in 1919. He played club cricket in Dunedin as a bowler before making his representative debut for the provincial side in December 1944, playing against Canterbury at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. He took a single wicket on debut before going wicketless in Otago's next match later in the month against Wellington at Carisbrook. He batted at the tail and scored 18 runs, with a highest score of nine not out.
  
  Kruskopf worked as a civil servant. During World War II he served in the New Zealand Engineers. He died in 1981 at Invercargill at the age of 61.
  
  