Kerr Earns His First Cap

By Matthew Jones
May 28 2003

Brian Kerr earned himself his first international cap last night at the age of 21. A regular of Scotland U21's, he made a first team appearance 8 minutes from time putting together a few nice passes before the final whistle.

Newcastle United midfielder Brian Kerr won his first senior Scotland cap last night, in Scotlands 1-1 draw against New Zealand at Tynecastle.

Kerr started the game on the bench, and made his appearence eight minutes from time as a substitute for Celtic's Jackie McNamara. At the age for 21, this was Kerr's first international bow.

He became the 48th different player to be used during Berti Vogts spell in charge of Scotland. He contributed a couple of nice touches before the final whistle.

The Scots went ahead in the opening 45 minutes, through Stevie Crawford's header, but New Zealand dominated the second-half and grabbed a deserved equalizer from defender Ryan Nelsen two minutes after half-time.

Kerr already knows he will not be involved in next month's Euro 2004 qualifier against Germany, returning to the Under-21 squad instead.

Both of the Caldwell's did not feature in last night's match.