| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Keith Linney | |||
| Born | 26 August 1912 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Died | 12 October 1992 (aged 80) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
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| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Left-arm medium-pace | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Relations | Father George | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1931–1937 | Somerset | |||
| First-class debut | 6 May 1931 Somerset v Hampshire | |||
| Last First-class | 25 June 1937 Somerset v Essex | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 32 | |||
| Runs scored | 576 | |||
| Batting average | 14.40 | |||
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | |||
| Top score | 60 | |||
| Balls bowled | 222 | |||
| Wickets | 2 | |||
| Bowling average | 59.50 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | |||
| Best bowling | 1/9 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 9/– | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, 7 July 2010 | ||||
Charles Keith Linney (26 August 1912 – 12 October 1992) played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1931 to 1937.[1] He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. His father George, who was born in Guildford, Surrey and died in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, played first-class cricket in one match for Tasmania.
Linney was a left-handed middle or lower order batsman and an occasional left-arm medium pace bowler. Linney had only one season for regular cricket as a professional player, 1931, when he appeared in 19 matches for Somerset and scored 395 first-class runs at an average of 17.17.[2] His one score of more than 50 was an innings of 60 against Surrey at Taunton.[3] In Somerset's mobile and amateur-dominated batting line-up of the 1930s, Linney's next home match after this success saw him batting at No 10 in the order.[4] Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1932 noted that Linney played some "bright innings".[5] But after this one season he played only occasionally: seven matches in 1932, one in 1934 and five in 1937, and in none of these matches did he achieve any notable success.[2]