Personal information | ||||
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
Bowling style | - | |||
International information | ||||
National side | English | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
Matches | 2 | 397 | ||
Runs scored | 57 | 24276 | ||
Batting average | 14.25 | 39.53 | ||
100s/50s | -/- | 54/119 | ||
Top score | 25 | 312* | ||
Balls bowled | - | 164 | ||
Wickets | - | 2 | ||
Bowling average | - | 51.50 | ||
5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
10 wickets in match | - | - | ||
Best bowling | - | 2/16 | ||
Catches/stumpings | -/- | 76/- | ||
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William Walter Keeton (April 30, 1905, Shirebrook, Derbyshire – October 10, 1980, Forest Town, Nottinghamshire) was an English cricketer who played in two Tests in 1934 and 1939. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1940 and played first-class cricket between 1926 and 1952 for Nottinghamshire.
He also played professional soccer for Nottingham Forest and Sunderland.
He scored a century against every other first-class county and his 312 not out made in just under eight hours against Middlesex at the Oval in 1939 is still a record for the Nottinghamshire team. Middlesex had to 'borrow' Surrey's ground because Eton were playing Harrow at Lord's, hence the unusual location. A prolific opener who made 54 first-class hundreds (including that treble and six doubles), he was unlucky to appear only twice for England.