Michael Keeling
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| Full name | Michael Edward Allis Keeling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 November 1925 Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 July 2017 (aged 91) Battle, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948–1949 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 March 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Edward Allis Keeling (6 November 1925 – 28 July 2017) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Sir John Keeling, he was born at Westminster in November 1925.[1] He was educated at Eton College, before briefly serving as a second lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards following the Second World War in October 1945.[2] After serving in Allied-occupied Germany, he returned to England, where he went up to Christ Church, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket on four occasions for Oxford University in 1948–49.[4] He scored 67 runs in his four matches for Oxford, with a high score of 40.[5] He also toured Ireland with the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1948, playing a single first-class match against the Ireland cricket team at Dublin.[4]
He took part in the Keeling family tradition of fielding a cricket eleven formed of members of the Keeling family, with the family playing an annual match against the village of Sedlescombe.[1] Keeling died in July 2017 at Battle, Sussex.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bodkin, Henry (29 August 2016). "Cricketing 'history' made as single family makes up entire team". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "No. 37332". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 October 1945. p. 5325.
- ^ "Player profile: Michael Keeling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Michael Keeling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Michael Keeling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.