Country: | England |
Fullname: | Michael Edward Allis Keeling |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1925 |
Birth Place: | Westminster, London, England |
Death Place: | Battle, Sussex, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Unknown |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1948 - 1949 |
Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
Year2: | 1948 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 5 |
Runs1: | 75 |
Bat Avg1: | 12.50 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 40 |
Deliveries1: | 42 |
Wickets1: | 0 |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 28 March |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15961.html Cricinfo |
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. After serving in Allied-occupied Germany, he returned to England, where he went up to Christ Church, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket on four occasions for Oxford University in 1948–49.[3] He scored 67 runs in his four matches for Oxford, with a high score of 40.[4] He also toured Ireland with the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1948, playing a single first-class match against the Ireland cricket team at Dublin.[3]
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.