Walter Keeton
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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/- | ||
| Source: [1], | ||||
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.
