Keith Andrew

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Keith Andrew


country = England
fullname = Keith Vincent Andrew
nickname =
living = true
dayofbirth = 15
monthofbirth = 12
yearofbirth = 1929
placeofbirth = Greenacres, Oldham
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath =
monthofdeath =
yearofdeath =
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batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right arm leg break
role = Wicket-keeper
international = true
testdebutdate = 26 November
testdebutyear = 1954
testdebutagainst = Australia
testc

lasttestdate = 6 June
lasttestyear = 1963
lasttestagainst = West Indies
club1 = Northamptonshire
year1 = 1952 – 1966
deliveries = balls
columns = 3
column1 = Tests
matches1 = 2
runs1 = 29
bat avg1 = 9.66
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 15
deliveries1 = 0
wickets1 = –
bowl avg1 = –
fivefor1 = –
tenfor1 = –
best bowling1 = –
catches/stumpings1 = 1/0
column2 = FC
matches2 = 390
runs2 = 4230
bat avg2 = 13.38
100s/50s2 = 0/3
top score2 = 76
deliveries2 = 49
wickets2 = 2
bowl avg2 = 15.50
fivefor2 = –
tenfor2 = –
best bowling2 = 2/9
catches/stumpings2 = 723/181
column3 = LA
matches3 = 9
runs3 = 15
bat avg3 = 3.75
100s/50s3 = 0/0
top score3 = 6*
deliveries3 = 0
wickets3 = –
bowl avg3 = –
fivefor3 = –
tenfor3 = n/a
best bowling3 = –
catches/stumpings3 = 6/0
date = 11 June
year = 2008
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8545.html Cricinfo

Keith Vincent Andrew (born December 15, 1929, Oldham, Lancashire) is a former English cricketer who played in two Tests, one in 1954-55 and the other in 1963.

Keith Andrew was a fine wicketkeeper who might have played many more times for England but for the fact that his batting was never more than adequate. He was recruited out of the Lancashire League by Northamptonshire and became the county's regular wicketkeeper in 1954. He was a success straight away, and Wisden's 1955 edition noted that he was "above the ordinary, a very quick perception enabling him to seize almost every chance".

Andrew was chosen as the second string wicketkeeper to Godfrey Evans on the 1954-55 MCC tour of Australia and New Zealand and found himself in the Test team for the first match of the tour at Brisbane when Evans was affected by sunstroke. The Test was a disaster for England: captain Leonard Hutton put the Australians in to bat and they proceeded to make 601 before declaring and winning the match by an innings and 154 runs. A lacklustre fielding performance contributed to the defeat, and Andrew was not innocent: he dropped Arthur Morris off Alec Bedser before he had scored and Morris went on to make 153.

Evans recovered in time for the second Test, and had one of his most brilliant series, so Andrew did not get another chance as England recovered to retain The Ashes. Evans then remained as first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both home and away series for the next four years and when he did finally retire, he was succeeded not by Andrew but by a succession of wicketkeepers with better batting credentials – Roy Swetman, Geoff Millman, John Murray and Jim Parks. Andrew's only other Test came in the first match of the 1963 series against West Indies when England again fielded out to a big total, this time of more than 500, a follow-on and a heavy defeat.

By the time of his second Test appearance, Andrew was also county captain of Northamptonshire, a post he held for five seasons from 1962. In 1965, he led the county to second place in the County Championship, equalling the highest placing it had achieved. He retired after the 1966 season.

In retirement, Andrew became an influential coach and administrator, acting as director of coaching of the National Cricket Association.

References

* Wisden, 1955 to 1967 editions
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/0/997/997.html www.cricketarchive.co.uk]

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NAME=Andrew, Keith Vincent
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH=15 December 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH=Oldham, England
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