Keith Linney
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| Full name | Charles Keith Linney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 August 1912 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
12 October 1992 (aged 80) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Left-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Father George | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931–1937 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 6 May 1931 Somerset v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 25 June 1937 Somerset v Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 7 July 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Keith Linney (26 August 1912 – 12 October 1992) played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1931 to 1937.[1] He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. His father George, who was born in Guildford, Surrey and died in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, played first-class cricket in one match for Tasmania.
Linney was a left-handed middle or lower order batsman and an occasional left-arm medium pace bowler. Linney had only one season for regular cricket as a professional player, 1931, when he appeared in 19 matches for Somerset and scored 395 first-class runs at an average of 17.17.[2] His one score of more than 50 was an innings of 60 against Surrey at Taunton.[3] In Somerset's mobile and amateur-dominated batting line-up of the 1930s, Linney's next home match after this success saw him batting at No 10 in the order.[4] Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1932 noted that Linney played some "bright innings".[5] But after this one season he played only occasionally: seven matches in 1932, one in 1934 and five in 1937, and in none of these matches did he achieve any notable success.[2]
References
- ↑ "Keith Linney". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- 1 2 "First-class Batting and Fielding in each Season by Keith Linney". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ↑ "Scorecard: Somerset v Surrey". www.cricketarchive.com. 1931-08-19. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ↑ "Scorecard: Somerset v Warwickshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 1931-08-29. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ↑ "Somerset matches". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1932 ed.). Wisden. p. 360.