Keith Slater

Keith Slater

Personal information
Full name	Keith Nichol Slater
Born	12 March 1936 Midland Junction, Western Australia, Australia
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm fast medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
Only Test (cap 212)	9 January 1959 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1955–1968	Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 74 Runs scored 1 2198 Batting average - 21.13 100s/50s 0/0 1/13 Top score 1* 154 Balls bowled 256 Wickets 2 140 Bowling average 50.50 42.29 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/40 4/33 Catches/stumpings 0/0 50/0
Source: CricketArchive, 15 July 2012

Keith Slater
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1955-58,1960-63,1967 1964-1966	Swan Districts Subiaco	166 (199) 52 (?)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Western Australia	21 (?)
Coaching career^3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1964-1966	Subiaco	64 (27–35–2)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967 season. ^3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1966.
Career highlights
1961, 1962, 1963 - WANFL Premiership 1961 - Simpson Medal Swan Districts Team of the Century

Keith Nichol Slater (born 12 March 1936 in Midland, Western Australia) is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer and WAFL player.

Cricket career

In cricket he only played in only one Test, but 74 first-class cricket matches for Western Australia. He was an all-rounder whose international career was probably shortened by doubts over his bowling action. He was indeed called for throwing while playing against New South Wales in 1964-65.

Australian rules football career

Slater was a star footballer for Swan Districts and Subiaco and played in the 1961 WANFL grand final with Swans against East Perth and his display in containing “Polly” Farmer won him the Simpson Medal in a huge upset victory.^[1] He continued to play for Swans for the following two seasons before Subiaco, who had between 1947 and 1956 constantly occupied the bottom two places with Swans and whose president Frank Exell had approached Slater a season before, lured him as their captain-coach after two disappointing seasons.^[2]

In Slater’s first season the Maroons made only their fourth open-age finals appearance since 1936, but were unexpectedly defeated by the equally unsuccessful Claremont in a rainy first semi-final. The following two seasons proved very disappointing, with the Maroons winning only eight games in 1965 and six (plus one draw) in 1966, when they lost their last nine matches. This led to questioning of Slater’s coaching methods, notably his taking the Maroons on a trip to Singapore during the 1964/1965 off-season, and his contract was not renewed for 1967.^[3] Slater returned to Swan Districts for 1967 but retired following that season.

See also

• List of cricketers called for throwing in major cricket matches in Australia
• One Test Wonder

References

1. Devaney, John; Full Points Footy’s WA Football Companion; p. 293. ISBN 9780955689710
2. Spillman, Ken; Diehards: The Story of the Subiaco Football Club 1946-2000, p. 99. ISBN 0957818505
3. Spillman; Diehards 1946-2000; pp. 103-108

External links

• Keith Slater's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• Cricinfo article on Keith Slater