Michael Keeling

Michael Edward Allis Keeling (6 November 1925 – 28 July 2017) was an English first-class cricketer.

Michael Keeling

Personal information
Full name	Michael Edward Allis Keeling
Born	6 November 1925 Westminster, London, England
Died	28 July 2017(2017-07-28) (aged 91) Battle, Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1948–1949	Oxford University
1948	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 5 Runs scored 75 Batting average 12.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 40 Balls bowled 42 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 March 2020

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.^[2] After serving in Allied-occupied Germany, he returned to England, where he went up to Christ Church, Oxford.^[3] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket on four occasions for Oxford University in 1948–49.^[4] He scored 67 runs in his four matches for Oxford, with a high score of 40.^[5] He also toured Ireland with the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1948, playing a single first-class match against the Ireland cricket team at Dublin.^[4]

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.