Alex Keath
Alex Keath | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Alexander Robin Keath | ||
Date of birth | 20 January 1992 | ||
Place of birth |
Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Shepparton Bears//Melbourne Grammar/Murray U18 | ||
Draft | No. 58, 2016 Rookie Draft | ||
Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Western Bulldogs | ||
Number | 42 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2016–2019 | Adelaide | 30 (1) | |
2020– | Western Bulldogs | 74 (4) | |
Total | 104 (5) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Allrounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010/11–2014/15 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012/13–2014/15 | Melbourne Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 October 2015 |
Alexander Robin Keath (born 20 January 1992) is an
Early life
Born in
Cricket career
In April 2010, Keath chose to proceed with cricket, accepting his Cricket Victoria contract. An
At the end of the 2014–15 season, Keath lost his Cricket Victoria contract.
Football career
Despite being drafted to the Gold Coast Suns in 2009, Keath was eligible to be drafted as a Category B rookie from 2013 as he had not played for an Australian rules football club at any level for three years. His shift to South Australian grade cricket attracted the attention of football recruiters, and in October 2015 he was signed by the Adelaide Football Club as a Category B rookie. Despite being on the football club's list, cricket initially remained Keath's primary focus season, with Adelaide's recruitment of him in the hope that he would switch to football at the end of the 2015–16 summer season.[13] After he failed to earn a SACA contract, he began playing SANFL football for the Adelaide reserves in the 2016 winter season. In 2017, Keath was named co-captain of the Adelaide Crows SANFL team.
Keath made his debut for the Adelaide Crows AFL side against the Geelong Cats at Adelaide Oval on 21 July 2017, filling in for the injured Jake Lever and Kyle Hartigan.[14]
At the end of the 2019 AFL season Keath officially requested a trade to the Western Bulldogs. The trade was finalised on 16 October.[15]
References
- ^ "Where are they now?: Australia's last Under-19 Cricket World Cup winners from 2010 all grown up". The West Australian. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Warner, Michael (9 March 2010). "VFL for teen ace Alex Keath". Herald Sun. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "Alexander Keath". Australia/Players. ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ Michael Warner (9 March 2010). "VFL for teen ace Alex Keath". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ Brydon Coverdale (29 April 2010). "Alex Keath chooses cricket over AFL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "Victoria v England XI: England in Australia 2010/11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "Alex Keath". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "VCA 1st XI Career records 1889–90 to 2014–15, I-M" (PDF). Cricket Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ Emma Quayle (30 April 2015). "AFL clubs keen to speak to discarded cricketer Alex Keath". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ Andrew Capel (17 October 2015). "Former Victorian Bushranger Alex Keath prepared to 'earn his stripes' in pursuit of Redbacks spot". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "AFL rookie Alex Keath signs with BBL". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019.
- ^ Andrew Capel (18 April 2016). "Rory Sloane says Adelaide will show Hawthorn it is a better team than last year". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ Courtney Walsh (29 October 2015). "Crows keen on luring cricketer Alex Keath back to AFL". The Australian. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ Gaskin, Lee (22 July 2017). "Pyke praises mid for playing with facial fracture". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ @AFL_House (16 October 2019). "Trade paperwork lodged: Adelaide..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
- Alex Keath's profile on the official website of the Western Bulldogs
- Alex Keath at AustralianFootball.com
- Alex Keath's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Alex Keath at ESPNcricinfo