Keith Andrew

Keith Andrew
Personal information
Full name	Keith Vincent Andrew
Born	15 December 1929; leg break
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	England;
Test debut (cap 378)	26 November 1954 v Australia
Last Test	6 June 1963 v West Indies
Domestic team information
1952–1966	Northamptonshire
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 11 June 2008

Keith Vincent Andrew (15 December 1929^[1] – 27 December 2010) was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954–55 and in 1963.

Life and career

Born in

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

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 best series, so Andrew did not get another chance as England recovered to retain

West Indies,^[1]

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,[1] a post he held for five seasons from 1962. In 1965, he led the county to second place in the County Championship, failing by four points to lead them to their first Championship title, and equalling the highest placing it had achieved.^[2] He retired after the 1966 season.

In retirement, Andrew became an influential youth coach and administrator, acting as director of coaching of the National Cricket Association.^[1]

Andrew died in December 2010, at the age of 81.^[2]^[3]

His son Neale (born 1958) is a

portrait busts of many famous sports people.^[5]