Keith Dudgeon (Australian cricketer)
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| Born | 5 September 1946 Cairns, Australia |
Source: Cricinfo, 31 March 2016 | |
Keith Dudgeon (born 5 September 1946) is an Australian former cricketer. He played 41 first-class matches for Queensland between 1967 and 1975.[1] This period is considered by the Queensland Bulls as 'not the best era for the Queensland Bulls',[2] as the team came last in the Sheffield Shield competition eight times during the late 1960s and mid 1970s.[2]
Dudgeon played as a right-hand batsman, scoring a total of 1576 first-class runs at an average of 22.84, across 77 innings.[1] His highest score was 85, and he scored nine scores of 50 runs or more across the course of his first-class career.[1] In his debut match, played against Western Australia at the WACA, he scored 59 runs in the first innings, but was forced to retire hurt on 1 in the second innings after being struck in the head off a short delivery bowled by Graham McKenzie.[3] His score of 85 came in 1971, again at the WACA ground against Western Australia, and his innings was finally ended with a catch taken by Rod Marsh off the bowling of Dennis Lillee.[4]
He also took 15 first-class wickets at an average of 24.33,[1] with his best figures being 2/14, taken against South Australia at the Gabba in 1971.[5] In 1968, while playing an Tour Match hosting the West Indies, Dudgeon took the wickets of Basil Butcher and Wes Hall, after the former had claimed Dudgeon's wicket earlier in the match.[6] Following that tour of Australia, then-captain Richie Benaud commented that Butcher was 'the most difficult of all West Indians to dismiss'.[7] In an exhibition match in November 1970, Dudgeon removed the famed English opener John Edrich who was playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club.[8]
He also represented Queensland eight times in List A cricket, scoring a total of 156 runs at an average of 26.00, with a top score of 43.[1] In this format of cricket he also took 3 wickets at an average of 42.66, with a strike rate of 50.6.[1] His best bowling figures from these eight matches were 2/21.[1]
Following his retirement from professional cricket, Dudgeon opened a specialist cricketing shop in the Brisbane suburb of The Gap, which has been in operation since 1980.[9] Through this business Keith and his family support local cricket teams, such as the Valley District Cricket Club.[10]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Keith Dudgeon". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ a b "History – Queensland Bulls". Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of West Aust vs Queensland 1967/68 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of West Aust vs Queensland 1970/71 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of South Aust vs Queensland 1970/71 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of West Indians vs Queensland 1968/69 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Basil Butcher obituary". the Guardian. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Queensland vs M.C.C. 1970/71 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "About Keith Dudgeon Cricket Specialists". kdsport.com.au. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Valley District Cricket Club". valleydcc.qld.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 15 January 2022.