Albert Victor Ernest Manley Keast (2 July 1895 – 20 April 1969) was a New Zealand sportsman and journalist. He played four first-class cricket matches for Otago between the 1917–18 and 1922–23 seasons as well as playing Hawke Cup cricket for Southland.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Victor Ernest Manley Keast |
| Born | 2 July 1895 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Died | 20 April 1969 (aged 73) Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1917/18–1922/23 | Otago |
| 1927/28–1929/30 | Southland |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2016 | |
Born at Dunedin in 1895, Albie Keast was the son of Albert E. A. Keast and his wife Laura Ann. He had two sisters.[2] He played club cricket for Grange and Albion Cricket Clubs,[3][4][5] and was described as "well known in local cricket circles" in 1924[6] and "an important personage in Southland cricket" in 1926.[7]
Keast made his first-class debut for Otago in a December 1917 match against Canterbury at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. He recorded a pair on debut but was retained in the side for the next representative match, the annual fixture against Southland, a match that had first-class status at the time. He played once the following season, again against Southland, and was recalled to the side for a final time in January 1923, playing in Otago's Plunket Shield side. In total he scored only 23 runs with a highest first-class score of seven.[8]
Professionally Keast worked initially in the commercial department of the Otago Daily Times.[9] He moved to Christchurch in 1924 to work for Whitcombe and Tombs in the city,[10] before moving to Invercargill in 1926, taking up a position as a journalist with the Southland Times.[11] He retained an involvement in cricket as a player and administrator,[7] and played for Southland against the touring Australians in February 1928 and in the team's Hawke Cup side against Manawatu in February 1930.[8]
As a journalist, Keast enjoyed a "national reputation" with an "encyclopaedic knowledge" of sport. He was the sports diarist and rugby union correspondent at the Southland Times writing under the pen name "Onlooker".[11] He played lawn bowls to a high level, representing Southland, and was involved is sports administration, including acting as the manager of a New Zealand bowls side visiting Adelaide in 1951.[11]
Keast died after a long illness at Christchurch in 1969. He was aged 73.[11][12]
References edit
- ^ "Albert Keast". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Deaths, Otago Daily Times, issue 23476, 14 April 1938, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 May 2023.)
- ^ Cricket, Otago Daily Times, issue 18145, 17 January 1921, p. 7. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 May 2023.)
- ^ Cricket, Evening Star, issue 19387, 22 October 1926, p. 13. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 May 2023.)
- ^ Albion Cricket Club, Otago Daily Times, issue 17120, 27 September 1917, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 May 2023.)
- ^ Personal, Evening Star, issue 18750, 27 September 1924, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 May 2023.)
- ^ a b Cricket: Bright prospects for season, Evening Star, issue 19387, 22 October 1926, p. 13. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 May 2023.)
- ^ a b Albert Keast, CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ Personal, Otago Daily Times, issue 19288, 27 September 1924, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 May 2023.)
- ^ Personal, Evening Star, issue 18750, 27 September 1924, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 May 2023.)
- ^ a b c d Obituary: Mr AVEM Keast, The Press, volume CIX, issue 31968, 21 April 1969, p. 14. Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 31 May 2023.)
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 75. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
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