Keith Linney

Charles Keith Linney (26 August 1912 – 12 October 1992) played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1931 to 1937. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and died in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. His father George, who was born in Guildford, Surrey and died in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, played first-class cricket in one match for Tasmania.

Keith Linney

Personal information
Full name	Charles Keith Linney
Born	(1912-08-26)26 August 1912 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died	12 October 1992(1992-10-12) (aged 80) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium-pace
Role	Batsman
Relations	Father George
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1931–1937	Somerset
First-class debut	6 May 1931 Somerset v Hampshire
Last First-class	25 June 1937 Somerset v Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 32 Runs scored 576 Batting average 14.40 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 60 Balls bowled 222 Wickets 2 Bowling average 59.50 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/9 Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 July 2010

Linney was a left-handed middle or lower order batsman and an occasional left-arm medium pace bowler. Linney had only one season for regular cricket as a professional player, 1931, when he appeared in 19 matches for Somerset and scored 395 first-class runs at an average of 17.17. His one score of more than 50 was an innings of 60 against Surrey at Taunton. In Somerset's mobile and amateur-dominated batting line-up of the 1930s, Linney's next home match after this success saw him batting at No 10 in the order. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1932 noted that Linney played some "bright innings". But after this one season he played only occasionally: seven matches in 1932, one in 1934 and five in 1937, and in none of these matches did he achieve any notable success.