Keith Butler (English cricketer)

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| country = England

| fullname = Keith Andrew Butler

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|1|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Camden Town, London, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

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| club1 = Suffolk

| year1 = 1993

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| club2 = Essex

| year2 = 1989–1992

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| columns = 2

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 10

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| top score1 = 10*

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| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 5

| runs2 = 23

| bat avg2 = 11.50

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| top score2 = 17

| deliveries2 = 6

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| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| date = 27 November

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9332.html Cricinfo

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Keith Andrew Butler (born 20 January 1971) is a former English cricketer. Butler was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Camden Town, London.

Butler made his one and only first-class appearance for Essex in 1989 against Cambridge University.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4797/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Keith Butler] In his match he scored an unbeaten 10 runs.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4797/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Keith Butler]

Butler made his List A debut for Essex in the same season against Somerset. From 1989 to 1992, he represented the county in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against Gloucestershire.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4797/List_A_Matches.html List A Matches played by Keith Butler] At the end of the 1992 season he was released by Essex.

The following season the joined Suffolk. During that season he played his final List A match in his only appearance in that format for Suffolk, which came against Essex in the 1993 NatWest Trophy.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/57/57437.html Suffolk v Essex, 1999 NatWest Trophy] In his career total of 5 List A matches, he scored 23 runs at a batting average of 11.50, with a high score of 17. In the field he took 2 catches.

It was during the 1993 season that he made his Minor Counties Championship debut against Bedfordshire. During the 1993 season he represented the county in 8 Championship matches, the last of which came against Northumberland.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4797/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Keith Butler] He made a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the county in the same season against Cambridgeshire.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4797/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Keith Butler] The 1993 season was his only season with Suffolk.