Keith Linney

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Keith Linney

| country = England

| fullname = Charles Keith Linney

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|8|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|10|12|1912|8|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm medium-pace

| role = Batsman

| family = Father George

| club1 = Somerset

| year1 = 1931–1937

| type1 = First-class

| debutdate1 = 6 May

| debutyear1 = 1931

| debutfor1 = Somerset

| debutagainst1 = Hampshire

| lastdate1 = 25 June

| lastyear1 = 1937

| lastfor1 = Somerset

| lastagainst1 = Essex

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 32

| runs1 = 576

| bat avg1 = 14.40

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 60

| deliveries1 = 222

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 59.50

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/9

| catches/stumpings1 = 9/–

| date = 7 July

| year = 2010

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3686/3686.html CricketArchive

}}

Charles Keith Linney (26 August 1912 – 12 October 1992) played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1931 to 1937.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3686/3686.html| title = Keith Linney | publisher = CricketArchive | accessdate = 2010-07-06}} 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.

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.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3686/f_Batting_by_Season.html| title = First-class Batting and Fielding in each Season by Keith Linney | publisher = CricketArchive | accessdate = 2010-07-06}} His one score of more than 50 was an innings of 60 against Surrey at Taunton.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14065.html| title = Scorecard: Somerset v Surrey | date = 1931-08-19 | publisher = CricketArchive | accessdate = 2010-07-06}} 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.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14087.html| title = Scorecard: Somerset v Warwickshire | date = 1931-08-29 | publisher = CricketArchive | accessdate = 2010-07-06}} Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1932 noted that Linney played some "bright innings".{{Cite book | title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | edition = 1932 | publisher = Wisden| chapter = Somerset matches | page = 360 }} 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.