Keith Rigg

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Keith Rigg

| image = Keith Rigg, 1937.png

| caption = Rigg pictured in 1937

| country = Australia

| fullname = Keith Edward Rigg

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|5|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Malvern, Melbourne, Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|2|28|1906|5|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Malvern, Melbourne, Australia

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role =

| family = {{ubl|Colin McDonald (cousin)|Ian McDonald (cousin)}}

| international = true

| testdebutdate = 27 February

| testdebutyear = 1931

| testdebutagainst = West Indies

| testcap = 136

| lasttestdate = 26 February

| lasttestyear = 1937

| lasttestagainst = England

| club1 = Victoria

| year1 = {{nowrap|1926/27–1938/39}}

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 8

| runs1 = 401

| bat avg1 = 33.41

| 100s/50s1 = 1/1

| top score1 = 127

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 87

| runs2 = 5544

| bat avg2 = 42.00

| 100s/50s2 = 14/30

| top score2 = 167*

| catches/stumpings2 = 58/–

| date = 1 September

| year = 2008

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/571/571.html CricketArchive

}}

Keith Edward Rigg {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|MBE}} (21 May 1906 – 28 February 1995) was an Australian cricketer who played in eight Test matches from 1931 to 1937. His cousin, Colin McDonald, also played for Victoria and Australia. He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne.

In addition to cricket, Rigg played Australian rules football in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) for the Collegians football Club. He was named the best and fairest player in A Section for the 1927 season.{{cite web |title=Life Disqualification Upheld; Keith Rlgg Best and Fairest Player |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206165843 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=15 |date=31 August 1927}}

From 1933 to 1937, Rigg had an endorsement deal with the Alexander Patent Racket Company in Launceston, Tasmania, to produce a range of 'Keith Rigg' cricket bats.{{Cite news|date=1933-10-12|title=Advertising|work=Huon Times|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137252697|access-date=2021-11-11}}{{Cite web|title=Sporting goods summer catalog, 1936-1937 : for trade only|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2983083217|access-date=2021-11-11|website=Trove|language=en}}

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1971 Birthday Honours for services to industry and sport.Australia list: {{London Gazette |issue=45385 |date=4 June 1971 |pages=5994 |supp=y}}