{{Short description|English cricketer}} {{Distinguish|Andrew Keith (disambiguation){{!}}Andrew Keith|Keith Andrews (disambiguation){{!}}Keith Andrews}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Keith Andrew | image = | country = England | fullname = Keith Vincent Andrew | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|12|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Greenacres, Oldham, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|12|27|1929|12|15|df=y}} | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right arm leg break | role = Wicket-keeper | international = true | testdebutdate = 26 November | testdebutyear = 1954 | testdebutagainst = Australia | testcap = 378 | lasttestdate = 6 June | lasttestyear = 1963 | lasttestagainst = West Indies | club1 = Northamptonshire | year1 = 1952–1966 | columns = 3 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 29 | bat avg1 = 9.66 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 15 | deliveries1 = 0 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 1/0 | column2 = FC | matches2 = 390 | runs2 = 4230 | bat avg2 = 13.38 | 100s/50s2 = 0/3 | top score2 = 76 | deliveries2 = 49 | wickets2 = 2 | bowl avg2 = 15.50 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 2/9 | catches/stumpings2 = 723/181 | column3 = LA | matches3 = 9 | runs3 = 15 | bat avg3 = 3.75 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 6* | deliveries3 = – | wickets3 = – | bowl avg3 = – | fivefor3 = – | tenfor3 = – | best bowling3 = – | catches/stumpings3 = 6/0 | date = 11 June | year = 2008 | source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8545.html Cricinfo }}
'''Keith Vincent Andrew''' (15 December 1929<ref name="Cap">{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/14 14] |url=https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/14 }}</ref> – 27 December 2010) was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954–55 and in 1963.
==Life and career== Born in Greenacres, Oldham, Lancashire, Andrew was a fine wicketkeeper who might have played more times for England, but for the fact that his batting was never more than adequate, and his career coincided with that of Godfrey Evans.<ref name="BBC"/> He was recruited out of the Lancashire League by Northamptonshire and became the county's regular wicketkeeper in 1954. He was a success straight away, and ''Wisden''{{'s}} 1955 edition noted that he was "above the ordinary, a very quick perception enabling him to seize almost every chance".
Andrew was chosen as the second string wicketkeeper to Godfrey Evans on the 1954–55 MCC tour of Australia and New Zealand, and found himself in the Test team for the first match of the tour at Brisbane when Evans was affected by sunstroke.<ref name="Cap"/> The Test was a disaster for England: captain Len Hutton put the Australians in to bat and they proceeded to make 601 before declaring and winning the match by an innings and 154 runs. A lacklustre fielding performance contributed to the defeat, and Andrew was not innocent: he dropped Arthur Morris off Alec Bedser before he had scored, and Morris went on to make 153.
Evans recovered in time for the second Test, and had one of his best series, so Andrew did not get another chance as England recovered to retain the Ashes. Evans then remained as first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both home and away series for the next four years and when he did finally retire, he was succeeded not by Andrew but by a succession of wicketkeepers with better batting credentials – Roy Swetman, Geoff Millman, John Murray and Jim Parks. Andrew's only other Test came in the first match of the 1963 series against West Indies,<ref name="Cap"/> when England again fielded out to a big total, this time of more than 500, a follow-on and a heavy defeat.
By the time of his second Test appearance, Andrew was also county captain of Northamptonshire,<ref name="Cap"/> a post he held for five seasons from 1962. In 1965, he led the county to second place in the County Championship, failing by four points to lead them to their first Championship title, and equalling the highest placing it had achieved.<ref name="BBC"/> He retired after the 1966 season.
In retirement, Andrew became an influential youth coach and administrator, acting as director of coaching of the National Cricket Association.<ref name="Cap"/>
Andrew died in December 2010, at the age of 81.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/northamptonshire/9322687.stm |title=Ex-Northants captain Keith Andrew dies |date=27 December 2010 |publisher=BBC.co.uk |access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8239703/Keith-Andrew.html ''Daily Telegraph'' obituary] Retrieved 5 Jan 2011.</ref>
His son Neale (born 1958) is a sculptor<ref>''Wisden'' 2011, p. 178.</ref> whose works include statues and portrait busts of many famous sports people.<ref>[http://www.nealeandrew.co.uk/cv2.htm Neale Andrew CV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125053229/http://nealeandrew.co.uk/cv2.htm |date=25 November 2020 }} Retrieved 6 September 2013.</ref>
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