# Keith Batchelor

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**Keith Vincent Batchelor** (4 October 1930 – 24 September 2009) was an [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football), who played in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Victorian_Football_League_(1897%E2%80%931989)) (VFL) for [Collingwood](/source/Collingwood_Football_Club) and in the 1950s. He made his senior debut in the [1952 VFL Grand Final](/source/1952_VFL_Grand_Final).[1]

## Family

The son of Collingwood footballer [Vincent George Batchelor (1900-1981)](/source/Vin_Batchelor),[2] and Mary Alice Batchelor (1902-1970), née Wescott,[3] Keith Vincent Batchelor was born in Melbourne on 4 October 1930.

He married Claire Lavinia Kennedy (1931-2014) on 20 February 1954.

## Football

### Collingwood (VFL)

Batchelor came to Collingwood in 1949 as a forward from the suburban club Murrumbeena.[4]

### Carlton (VFL)

Unable to secure a senior game with Collingwood, he was given a clearance to . Although he was listed by Carlton (1951), and although he played in the Carlton Reserves, he was unable to get a senior game.[5]

### Collingwood (VFL)

In 1952 he was cleared back to Collingwood.

Injuries late in the season allowed the selectors to play him as a defender in the Reserves. Due to his good form in the reserves, and injuries to senior players, he made his senior debut at full-back in the [1952 VFL Grand Final](/source/1952_VFL_Grand_Final): his opponent, [George Goninon](/source/George_Goninon), kicked five goals against him, and Geelong won the match by 46 points.

In the [1953 VFL Grand Final](/source/1953_VFL_Grand_Final) Batchelor was played at full-forward; he kicked 4 goals, and Collingwood won the match by 11 points.

### North Melbourne (VFL)

He later was cleared to in 1956 and stayed for two years.[6]

He was 20th man in his last senior match for North Melbourne, [against Collingwood, at Victoria Park, on 17 August 1957](/source/1957_VFL_season#Round_17), the second-last home-and-away match of the 1957 season, and replaced an injured [Ray Murphy](/source/Ray_Murphy_(footballer)) in the third quarter of the match.[7] He played for the North Melbourne Reserves in the Second Semi-Final against Fitzroy, on 7 September; he injured his knee and was replaced in the third-quarter.[8] He also played at full-back in the Reserves Preliminary-Final against Essendon, on 14 September 1957,[9][10][11] and was one of North Melbourne's best players in its Reserves Grand Final win over Fitzroy on 21 September 1957.[12][13][14] He was selected as 20th man in the North Melbourne team that [lost to Geelong in the 24 September 1957 Night Premiership match](/source/1957_VFL_season#Night_Series_Competition).[15][16]

## Cricket

He was also a capable cricketer,[17] and played nine first XI district matches as a specialist bowler for [Collingwood](/source/Camberwell_Magpies_Cricket_Club) between 1949 and 1961.[18]

## Death

He died in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), New South Wales on 24 September 2009.

## Notes

1. ["Magpies Spring Surprise"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23198877). *The Argus*. 26 September 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

1. [Funeral Notices: Batchelor, *The Age*, (Monday, 7 September 1981), p.19.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ryRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cJQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2904%2C3204865)

1. She was the sister of the Collingwood footballer [Henry David "Leo" Wescott (1900-1970)](/source/Leo_Wescott).

1. [Collingwood, *The Herald*, (Saturday, 2 April 1949), p.19.](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248926730)

1. [Keith Batchelor, at *Blueseum*.](https://www.blueseum.org/Keith+Batchelor)

1. ["Batchelor Says North For Me"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71796571). *The Argus*. 9 April 1956. p. 20. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

1. [V.F.L. Statistics, *The Age*, (Monday, 19 August 1957), p.16.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gjpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2951%2C2710725)

1. [Fitzroy Seconds have Solid Win, *The Age*, (Monday, 9 September 1957), p.16.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AVIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4831%2C1110725)

1. [Norths Second Side Stronger, *The Age*, (Friday, 13 September 1957), p.20.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BlIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4011%2C1687991)

1. [North for Seconds Win, *The Age*, (Saturday, 14 September 1957), p.16.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BlIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2171%2C1773146)

1. [Late Goal gives Victory to North, *The Age*, (Monday, 16 September 1957), p.16.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B1IRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4344%2C2113833)

1. [North Seconds Side Stronger, *The Age*, (Friday, 20 September 1957), p.30.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DFIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3910%2C2730937)

1. [Improved North for Seconds' Flag, *The Age*, (Saturday, 21 September 1957), p.16.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DFIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2826%2C2817753)

1. [Game Last-Quarter Bid Lands Win for North, *The Age*, (Monday, 23 September 1957), p.16.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DVIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4182%2C3157936)

1. [North Fancied in Night Football, *The Age*, (Tuesday, 24 September 1957), p.16.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DlIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4941%2C3233541)

1. [Geelong defeats North Melbourne, *The Age*, (Wednesday, 25 September 1957), p.18.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D1IRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3049%2C3371023)

1. [12th Man takes Five Wickets in Each Innings, *The Argus*, (Friday, 23 December 1949), p.16.](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22800445)

1. ["VCA 1st XI Career records 1889–90 to 2020–21 A-C"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230326170129/https://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/files/3/files/leading-all-time-performers/Updates%202021-22/vca%201st%20xi%20career%20records%202021%20a-c.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/files/3/files/leading-all-time-performers/Updates%202021-22/vca%201st%20xi%20career%20records%202021%20a-c.pdf) on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

## References

- Lovett, Michael (ed.) (2010). *AFL Record Season Guide 2010*. p. 948. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.
- Grand Finals: Victorian Rules' Greatest Moments – Stories and Research by Jim Main, Murray Publishers Pty Ltd, Sydney.

## External links

- [Keith Batchelor, at *Collingwood Forever*.](https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/keith-batchelor)

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