# Keith Rigg

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{{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](/source/Malvern%2C_Victoria), [Melbourne](/source/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](/source/Colin_McDonald_(Australian_cricketer)) (cousin)|[Ian McDonald](/source/Ian_McDonald_(cricketer)) (cousin)}}
|       international = true
|       testdebutdate = 27 February
|       testdebutyear = 1931
|    testdebutagainst = West Indies
|             testcap = 136
|        lasttestdate = 26 February
|        lasttestyear = 1937
|     lasttestagainst = England
|               club1 = [Victoria](/source/Victoria_cricket_team)
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1926/27–1938/39}}
|             columns = 2
|             column1 = [Test](/source/Test_cricket)
|            matches1 = 8
|               runs1 = 401
|            bat avg1 = 33.41
|           100s/50s1 = 1/1
|          top score1 = 127
|      hidedeliveries = true
|  catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
|             column2 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played in eight [Test matches](/source/Test_cricket) from 1931 to 1937. His cousin, [Colin McDonald](/source/Colin_McDonald_(Australian_cricketer)), also played for [Victoria](/source/Victoria_cricket_team) and [Australia](/source/Australia_national_cricket_team). He was educated at [Wesley College, Melbourne](/source/Wesley_College%2C_Melbourne).

In addition to cricket, Rigg played [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football) in the [Metropolitan Amateur Football Association](/source/Victorian_Amateur_Football_Association) (MAFA) for the [Collegians football Club](/source/Collegians_football_Club). He was named the [best and fairest](/source/best_and_fairest) player in [A Section](/source/1927_MAFA_season) for the [1927 season](/source/1927_MAFA_season).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

From 1933 to 1937, Rigg had an endorsement deal with the [Alexander Patent Racket Company](/source/Alexander_Patent_Racket_Company) in [Launceston, Tasmania](/source/Launceston%2C_Tasmania), to produce a range of 'Keith Rigg' cricket bats.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1933-10-12|title=Advertising|work=Huon Times|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137252697|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

He was appointed [Member of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (MBE) in the [1971 Birthday Honours](/source/1971_Birthday_Honours) for services to industry and sport.<ref name="Australia">Australia list: {{London Gazette |issue=45385 |date=4 June 1971 |pages=5994 |supp=y}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Australia Test cricketers
Category:Victoria cricketers
Category:Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers
Category:People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)
Category:Australian cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Melbourne
Category:Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:People from Malvern, Victoria
Category:Collegians Football Club players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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