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Walter Keeton

42 years and 7 days: Darren Stevens becomes oldest double centurion in first-class cricket since Walter Keeton in 1949

Kent’s Darren Stevens, at 42 years and 7 days, created history on Monday becoming the oldest double-centurion in first-class cricket since Walter Keeton in 1949. The veteran right-hand batsman scored an epic quickfire double century in Headingley against Yorkshire in the Division 1 encounter of the County Championship. Stevens walked out to bat when Kent were...

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Walter Keeton: Nottinghamshire giant lost in a generation of England’s openers

Unfortunately, Walter Keeton's career coincided with those of Jack Hobbs, Herbert Sutcliffe, Len Hutton, and Cyril Washbrook.

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