Frederick William Keeton (26 October 1855 – 27 November 1911) was an English

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er who played for

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between 1876 and 1880. Keeton was born in

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, (then in

but now in

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) and in 1874 was playing for Worksop. He made his debut for Derbyshire during the 1876 season against

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where he scored a handful of runs, and the game was lost. His next appearance was in the 1879 season in a game against

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in which he was run out on six and lbw on five when Derbyshire lost by fifteen runs. Keeton made his final first-class appearance during the 1880 season, when he made his top score of nine in an innings defeat to

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. Keeton was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace round-arm bowler who played 6 innings in 3 first-class matches with a top score of 9 and an average of 5.50. He never had the chance to bowl. Keeton was a licensed victualler and in 1884 was licensee of the County Hotel at

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. He played a couple of games for Derbyshire in 1888 when they were out of the championship. Keeton died in

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at the age of 56.

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