In cricket, Slater was an all-rounder who played in only one Test match, against England in 1958–59, but he played 67 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1955 and 1968. He had his best batting season in 1963–64, scoring 655 runs at an average of 38.52, and scored his only century, 154 against Queensland, when he opened the batting and helped Western Australia avert defeat.[1][2] His best bowling season was 1960–61, when he took 30 wickets at an average of 32.43.[3] He toured New Zealand with the Australian team in 1959-60, playing in two of the four matches against New Zealand.[4]
His international career was shortened by doubts over his bowling action. Slater wasn't selected for the 1961 Ashes tour of England, even though he had been widely expected to go. The chairman of selectors, Don Bradman, explained it to him as a policy of the Imperial Cricket Conference to exclude bowlers with doubtful actions. He later showed Slater a film of his bowling to illustrate.[5] Slater was indeed called for throwing while playing against New South Wales in 1964–65.
Australian rules football career
Slater was a star footballer for Swan Districts and Subiaco and played in the 1961 WANFL grand final with Swans against East Perth and his display in containing "Polly" Farmer won him the Simpson Medal in a huge upset victory.[6] He continued to play for Swans for the following two seasons before Subiaco, who had between 1947 and 1956 constantly occupied the bottom two places with Swans and whose president Frank Exell had approached Slater a season before, lured him as their captain-coach after two disappointing seasons.[7]
In Slater's first season the Maroons made only their fourth open-age finals appearance since 1936, but were unexpectedly defeated by the equally unsuccessful Claremont in a rainy first semi-final. The following two seasons proved very disappointing, with the Maroons winning only eight games in 1965 and six (plus one draw) in 1966, when they lost their last nine matches. This led to questioning of Slater's coaching methods, notably his taking the Maroons on a trip to Singapore during the 1964/1965 off-season, and his contract was not renewed for 1967.[8] Slater returned to Swan Districts for 1967 but retired following that season.
Later life
After he retired from playing, Slater ran a sports store, Slater Gartrell, in Perth, and was also a television and radio sports commentator.[5] He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to cricket, Australian rules football, and baseball, in Western Australia".[9] He was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.[10]
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For the Australian bishop see Keith Slater bishop For the rugby league footballer see Keith Slater rugby league Keith Nichol Slater AM born 12 March 1936 is a former Western Australian cricketer and West Australian Football League WAFL player Keith SlaterPersonal informationFull nameKeith Nichol SlaterBorn 1936 03 12 12 March 1936 age 86 Midland Western AustraliaBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm fast medium right arm off spinRoleAll rounderInternational informationNational sideAustraliaOnly Test cap 212 9 January 1959 v EnglandDomestic team informationYearsTeam1955 56 1967 68Western AustraliaCareer statisticsCompetition Test First classMatches 1 74Runs scored 1 2198Batting average 21 13100s 50s 0 0 1 13Top score 1 154Balls bowled 256Wickets 2 140Bowling average 50 50 42 295 wickets in innings 0 010 wickets in match 0 0Best bowling 2 40 4 33Catches stumpings 0 50 Source CricketArchive 15 July 2012 Keith SlaterPlaying career1YearsClubGames Goals 1955 58 1960 63 1967Swan Districts166 199 1964 1966Subiaco52 Representative team honoursYearsTeamGames Goals 1956 1967Western Australia20 16 Coaching career3YearsClubGames W L D 1964 1966Subiaco64 27 35 2 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1967 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1966 Career highlights1961 1962 1963 WANFL premiership 1961 Simpson Medal Swan Districts Team of the CenturySource AustralianFootball com Contents 1 Cricket career 2 Australian rules football career 3 Later life 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCricket career EditIn cricket Slater was an all rounder who played in only one Test match against England in 1958 59 but he played 67 first class matches for Western Australia between 1955 and 1968 He had his best batting season in 1963 64 scoring 655 runs at an average of 38 52 and scored his only century 154 against Queensland when he opened the batting and helped Western Australia avert defeat 1 2 His best bowling season was 1960 61 when he took 30 wickets at an average of 32 43 3 He toured New Zealand with the Australian team in 1959 60 playing in two of the four matches against New Zealand 4 His international career was shortened by doubts over his bowling action Slater wasn t selected for the 1961 Ashes tour of England even though he had been widely expected to go The chairman of selectors Don Bradman explained it to him as a policy of the Imperial Cricket Conference to exclude bowlers with doubtful actions He later showed Slater a film of his bowling to illustrate 5 Slater was indeed called for throwing while playing against New South Wales in 1964 65 Australian rules football career EditSlater was a star footballer for Swan Districts and Subiaco and played in the 1961 WANFL grand final with Swans against East Perth and his display in containing Polly Farmer won him the Simpson Medal in a huge upset victory 6 He continued to play for Swans for the following two seasons before Subiaco who had between 1947 and 1956 constantly occupied the bottom two places with Swans and whose president Frank Exell had approached Slater a season before lured him as their captain coach after two disappointing seasons 7 In Slater s first season the Maroons made only their fourth open age finals appearance since 1936 but were unexpectedly defeated by the equally unsuccessful Claremont in a rainy first semi final The following two seasons proved very disappointing with the Maroons winning only eight games in 1965 and six plus one draw in 1966 when they lost their last nine matches This led to questioning of Slater s coaching methods notably his taking the Maroons on a trip to Singapore during the 1964 1965 off season and his contract was not renewed for 1967 8 Slater returned to Swan Districts for 1967 but retired following that season Later life EditAfter he retired from playing Slater ran a sports store Slater Gartrell in Perth and was also a television and radio sports commentator 5 He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for significant service to cricket Australian rules football and baseball in Western Australia 9 He was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 10 See also EditList of cricketers called for throwing in top class cricket matches in Australia One Test WonderReferences Edit First Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Keith Slater CricketArchive Retrieved 8 October 2020 Queensland v Western Australia 1963 64 Cricinfo Retrieved 8 October 2020 First Class Bowling in Each Season by Keith Slater CricketArchive Retrieved 8 October 2020 Wisden 1961 pp 847 53 a b Coverdale Brydon 23 May 2016 Brydon Coverdale meets Keith Slater who played an Ashes Test in 1959 ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 24 May 2016 Devaney John Full Points Footy s WA Football Companion p 293 ISBN 9780955689710 Spillman Ken Diehards The Story of the Subiaco Football Club 1946 2000 p 99 ISBN 0957818505 Spillman Diehards 1946 2000 pp 103 108 Mr Keith Nichol SLATER honours pmc gov au Retrieved 8 October 2020 Mr Keith Slater honours pmc gov au Retrieved 8 October 2020 External links EditKeith Slater at AustralianFootball com Keith Slater at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Keith Slater amp oldid 1118360150, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,