About Keith Stackpole
Keith Raymond Stackpole MBE (10 July 1940 – 22 April 2025) was an Australian cricketer who played in 43 Test matches and six One Day Internationals between 1966 and 1974. He went on to become a cricket commentator on radio and television in the 1980s and '90s. His father, Keith Stackpole Sr. also played first-class cricket and was a noted Australian rules footballer for Collingwood and Fitzroy. == Biography == Stackpole grew up in Collingwood in Melbourne's inner suburbs. The son of an accomplished sportsman and local cricket legend, Keith junior followed his father to the Collingwood Cricket Club in Melbourne’s district cricket competition. At age 16 he was selected for the Collingwood first XI in what was to be his father’s final game for the club after 20 years of service. Under the mentorship of Jack Ryder, he then made his Sheffield Shield debut for Victoria in Adelaide in 1962–63, contributing 83 against an attack that included Gary Sobers and Neil Hawke. He developed into a solid middle order batsman and handy leg spinner. Stackpole was a big, heavy batsman in the Colin Milburn mould and quite capable of hitting the ball all over the ground, being especially strong off the back foot when hooking and cutting.
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