Francis Joseph Aloysius O'Keeffe (11 May 1896 – 26 March 1924) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for New South Wales and Victoria.
O'Keeffe played Sydney Grade Cricket for Waverley as a teenager before enlisting in the First Australian Imperial Force and serving for four years in World War I.
After the war he was selected for a few matches for New South Wales, but was unable to establish himself in the team, and moved to Victoria in 1921.
[1] He came to fame in the 1921-22 season when he made 87 and 79 for Victoria against New South Wales, 180 against South Australia and 177 and 144 for The Rest against Warwick Armstrong's touring team, newly returned from their Ashes triumph in England.
He was credited in Melbourne for inventing the practice of fielders walking in as the bowler ran in to bowl.