David Bevan (cricketer)

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David Gordon Bevan (born 11 June 1943) is an English retired cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman between 1964 and 1974 for Gloucestershire. He was also an overseas player for Eastern Province in the 1973/74 season, and played minor county cricket for Suffolk County Cricket Club in 1977. [1] [2]

Bevan, who was born in Gloucester, scored 706 first-class runs across his career of 36 matches at a batting average of 13.21, and 107 runs in one day cricket from six games. [2] 101 of these first-class runs were scored in his three games for Eastern Province. [3] The majority of his cricket was played in 1967, when he made 17 County Championship appearances for Gloucestershire, the only season when his number of games reached double figures. [4]

He joined Leinster Cricket Club in Dublin as club professional in 1978, [5] playing for the Senior 1s and coaching at all levels.

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Notes
  1. ↑ "Player Profile: David Bevan". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Player Profile: David Bevan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "FC Batting For Each Team". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Season By Season FC Batting". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Siggins, Ger (20 August 2013). "The Ultimate Professionals". Cricket Leinster. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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