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Full name | Gary Douglas Beer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 10 October 1941||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963/64–1964/65 | Central Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1965/66–1967/68 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 22 March 1963 New Zealand under-23 v Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 5 January 1968 Otago v Central Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,8 January 2022 |
Gary Douglas Beer (born 10 October 1941),was a New Zealand cricketer who played 19 first-class matches for the Central Districts and Otago in the 1960s. [1]
Beer was born at Christchurch in New Zealand, [1] educated at Christchurch West High School [2] and played club cricket for Sydenham Cricket Club in the city. He was described in 1961,before his first-class debut,as "one of the most promising cricketers in Canterbury" and as an "aggressive opening bat,a fine fielder with a good arm,and a useful,medium-pace bowler". [3] He played under-20 and under-23 cricket for Canterbury in 1961/62 and under-23 cricket for Central Districts the following season,during which he made his first-class debut in March 1963,playing for a New Zealand under-23 side against Northern Districts. He went on to make his Plunket Shield debut for Central Districts in December of the same year. [4] He played six matches for Central Districts over the following two seasons,his final first-class appearance for the side coming against the touring Pakistanis in February 1965. [4]
The following season,Beer moved to play for Otago. He played in 12 senior matches for the side,his final first-class appearance coming in January 1968 in a Plunket Shield match against Central Districts. [4] He played in a non-first-class match for the side against the touring Australians in February 1967. [4] In his 19 first-class matches he scored a total of 572 runs with a highest score of 57―his only half-century in first-class cricket. [1] [5] Beer played Hawke Cup cricket for Hawke's Bay in 1963/64 and 1964/65 and for Wairarapa in 1970/71 and 1971/72. [4]
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