| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michael Eric Gear | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 December 1945 Bath, Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1982 | Bedfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Minor Counties South | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Bedfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Michael Eric Gear (born 7 December 1945) is a former English cricketer. Gearwas a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Bath, Somerset.
Gear first played for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1970 against Cambridgeshire. His List A debut for the county came in the 1970 Gillette Cup against Buckinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches for Bedfordshire, the last coming against Somerset in the 1982 NatWest Trophy. [1] While representing Bedfordshire, he played 3 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup. [1] He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire until 1982, [2] before joining Buckinghamshire for the 1984 season. He played Minor Counties cricket for the county until 1984, which also included 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches in 1983 against Devon and Bedfordshire. [2] [3] Gear also played a single List A match for Buckinghamshire in the 1984 NatWest Trophy against Lancashire, before ending his career four years later with Bedfordshire. [2] [3]
He also played Second XI cricket for the Surrey Second XI from 1965 to 1967. [4]
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