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]
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| Full name | Gary Douglas Beer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 October 1941 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
References
edit- ^ a b c Gary Beer, CricInfo. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 17. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ People in the play, Press, 16 September 1961, p. 9. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ a b c d e Gary Beer, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-08-06. (subscription required)
- ^ Gary Beer Archived 27 August 2024 at the Wayback Machine, Wisden online. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
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