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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]

Gary Beer

Personal information
Full name	Gary Douglas Beer
Born	(1941-10-10) 10 October 1941 (age 80) Christchurch, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
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
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 19 Runs scored 572 Batting average 16.82 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 57 Balls bowled 6 Wickets 1 Bowling average 7.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/7 Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 January 2022

Beer was born at Christchurch in New Zealand[1] 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".[2] 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.[3] 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.[3]

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.[3] He played in a non-first-class match for the side against the touring Australians in February 1967.[3] 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][4] Beer played Hawke Cup cricket for Hawke's Bay in 1963/64 and 1964/65 and for Wairarapa in 1970/71 and 1971/72.[3]

References

External links

• Gary Beer at ESPNcricinfo

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