Lorna Beal (née Larter; 28 November 1923 – 10 August 2020) was an Australian cricketer.[1][2] Beal played seven Test matches for the Australia women's cricket team.[3][4]

Lorna Beal

Larter pictured in the Perth Daily News in November 1948
Personal information
Born	(1923-11-28)28 November 1923 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Died	10 August 2020(2020-08-10) (aged 96)
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 26)	20 March 1948 v New Zealand
Last Test	28 July 1951 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests Matches 7 Runs scored 72 Batting average 9.00 100s/50s -/- Top score 17 Balls bowled Wickets - Bowling average - 5 wickets in innings - 10 wickets in match - Best bowling - Catches/stumpings 7/9
Source: CricInfo, 29 January 2015

Her debut was in 1948 in the first women's Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.[5] Her final match was in Australia's 1951 tour to England.[6] She kept wicket in Australia's first seven Test matches following World War II.[7]

It was on the 1951 tour that she met her future husband, Roy Beal. She then retired from cricket, and took up golf.[8] Beal was a recipient of an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.

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