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]
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Born | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia | 28 November 1923||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 August 2020 | (aged 96)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 26) | 20 March 1948 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 28 July 1951 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
References
edit- ^ "Lorna Larter - Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Former Australia wicketkeeper Lorna Beal dies aged 96". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "CricketArchive - Lorna Larter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Former Australia cricketer Lorna Beal passes away aged 96". Times Now News. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Cricket Australia Obituary". Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Cricket Australia Obituary". Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Booth, Lawrence (2021). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Bloomsbury USA. p. 262. ISBN 9781472975478.
- ^ "Cricket Australia Obituary". Retrieved 10 November 2020.