Gary Beer

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1941)}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Gary Beer

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| fullname = Gary Douglas Beer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1941|10|10}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Batsman

| family =

| club1 = Central Districts

| year1 = {{nowrap|1963/64–1964/65}}

| club2 = Otago

| year2 = 1965/66–1967/68

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 22 March

| debutyear1 = 1963

| debutfor1 = New Zealand under-23

| debutagainst1 = Northern Districts

| lastdate1 = 5 January

| lastyear1 = 1968

| lastfor1 = Otago

| lastagainst1 = Central Districts

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 19

| runs1 = 572

| bat avg1 = 16.82

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 57

| deliveries1 = 6

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 7.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/7

| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/gary-beer-36413 CricInfo

| date = 8 January

| year = 2022

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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.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36413.html Gary Beer], CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-01-08.

Beer was born at Christchurch in New Zealand, educated at Christchurch West High SchoolMcCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 17. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) 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".[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610916.2.92 People in the play], Press, 16 September 1961, p. 9. Retrieved 2022-01-08. 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.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21424/21424.html Gary Beer], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-01-08. {{subscription required}} 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.

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. He played in a non-first-class match for the side against the touring Australians in February 1967. 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.[https://wisden.com/players/gary-beer Gary Beer], Wisden online. Retrieved 2022-01-08. Beer played Hawke Cup cricket for Hawke's Bay in 1963/64 and 1964/65 and for Wairarapa in 1970/71 and 1971/72.