Malcolm Beevers

{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Malcolm Schofield Beevers

| birth_date = 4 September 1913

| birth_place = Pye Bridge, Derbyshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|12|20|1913|9|4|df=yes}}

| death_place = Wrington, Somerset, England

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg break

| role =

| club1 = Central Provinces and Berar

| year1 = 1934/35

| club2 = Europeans

| year2 = 1934/35

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 15

| bat avg1 = 3.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 10

| deliveries1 = 120

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 94.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/61

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 27 October

| year = 2023

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/malcolm-beevers-27039 ESPNcricinfo

}}

Malcolm Schofield Beevers (4 September 1913 – 20 December 1996) was an English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.

Beevers was born in September 1913 at Pye Bridge, Derbyshire. He served in the British Army in India as a Private with the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. {{cite web|url=http://archives.rotherham.gov.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=578-K%2F8%2F2%2F549|title=Record|work=www.rotherham.gov.uk|access-date=27 October 2023}} In late 1934, Beevers made two appearances in first-class cricket. The first of these came for the Europeans cricket team against the Hindus at Bombay in the 1934–35 Bombay Quadrangular. His second came for Central Provinces and Berar against Central India at Nagpur in the 1934–35 Ranji Trophy;{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12943/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Malcolm Beevers|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 October 2023|url-access=subscription}} it was in the latter match that he took his only first-class wicket, that of C. S. Nayudu.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15266.html|title=Central Provinces and Berar v Central India, Ranji Trophy 1934/35 (East Zone)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 October 2023|url-access=subscription}} Beevers was serving as a Sergeant when he received his emergency commission as an commission in the British Indian Army during the Second World War, being appointed a second lieutenant on 28 May 1942.{{London Gazette|issue=35912|date=19 February 1942|page=892}} He saw action in the Burma campaign with the 25th and later 26th Indian Division Ordnance Field Park's. He joined the Burma Star association in 1981.{{cite web|url=https://burmastarmemorial.org/archive/membership-records/b/b-3801-3950/1422427-beevers-malcolm-schofield-b384181?|title=Beevers, Malcolm Schofield - B/3841/81|work=www.burmastarmemorial.org|access-date=27 October 2023}}

Returning to England after the war, Beevers was appointed to an emergency commission in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in July 1949 with the rank of captain and his seniority antedated to July 1944.{{London Gazette|issue=38725|date=30 September 1949|page=4656|supp=y}} He was promoted to major in October 1957,{{London Gazette|issue=41211|date=25 October 1957|page=6259|supp=y}} and upon the completion of his service in September 1960, he was made an honorary major.{{London Gazette|issue=42132|date=30 August 1960|page=6016|supp=y}} He later served in the Territorial Army with the East Anglian Regiment,{{London Gazette|issue=42661|date=27 April 1962|page=3507|supp=y}} before resigning his commission in March 1967.{{London Gazette|issue=44271|date=17 March 1967|page=3170|supp=y}} Beevers died in December 1996 at Wrington, Somerset.