Lorna Beal

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
Died10 August 2020(2020-08-10) (aged 96)
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 26)20 March 1948 v New Zealand
Last Test28 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.

References

  1. "Lorna Larter - Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. "Former Australia wicketkeeper Lorna Beal dies aged 96". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. "CricketArchive - Lorna Larter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. "Former Australia cricketer Lorna Beal passes away aged 96". Times Now News. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  5. "Cricket Australia Obituary". Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  6. "Cricket Australia Obituary". Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  7. Booth, Lawrence (2021). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. p. 262. ISBN 9781472975478.
  8. "Cricket Australia Obituary". Retrieved 10 November 2020.


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