David Beal played first-class

First-class cricket

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 and List A cricket

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 for Somerset

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 in the 1991 season. He was born at Butleigh

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, Somerset

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Beal was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who took a lot of wickets in club cricket for the Morlands Cricket Club at Glastonbury

Glastonbury

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. He played three first-class matches and six one-day games for Somerset in 1991, having appeared for Somerset's second eleven since 1984. He made little impression in these matches, scoring just one run in both first-class and List A games, and achieving his best bowling in either form of cricket on his debut, in the List A match against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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 at The Oval

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, when he took two wickets for 40 runs in his eight overs. He picked up a back injury in a mid-season one-day match against Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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and though he returned to the side late in the season, he did not play for any Somerset side after 1991.