Malwyn a'Beckett
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Malwyn a'Beckett was an English
-born Australia
n cricket
er who played for Victoria. He was born in London
and died in Victoria.
A'Beckett made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851-52 season, against Tasmania. From the tailend, he scored 3 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 7 runs in the second.
Six seasons later, he played in a Gentlemen v. Players match on a Gentlemen's team which won by an innings margin.
A'Beckett's brother, Edward
, played two first-class matches for Victoria, while his great-nephew, Ted
played four Test matches for Australia.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
-born Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played for Victoria. He was born in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and died in Victoria.
A'Beckett made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851-52 season, against Tasmania. From the tailend, he scored 3 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 7 runs in the second.
Six seasons later, he played in a Gentlemen v. Players match on a Gentlemen's team which won by an innings margin.
A'Beckett's brother, Edward
Edward A'Beckett
Edward A'Beckett may refer to:*Ted a'Beckett , or Edward Lambert a'Beckett, Australian cricketer*Edward à Beckett , Australian portrait painter, brother of Thomas à Beckett...
, played two first-class matches for Victoria, while his great-nephew, Ted
Ted a'Beckett
Edward Lambert a'Beckett was an Australian cricketer who played in four Tests between 1928 and 1931. He also played in 47 first-class matches for Victoria....
played four Test matches for Australia.
External links
- Malwyn a'Beckett at Cricket Archive