Gordon Beet

Gordon Beet
Personal information
Full name
Gordon Albert Beet
Born(1939-05-05)5 May 1939
Heanor, Derbyshire, England
Died19 January 1994(1994-01-19) (aged 54)
Mansfield, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm slow
RelationsGeorge Beet, Sr.
George Beet, Jr.
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19561961Derbyshire
FC debut30 May 1956 Derbyshire v Kent
Last FC24 June 1961 Derbyshire v Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 36
Batting average 7.20
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 17
Balls bowled 144
Wickets 2
Bowling average 50.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/42
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, December 2011

Gordon Albert Beet (5 May 1939 – 19 January 1994) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1956 and 1961.

Beet was born at Heanor, Derbyshire. He started representing Derbyshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1955, and played most of his matches for the second XI. He made two first-class appearances for Derbyshire in the 1956 season with his debut against Kent when he made 4 runs in the only innings he played. His next first-class appearance was in a single match in the 1958 season. Three years later in the 1961 season, he played in two County Championship games and a match against Oxford University.

Beet was a right-handed batsman and played seven innings in six first-class matches with an average of 7.20 and a top score of 17. He was a slow left-arm bowler and took two first-class wickets for 100 runs.[1]

Beet died at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire at the age of 54. His grandfather, George Beet, Sr. and uncle George Beet, Jr. also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire.