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

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]

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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