- Michael Gear (cricketer)
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Personal information Full name Michael Eric Gear Born 7 December 1945
Bath, Somerset, EnglandBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Leg break Domestic team information Years Team 1988 Bedfordshire 1983–1984 Buckinghamshire 1973 Minor Counties South 1970–1982 Bedfordshire Career statistics Competition List A Matches 9 Runs scored 90 Batting average 10.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 22 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/– Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2011 Michael Eric Gear (born 7 December 1945) is a former English cricketer. Gearwas a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Bath, Somerset.
Gear first played for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1970 against Cambridgeshire. His List A debut for the county came in the 1970 Gillette Cup against Buckinghamshire. He played 5 further List A matches for Bedfordshire, the last coming against Somerset in the 1982 NatWest Trophy.[1] While representing Bedfordshire, he played 3 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup.[1] He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire until 1982,[2] before joining Buckinghamshire for the 1984 season. He played Minor Counties cricket for the county until 1984, which also included 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches in 1983 against Devon and Bedfordshire.[2][3] Gear also played a single List A match for Buckinghamshire in the 1984 NatWest Trophy against Lancashire, before ending his career four years later with Bedfordshire.[2][3]
He also played Second XI cricket for the Surrey Second XI from 1965 to 1967.[4]
References
- ^ a b "List A Matches played by Michael Gear". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34613/List_A_Matches.html. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Michael Gear". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34613/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Michael Gear". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34613/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ "Teams Michael Gear played for". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34613/all_teams.html. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
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Categories:- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from Bath, Somerset
- People from Somerset
- English cricketers
- Bedfordshire cricketers
- Minor Counties cricketers
- Buckinghamshire cricketers
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