Walter Arthur Beadsmoore (15 October 1891 – 13 April 1964) was an English cricketer. Beadsmoore was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Basford, Nottinghamshire.

Walter Beadsmoore
Personal information
Full name
Walter Arthur Beadsmoore
Born(1891-10-15)15 October 1891
Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
Died13 April 1964(1964-04-13) (aged 72)
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1924Minor Counties
1921–1931Norfolk
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 10
Batting average 10.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 7
Balls bowled 124
Wickets 5
Bowling average 11.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 4/53
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 May 2012

Beadsmoore made his debut in county cricket for Norfolk in the 1921 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. From 1921 to 1931, Beadsmoore made 74 appearances for the county in the Minor Counties Championship, the last of which came against Lincolnshire.[1] In 1924, he made his only appearance in first-class cricket for a combined Minor Counties team against the touring South Africans at the County Ground, Lakenham.[2] Batting first, the Minor Counties made 196 all out, with Beadsmoore scoring 7 runs at number eleven, before being dismissed by Sid Pegler. The South Africans responded in their first-innings with 149 all out, with Beadsmoore taking the final wicket to fall in that innings, that of Claude Carter, to finish with figures of 1/2 from 0.4 overs. In their second-innings, the Minor Counties made 272 all out, with Beadsmoore ending the innings not out on 3. In their second-innings chase, the South Africans were dismissed for 294, with Beadsmore finishing figures of 4/53 from 20 overs, giving the Minor Counties a famous victory by 25 runs.[3]

He died at Watford, Hertfordshire, on 13 April 1964.

References

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  1. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Walter Beadsmoore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Beadsmoore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Minor Counties v South Africans, 1924". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
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