Michael Gear (cricketer)
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| Full name | Michael Eric Gear | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 December 1945 Bath, Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1982 | Bedfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Minor Counties South | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Bedfordshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Michael Eric Gear (born 7 December 1945) is a former English cricketer. Gear was 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[edit]
- ^ a b "List A Matches played by Michael Gear". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Michael Gear". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Michael Gear". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ "Teams Michael Gear played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2011.