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Lorna Beal
Lorna Larter (cricketer).jpg
Larter pictured in the Perth Daily News in November 1948
Personal information
Born (1923-11-28)28 November 1923
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Died 10 August 2020(2020-08-10) (aged 96)
Batting Right-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
  • Australia
Test debut (cap 26) 20 March 1948 v New Zealand
Last Test 28 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. Beal played seven Test matches for the Australia women's cricket team.

Her debut was in 1948 in the first women's Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Her final match was in Australia's 1951 tour to England. She kept wicket in Australia's first seven Test matches following World War II.

It was on the 1951 tour that she met her future husband, Roy Beal. She then retired from cricket, and took up golf. Beal was a recipient of an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.

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