Geoffrey Beck (cricketer)

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Geoffrey Beck
Personal information
Full nameGeoffrey Edward Beck
Born (1918-06-16) 16 June 1918 (age 100)
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946Oxford University
1951Oxfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 72
Batting average 12.00
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 50
Balls bowled 0
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 November 2018

Geoffrey Edward Beck (born 16 June 1918) is a former first-class cricketer and Congregational minister.

Geoffrey Beck studied theology at Mansfield College, Oxford, from 1942 to 1946.[1] A middle-order batsman, he represented Oxford University at cricket, playing in the University Match in 1943 (when he top-scored) and 1945, both of which were one-day matches.[2] When first-class cricket resumed after World War II he played three matches for Oxford, with a highest score of 50 against Surrey in his first match.[3] He later played two matches for Oxfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1951.

He married Joy Crookshank, a Cambridge graduate and fellow member of the Student Christian Movement, in 1946.[1] He also began his career as a Congregational minister in 1946. He served as the minister at Eccleston, St Helens, from 1946 to 1950, at Summertown, Oxford, from 1950 to 1965, as Warden of the Chapel of Unity at Coventry Cathedral from 1965 to 1971, and as minister at the Central Free Church, Brighton, from 1971 to 1984.[1]

He was co-founder of the Adam von Trott Memorial Appeal Project in honour of the participant, a former student at Oxford, in the plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944. The appeal provides scholarships to German students to study at Mansfield College. In 2014 the German government awarded Beck the Cross of the Order of Merit for his work for British-German relations.[4][5]

He lives in retirement in East Sussex.[6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Geoffrey Beck, "65 Years of Friendship", Mansfield Magazine, Winter 2009, p. 30.
  2. ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Geoffrey Beck". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ^ "Surrey v Oxford University 1946". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ^ Wynick, Alex (10 February 2014). "German honour for von Trott memorial". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Germany honours Herstmonceux man". Sussex Express. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  6. ^ Chairman's e Bulletin, Friends of Coventry Cathedral, January 2017.

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