David Gordon Bevan (born 11 June 1943) is an English retired

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er who played as a right-handed batsman between 1964 and 1974 for

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. He was also an overseas player for Eastern Province in the 1973/74 season, and played minor county cricket for

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in 1977. Bevan, who was born in

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, scored 706 first-class runs across his career of 36 matches at a

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of 13.21, and 107 runs in

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from six games. 101 of these first-class runs were scored in his three games for Eastern Province. The majority of his cricket was played in 1967, when he made 17

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appearances for Gloucestershire, the only season when his number of games reached double figures. He joined

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in Dublin as club professional in 1978, playing for the Senior 1s and coaching at all levels.

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;Notes ;Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bevan, David 1943 births Living people English cricketers Suffolk cricketers Eastern Province cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Cricketers from Gloucester 20th-century English sportsmen