James Charles Beal (26 May 1830 – 24 August 1904) was an Australian
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
er.
He played one
first-class match for
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
in 1856,
which was the first Intercolonial cricket match between Victoria and New South Wales.
Beal was educated at St. James Grammar School in Sydney and then began working in the printing profession. In January 1862 he moved to Queensland settling in Brisbane where he worked as superintendent of the Government Printing Office until 1866 when he became Acting Government printer and in 1867 he was appointed Government printer and served in the role until retiring in 1893. He supported sports while in Queensland especially yachting, cricket, and football and he served as a member of the Queensland Turf Club committee for many years.
See also
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List of New South Wales representative cricketers
This is a list of male cricketers who have played for New South Wales in first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket. It is complete to the end of the 2017–18 season. The list refers to the sides named as "New South Wales" and does not include pl ...
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1830 births
1904 deaths
Colony of New South Wales people
Australian cricketers
New South Wales cricketers
Cricketers from Sydney
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