Colonel Leslie Hugh Bean OBE (2 February 1906 – 13 January 1988) was a British Army officer who played first-class cricket for Somerset in three matches in the 1929 season. He also played Minor Counties cricket more frequently for Dorset between 1928 and 1939 and in non-first-class matches for the British Army Cricket Team.[1] He was born at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England and died at Accra, Ghana.
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| Full name | Leslie Hugh Bean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 February 1906 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 January 1988 (aged 81) Accra, Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 22 June 1929 Somerset v Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 29 June 1929 Somerset v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 November 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Military career
editBean went to school at Sherborne.[2] A career soldier, he was commissioned in 1926 into the Somerset Light Infantry; he was promoted from second lieutenant to full lieutenant in 1929.[3] In 1933, he was seconded to the Colonial Service and joined the Royal West African Frontier Force and in 1935 was promoted to be an acting captain.[4][5] Three years later, in 1938, he was gazetted as a captain and had been promoted to acting major, still within the RWAFF, but at this time his notional "home regiment" was the Glosters.[6] He was promoted to full major within the Glosters in 1943.[7] He retired from the army "on account of disability" and with the honorary rank of colonel in 1948.[8] By the time of his discharge from the British Army he had been awarded the MBE; this was upgraded to an OBE in 1961 when he was cited in the London Gazette as "General Manager of the Ghana Chamber of Mines".[9]
Cricket career
editBean's cricket was limited to a few matches in each about half a dozen seasons for Dorset, and one period of three matches for Somerset in 1929. A right-handed batsman who opened the innings or batted high in the order for Dorset, he was played in the lower middle-order for Somerset. He also bowled leg breaks and googlies. He was not successful in his three first-class matches for Somerset, with a highest score of just 17 in his six innings and a single wicket.
References
edit- ^ "Leslie Bean". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ "Obituary". The Cricket Statistician (62): 48. 1988. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "No. 33530". The London Gazette. 30 August 1929. p. 5642.
- ^ "No. 33997". The London Gazette. 21 November 1933. p. 7540.
- ^ "No. 34270". The London Gazette. 3 April 1936. p. 2158.
- ^ "No. 34544". The London Gazette. 23 August 1938. p. 5416.
- ^ "No. 36153". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 August 1943. p. 3879.
- ^ "No. 38258". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 April 1948. p. 2319.
- ^ "No. 42552". The London Gazette. 29 December 1961. p. 22.