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| Full name |
John Reginald Bean
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| Born | 16 January 1913 Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 August 2005(2005-08-27) (aged 92) Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 April 2019 | |||||||||||||||
John Reginald Bean (16 January 1913 – 27 August 2005) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. His military career spanned from 1933–1956 with the Royal Artillery, during which he served in the Second World War. He also played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team.
Bean was born at Bangalore in January 1913, in what was then a part of British India. He was educated in England at Ampleforth College, before attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[1] He graduated from Woolwich in August 1933, entering into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant.[2] He made his only appearance in first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge UniversityatFenner's in May 1936.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Army's first-innings by William Rees-Davies, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 19 runs by Jahangir Khan.[4]
In August 1936, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.[5] He served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of captain in August 1941.[6] He was promoted to the rank of major in August 1946.[7] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in January 1955.[8] He retired from active service in May 1956, upon which he was placed on the reserve of officers list.[9] Having exceeded the age for recall, he ceased to belong to the reserve of officers in January 1968.[10] He died in Somerset in August 2004.
