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{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1863|9|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Dunedin]], New Zealand
| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|11|11|1863|9|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = Dunedin, New Zealand
| nickname = ▼
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| role = Opening batsman
| club1 = [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1884/85–1890/91}}
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| debutdate1 = 20
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| lastdate1 = 23 February
| source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36410.html ESPNcricinfo]▼
| lastagainst1 = Canterbury
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 7
| runs1 = 215
| bat avg1 = 16.53
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 48
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| catches/stumpings1= 2/–
| date = 30 March
| year = 2020
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'''Clement Henry Beck''' (28 September 1863 – 11 November 1957) was a New Zealand [[cricket]]er. He played seven [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches for [[Otago cricket team|Otago]] between the 1884/85 and
A solid, effective opening batsman in an era of low scores, Clem Beck made 48 on his first-class debut in Otago's victory over [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]] in 1884–85. He batted for four hours.<ref>{{cite web |title=Otago v Canterbury 1884-85 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2923.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref><ref>[[Tom Reese|T. W. Reese]], ''New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914'', Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, p. 251.</ref> He played against a [[Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1886–87|touring Australian side]] in 1886, part of an Otago side of 22 players,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21421/21421.html Clement Beck], CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2022. {{subscription required}}</ref> and top-scored for Otago with 25 in their loss to the touring [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales team]] in February 1890, winning a bat in recognition.<ref>Reese, p. 282.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Omnium Gatherum |journal=Otago Daily Times |date=26 July 1890 |page=2 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18900726.2.42}}</ref> A month later, when Otago again beat Canterbury, he made 24 and 20 [[not out]], the only batsman on either side to reach 20.<ref>{{cite web |title=Otago v Canterbury 1889-90|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3533.html|website=CricketArchive |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref> In another victory over Canterbury in 1890–91, his last first-class match, he was the highest scorer in either side's first innings, with 32.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canterbury v Otago 1890-91|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3656.html|website=CricketArchive |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref> He was later described as "a sturdy batsman, full of defence".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Otago Cricket History |journal=Evening Star |date=30 October 1934 |page=4 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19341030.2.16.5}}</ref> He played club cricket for Dunedin and Carisbrook.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19561110.2.44.10 People in the play], ''Press'', 10 November 1956, p. 5. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref>
Beck also represented [[Otago Rugby Football Union|Otago]] at [[rugby union]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Cricket Notes |journal=Lyttelton Times |date=23 October 1888 |page=3 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18881023.2.12}}</ref> playing for the representative side 10 times between 1885 and 1888, including in the first match between Otago and [[Rugby Southland|Southland]] in 1887 and against the [[1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia|touring British side in 1888]].<ref name=press57>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19571112.2.44 Mr Clem Beck], ''Press'', 12 November 1957, p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref> He played club rugby for the Montecillo and Dunedin clubs and was described in 1947 as having been an "outstanding forward".<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19470626.2.8.6 Rugby veterans], ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'', 26 June 1947, p. 2. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref> He was a life member of Dunedin Football Club and the President of Ocean Beach Cricket Club.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19500302.2.80.4 Dunedin Football Club], ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'', 2 March 1950, p. 8. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref><ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19381005.2.111 Ocean Beach Club], ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'', 5 October 1938, p. 12. Retrieved 8 January 2022.</ref>
Beck was the head [[tinsmith]] for the Dunedin firm [[Kempthorne Prosser|Kempthorne, Prosser & Co. Ltd]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=A Charge of Arson |journal=Otago Daily Times |date=16 August 1907 |page=8 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19070816.2.85}}</ref> He married Barbara Alice Walker in Dunedin in March 1893;<ref>{{cite journal |title=Marriages |journal=Evening Star |date=15 April 1893 |page=2 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18930415.2.4}}</ref> the couple had four children.<ref name=press57/> She died at their home in the Dunedin suburb of [[St Kilda, New Zealand|St Kilda]] in February 1935.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Deaths|journal=Otago Daily Times |date=25 February 1935|page=8 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19350225.2.47}}</ref> Beck died in November 1957, aged 94.<ref name="Bio"/><ref name=press57/>
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