{{short description|English cricketer (born 1954)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = David Beckett | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|10|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = | family = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Left-arm medium | role = | club1 = Oxfordshire | year1 = 1976–1980 | club2 = Devon | year2 = 1986 | columns = 1 | column1 = List A | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 0 | bat avg1 = – | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = – | deliveries1 = 60 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 22 June | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10268.html Cricinfo }}

'''David Beckett''' (born 25 October 1954) is a former English cricketer.

Beckett was born in Oxford, and debuted for Oxfordshire in minor counties cricket in the 1976 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire.<ref name="MCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34483/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by David Beckett |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-22 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire until 1980, having made eighteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.<ref name="MCM"/> During his time at Oxfordshire, Beckett also made a single appearance in List A one-day cricket against the first-class county Warwickshire in the 1980 Gillette Cup at Edgbaston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34483/List_A_Matches.html |title=List Matches played by David Beckett |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-22 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He later made two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship for Devon in 1986.<ref name="MCM"/>

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