{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Derek Beard | country = New Zealand | fullname = Derek Andrew Beard | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|9|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Te Aroha, New Zealand | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = Bowler | family = Don Beard (father) | club1 = Northern Districts | year1 = {{nowrap|1987/88–1990/91}} | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 8 | runs1 = 99 | bat avg1 = 14.14 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 28 | deliveries1 = 1,284 | wickets1 = 23 | bowl avg1 = 26.69 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 6/18 | catches/stumpings1 = 3/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 18 | runs2 = 109 | bat avg2 = 15.57 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 30 | deliveries2 = 798 | wickets2 = 22 | bowl avg2 = 19.36 | fivefor2 = 1 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 5/34 | catches/stumpings2 = 3/– | date = 18 December | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36405.html Cricinfo }} '''Derek Andrew Beard''' (born 10 September 1961) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Northern Districts from 1987 to 1991.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36405.html| title = Derek Beard| publisher = Cricinfo| accessdate =17 December 2019}}</ref> His father, Don Beard, played Test cricket for New Zealand in the 1950s.
A medium-pace bowler, Beard's best first-class figures were 6 for 18 (off 10 overs) against Central Districts in 1989–90.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/52/52480.html| title = Central Districts v Northern Districts 1989–90| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =17 December 2019}}</ref> In List A cricket his best figures were 5 for 34, the first five wickets to fall, also against Central Districts, in 1990–91.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/53/53771.html| title = Central Districts v Northern Districts 1990–91| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =17 December 2019}}</ref>
A science teacher at Mount Maunganui College, Beard played 105 representative matches for Bay of Plenty.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sunlive.co.nz/blogs/14188-a-week-of-bop-cricket-milestones.html| title = A week of BOP cricket milestones| publisher = SunLive| accessdate = 17 December 2019| archive-date = 20 January 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200120195614/https://sunlive.co.nz/blogs/14188-a-week-of-bop-cricket-milestones.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> In 2016 he was awarded life membership of the Bay of Plenty Cricket Association.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11625703| title = Cricket: Bay stalwarts honoured for service | publisher = New Zealand Herald| date=20 April 2016|accessdate =17 December 2019}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beard, Derek}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:New Zealand cricketers Category:Northern Districts cricketers Category:Sportspeople from Te Aroha Category:Cricketers from Waikato