{{Short description|Australian cricketer (born 1936)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{use Australian English|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Gordon Becker | image = | country = | fullname = Gordon Charles Becker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|3|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Katanning, Western Australia | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | role = Wicketkeeper-batsman | club1 = Western Australia | year1 = {{nowrap|1963/64–1968/69}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 52 | runs1 = 2,227 | bat avg1 = 27.49 | 100s/50s1 = 3/13 | top score1 = 195 | hidedeliveries = true | wickets1 = | bowl avg1 = | fivefor1 = | tenfor1 = | best bowling1 = | catches/stumpings1= 118/22 | date = 6 August 2025 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/gordon-becker-4339 Cricinfo }} '''Gordon Charles Becker''' (born 14 March 1936) is a former Australian cricketer. A wicketkeeper-batsman, he played 52 first-class matches, mostly for Western Australia, between 1963/64 and 1968/69.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4339.html |title=Gordon Becker |accessdate=6 November 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He toured South Africa with the Australian team in 1966–67, but did not play in any of the Test matches.<ref name=OCAC>''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 54.</ref>
Becker began his career as a batsman at Perth Boys High School, only taking up wicket-keeping after a few seasons of club cricket.<ref name=OCAC/> His highest first-class score was 195, when Western Australia defeated the touring Indian team in 1967–68 by an innings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Western Australia v Indians 1967-68 |url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1967-68/IND_IN_AUS/IND_WA_25-28NOV1967.html |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref>
After his playing career ended, Becker coached club and junior state teams, and served as a state selector.<ref name=OCAC/>
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