# Gordon Becker

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{{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](/source/Katanning%2C_Western_Australia)
|        death_date = 
|       death_place = 
|           batting = Right-handed 
|              role = Wicketkeeper-batsman
| club1             = [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia_cricket_team)
| year1             = {{nowrap|1963/64–1968/69}}
| columns           = 1
| column1           = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1          = 52
| runs1             = 2,227
| bat avg1          = 27.49
| 100s/50s1         = 3/13
| top score1        = 195
| hidedeliveries    = true
| wickets1          = 
| bowl avg1         = 
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| 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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er. A wicketkeeper-batsman, he played 52 [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) matches, mostly for [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia_cricket_team), 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](/source/Australian_cricket_team_in_South_Africa_in_1966%E2%80%9367), but did not play in any of the [Test matches](/source/Test_cricket).<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](/source/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](/source/Indian_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_1967%E2%80%9368) 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/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=4339}}

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Category:1936 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian cricketers
Category:Western Australia cricketers
Category:People from Katanning, Western Australia
Category:Cricketers from Western Australia
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
Category:Australian cricket coaches

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