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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = <br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| fullname = Arthur William Reddie Becher<br />
| birth_date = 6 December 1842<br />
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1926|3|25|1842|12|6|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Maida Vale]], [[London]], England<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = <br />
| batting = Unknown<br />
| bowling = <br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]<br />
| year1 = 1872<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 13<br />
| bat avg1 = 6.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 8<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–<br />
| date = 10 October<br />
| year = 2021<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9635.html Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Arthur William Reddie Becher''' (6 December 1842 – 25 March 1926) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].<br />
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The son of the [[British Army]] General [[Arthur Becher (British Army officer)|Sir Arthur Mitford Becher]], he was born in [[British India]] at [[Allahabad]] in December 1842.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Baronetage and Knightage |first=Joseph |last=Foster |date=1881 |publisher=Nichols and Sons |page=698 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_baronetage_and_knightage/uFE4AQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He was commissioned into the [[Bengal Army]] as a [[Cornet (rank)|cornet]] in December 1859,<ref>Cavalry. ''Thacker's Overland News for India and the Colonies''. 3 February 1860. p. 24</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in January 1862.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22625|date=13 May 1862|page=2492}}</ref> On a visit to England in 1872, Becher played a [[first-class cricket]] match for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27784/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Becher|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-10-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 8 runs in the MCC first innings by [[William Marten]], while in their second innings he was dismissed by [[Charles Hall (cricketer, born 1848)|Charles Hall]] for 5 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1734.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Surrey, 1872|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-10-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Returning to military duty, he was promoted to [[brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in December 1871,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23889|date=23 August 1872|page=3776}}</ref> with him gaining the rank in full in December the following year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23985|date=10 June 1873|page=2784}}</ref> Promotion to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] followed in December 1879,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24813|date=20 February 1880|page=783}}</ref> with a further promotion to [[Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] coming in December 1885.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25559|date=16 February 1886|page=747}}</ref> Becher retired from active service in March 1892.<ref>Promotions. ''Englishman's Overland Mail''. 23 March 1892. p. 18</ref> He died in England at [[Maida Vale]] in March 1926.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=9635}}<br />
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[[Category:1842 births]]<br />
[[Category:1926 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Allahabad]]<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]</div>Bot