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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = <br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = Malcolm Schofield Beevers<br />
| birth_date = 4 September 1913<br />
| birth_place = [[Somercotes|Pye Bridge]], [[Derbyshire]], England<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|12|20|1913|9|4|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Wrington]], [[Somerset]], England<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = [[Leg break]]<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]]<br />
| year1 = 1934/35<br />
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year2 = 1934/35<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 15<br />
| bat avg1 = 3.75<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 10<br />
| deliveries1 = 120<br />
| wickets1 = 1<br />
| bowl avg1 = 94.00<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/61<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–<br />
| date = 27 October<br />
| year = 2023<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/malcolm-beevers-27039 ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Malcolm Schofield Beevers''' (4 September 1913 – 20 December 1996) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Indian Army]] officer.<br />
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Beevers was born in September 1913 at [[Somercotes|Pye Bridge, Derbyshire]]. He served in the [[British Army]] in India as a Private with the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.rotherham.gov.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=578-K%2F8%2F2%2F549|title=Record|work=www.rotherham.gov.uk|access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref> In late 1934, Beevers made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]]. The first of these came for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in the [[1934–35 Bombay Quadrangular]]. His second came for [[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]] against [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Central India]] at [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground|Nagpur]] in the [[1934–35 Ranji Trophy]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12943/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Malcolm Beevers|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 October 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> it was in the latter match that he took his only first-class wicket, that of [[C. S. Nayudu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15266.html|title=Central Provinces and Berar v Central India, Ranji Trophy 1934/35 (East Zone)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 October 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Beevers was serving as a Sergeant when he received his emergency commission as an [[Officer (armed forces)#United Kingdom|commission]] in the British Indian Army during the [[Second World War]], being appointed a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] on 28 May 1942.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35912|date=19 February 1942|page=892}}</ref> He saw action in the [[Burma campaign]] with the 25th and later 26th Indian Division Ordnance Field Park's. He joined the [[Burma Star association]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://burmastarmemorial.org/archive/membership-records/b/b-3801-3950/1422427-beevers-malcolm-schofield-b384181?|title=Beevers, Malcolm Schofield - B/3841/81|work=www.burmastarmemorial.org|access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref><br />
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Returning to England after the war, Beevers was appointed to an emergency commission in the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps]] in July 1949 with the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] and his seniority antedated to July 1944.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38725|date=30 September 1949|page=4656|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to major in October 1957,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41211|date=25 October 1957|page=6259|supp=y}}</ref> and upon the completion of his service in September 1960, he was made an honorary major.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=42132|date=30 August 1960|page=6016|supp=y}}</ref> He later served in the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] with the [[3rd East Anglian Regiment|East Anglian Regiment]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=42661|date=27 April 1962|page=3507|supp=y}}</ref> before resigning his commission in March 1967.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44271|date=17 March 1967|page=3170|supp=y}}</ref> Beevers died in December 1996 at [[Wrington|Wrington, Somerset]].<br />
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