Frederick 'Fred' Robert Beart (6 July 1850 – 4 March 1895) was an English first-class

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er and British Army officer. The son of Robert Beart, a brick and tile manufacturer, he was born at Godmanchester in July 1850. He was educated at

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, before going up to Wadham College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, Beart made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1871. Batting once in the match, he was dismissed without scoring in the Oxford first-innings by Frank Farrands. After graduating from Oxford, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Huntingdon Militia. He was promoted to

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in March 1880 and the following year in July he was appointed as a

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for Huntingdonshire. By 1886, Beart was serving with the

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and in April of that year he was promoted to

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. He died at Godmanchester in March 1895. His son,

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, also played first-class cricket.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beart, Fred 1850 births 1895 deaths People from Godmanchester People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers English justices of the peace King's Royal Rifle Corps officers