Victor Beeby

Victor Spearman Beeby (30 September 1891 – 7 February 1944) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago in 1919/20.[1]

Beeby took four wickets at an average of 18.00 and made 37 runs at an average of 37.00 in his two first-class matches, both of which Otago won.[2] He also played soccer as a goalkeeper for the Maori Hill club in Dunedin, and represented Otago.[3][4]

In late 1924 Beeby had left his wife in Dunedin and was living in Auckland. He was given a six-month prison sentence for failure to maintain his wife, suspended on the condition that he resume maintenance payments and pay off the arrears.[5] In May 1932, during a period of unrest among the unemployed, he was convicted for his part in a riot outside Parliament House, Wellington, and sentenced to three months in prison "for inciting lawlessness".[6]