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George William Beldam (born New Cross, Kent 1 May 1868 – died Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey 23 November 1937) was an English cricketer and a pioneer of action photography in sport.〔(Search the Collection: George William Beldam (1868-1937) ), National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 21 January 2014.〕 George Beldam came from a cricketing family of Huguenot refugees. He was a steady right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler who represented Middlesex, MCC and London County in 102 first-class matches between 1900 and 1907. He scored 4,796 runs (average 30.16) with a personal best of 155 * versus Surrey at Lord's in 1902 and took 66 catches and 76 wickets (average 27.14) with a personal best of 5/28 versus Lancashire at Liverpool in 1902. He became a noted artist and photographer. He was the first action photographer of sport in Britain, specialising in cricket and golf.〔E.W. Swanton, ''Barclay's World of Cricket'' - 2nd Edition, 1980, Collins Publishers, ISBN 0-00-216349-7, p140.〕 He collaborated with C.B. Fry on two instructional books, with Beldam providing the illustrations and some of the text: * ''Great Batsmen: Their Methods at a Glance'' (1905) * ''Great Bowlers and Fielders: Their Methods at a Glance'' (1907) His brother, Cyril Beldam, and a cousin, Ernest Beldam, also played first-class cricket. A biography of him was written by a descendant: * George Alastair Beldam, ''Third Man in: Lost World of a Camera Artist - G.W.Beldam and the Art of Edwardian Cricket'', The George Beldam Collection, 1995, ISBN 978-0-9516676-0-6 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Beldam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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