Denis Neville Moore (26 September 1910 – 2 October 2003) was an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Gloucestershire between 1930 and 1936.[1]

Denis Moore
Personal information
Full name
Denis Neville Moore
Born(1910-09-26)26 September 1910
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Died2 October 2003(2003-10-02) (aged 93)
Croydon, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1930–1931Oxford University
1930–1936Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 51
Runs scored 2307
Batting average 32.49
100s/50s 4/9
Top score 206
Balls bowled 440
Wickets 6
Bowling average 42.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/39
Catches/stumpings 22/0
Source: Cricinfo, 4 August 2013

Moore had a spectacular debut season as a batsman in 1930, but in 1931 he suffered a hand injury, closely followed by pneumonia and then pleurisy, and never regained his form. He left the first-class game in his mid-twenties to concentrate on his work in the family law firm in Croydon.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Denis Moore". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. ^ Wisden 2004, pp. 1548–49.
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