Robert William Moore (15 August 1905 – 27 October 1945) was an Irish first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Robert William Moore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1905 Brookland, Washington, D.C., United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 October 1945 (aged 40) Rochdale, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1926 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 November 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moore was born in the United States at Brookland, Washington, D.C.[1] Moving to Ireland during his childhood, he was educated at Friends' School, Lisburn.[1] He played his club cricket in Belfast for Cliftonville from 1922.[1] Moore toured England and Wales with Ireland in June 1926, making his debut in first-class cricket on the tour against Oxford University at Oxford.[2] Weeks later he played a second first-class match against Wales at Belfast.[2] He scored 51 runs in these two matches, with a highest score of 22.[3] Moore played club cricket for Cliftonville until 1934, after which he moved to Derry, where he played for City of Derry.[1] He later played a minor match for Ireland against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Strabane in 1934.[4] He later moved to England, where he died at Rochdale in October 1945.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Player profile: Robert William Moore". CricketEurope. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Robert Moore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Moore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Robert Moor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2018.