Stanley Amor

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Stanley Amor
country = England
fullname = Stanley Long Amor
dayofbirth = 22
monthofbirth = 7
yearofbirth = 1887
placeofbirth = Bath
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 7
monthofdeath = 8
yearofdeath = 1965
placeofdeath = Bath
countryofdeath = England
heightft =
heightinch =
heightm =
batting = Right-hand batsman
bowling =
role = Wicketkeeper
club1 = Somerset
year1 = 1908-30
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 11 May
debutyear1 = 1908
debutfor1 = Somerset
debutagainst1 = Lancashire
lastdate1 = 11 July
lastyear1 = 1930
lastfor1 = Somerset
lastagainst1 = Yorkshire
deliveries =
columns = 1
column1 = FC
matches1 = 29
runs1 = 220
bat avg1 = 7.09
100s/50s1 = -/-
top score1 = 21
deliveries1 = 0
wickets1 = 0
bowl avg1 = -
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = -
catches/stumpings1 = 27/24
date = 9 August
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3404/3404.html

Stanley Long Amor, born at Bath, Somerset on 22 July 1887 and died at Bath on 7 August 1965, played first-class cricket for Somerset irregularly for a period of more than 20 years.

A tail-end batsman and wicketkeeper, Amor played exactly half of his 26 first-class matches for Somerset in games at Bath, and his first-class career never took him further north than Worcester, though that visit brought him his highest first-class score of 21. [cite web | url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3404/First-Class_Matches.html | title=First-class Matches played by Stanley Amor | accessdate=2008-08-15 | publisher=www.cricketarchive.com ] [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/9/9604.html | title=Worcestershire v Somerset| accessdate=2008-08-09 | publisher=www.cricketarchive.com]

Primarily, Amor was a club cricketer, acting as captain and wicketkeeper for Bath Cricket Club from 1914 to 1950, and president and chairman after that. [Cite book | author = Gavin Turner | title = "A Century at Bath" | edition = 2000 | publisher = Broadcast Books | ISBN = 1 874092 92 3 | page = p65 ] That he might have made the grade at a higher level of cricket is suggested by the fact that, in the 1922 and 1923 seasons, he figured in late-season festival cricket at Eastbourne and Hastings, playing for South v North, for the Royal Air Force (Ex-Service) side against the Rest of England, and for The Rest against Lord Cowdray's XI, alongside notable cricketing names such as Jack Hobbs, Frank Woolley, Percy Fender and the Gilligans. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/10/10646.html | title=South v North|accessdate=2008-08-15 | publisher=www.cricketarchive.com] [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/10/10647.html | title=Royal Air Force v The Rest|accessdate=2008-08-15 | publisher=www.cricketarchive.com] [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11006.html | title=Lord Cowdray's XI v The Rest|accessdate=2008-08-15 | publisher=www.cricketarchive.com]

He was awarded the OBE.

References

External links

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3404/3404.html Cricket Archive Profile]