- Richard More
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Richard More
country = England
fullname = Richard Edwardes More
dayofbirth = 3
monthofbirth = 1
yearofbirth = 1879
placeofbirth =Bishop's Castle ,Shropshire
countryofbirth =England
dayofdeath = 24
monthofdeath = 11
yearofdeath = 1936
placeofdeath =Cairo
countryofdeath =Egypt
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm medium pace
role =All-rounder
club1 = GJV Weigall's XI
year1 = 1914
clubnumber1 =
club2 = Middlesex
year2 = 1901-1910
clubnumber2 =
club3 = MCC
year3 = 1905
clubnumber3 =
club4 = Gentlemen of England
year4 = 1901-1904
clubnumber4 =
club5 = BJT Bosanquet's XI
year5 = 1901
clubnumber5 =
club6 = Oxford University
year6 = 1898-1901
type1 = First-class
onetype1 =
debutdate1 = 19 May
debutyear1 = 1898
debutfor1 = Oxford University
debutagainst1 = MCC
lastdate1 = 15 June
lastyear1 = 1914
lastfor1 = GJV Weigall's XI
lastagainst1 = Oxford University
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 57
runs1 = 1671
bat avg1 = 20.88
100s/50s1 = 3/6
top score1 = 133
deliveries1 = 7417
wickets1 = 124
bowl avg1 = 27.67
fivefor1 = 4
tenfor1 = 2
best bowling1 = 6/28
catches/stumpings1 = 38/0
date = 20 April
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/31551.html CricketArchiveRichard Edwardes More (
3 January 1879 –24 November 1936 ) was an Englishcricket er. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/17668.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handedbatsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/31551.html CricketArchive profile] ] he playedfirst-class cricket for Oxford University and Middlesex, amongst others, in addition to playing for theEgypt national cricket team . [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/all_teams.html Teams played for by Richard More] atCricketArchive ]Biography
Born in
Shropshire in 1879, Richard More was educated atWestminster School , where he captained thecricket andfootball teams. He then went toOxford University and made his first-class debut for the university cricket team against the MCC during the1898 English cricket season . He also played a first-class match for the university against Essex that year. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Richard More] at CricketArchive]He did not play for the university in 1899 and returned to the side for the 1900 season when he played matches against Surrey, Sussex and the MCC before gaining his blue when playing against Cambridge University at Lord's.
He played eight first-class matches for the university side in 1901 in addition to a non first-class match against Dublin University in
Dublin . [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Richard More] at CricketArchive] He made his debut for Middlesex that year, when he played aCounty Championship match against Nottinghamshire. He played thirteen further County Championship matches that season, also playing in theGentlemen v Players match. He then toured North America with a team captained by Bernard Bosanquet, playing two first-class matches against Philadelphia.After not playing first-class cricket in 1902 or 1903, he returned to the Middlesex team for nine County Championship matches in the 1904 season, also playing for the Gentlemen of England against the Players of the South that year. He played two first-class matches for the MCC in 1905 - against Cambridge University and Oxford University.
He played four County Championship matches for Middlesex during the 1909 season, before his last season in 1910, when he played nine times. In June 1910, he played for the MCC against Belgium and the Netherlands as part of a cricket tournament in
Brussels organised as part of the World's Fair [Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sports Books Publishing] that also featured France. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/BELGIUM/1910_BELGIUM_Brussels_Exhibition_Tournament_1910.html Brussels Exhibition Tournament 1910] at CricketArchive]At some point he began to work for the Egyptian
Civil service and came back to England with a combined Egypt/Sudan team to play the MCC at Lord's in 1914. He also played his final first-class match in 1914, playing for GJV Weigall's XI against Oxford University.He evidently settled in
Egypt , as he played two matches for the Egyptian national side in the 1920s. One against Free Foresters in 1927 and another against HM Martineau's XI in 1929. He was still working for the Egyptian Civil service at the time of his death inCairo in 1936.tatistics
In his 57 first-class matches, Richard More scored 1671 runs at an average of 20.88, including three centuries. He took 124 wickets at an average of 27.67, taking five wickets in an innings four times and ten wickets in a match twice.
His top score of 133 was made for Oxford University [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class batting and fielding for each team by Richard More] at CricketArchive] against Surrey [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/f_Batting_by_Opponent.html First-class batting and fielding against each opponent by Richard More] at CricketArchive] in 1901. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/f_Batting_by_Season.html First-class batting and fielding in each season by Richard More] at CricketArchive] His best innings bowling performance of 6/28 was for BJT Bosanquet's XI [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/f_Bowling_by_Team.html First-class bowling for each team by Richard More] at CricketArchive] against Philadelphia [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/f_Bowling_by_Opponent.html First-class bowling against each opponent by Richard More] at CricketArchive] on his 1901 tour of North America.
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