Harry Ian Moore (28 February 1941 – 16 February 2010) was an English cricketer. Moore was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Sleaford,Lincolnshire. [1]
Moore played as a top and middle-order batsman for Nottinghamshire in first-class cricket from 1962 to 1969,and one match for Minor Counties in 1973. He amassed 6,765 runs in his first-class career at an average of 25.05. He passed 1000 runs in a season three times and hit seven centuries and 31 fifties. His highest score was 206 not out against the Indian tourists in 1967,made in 355 minutes. [2]
He was not as successful in limited-overs cricket,although he captained the Lincolnshire side in the 1974 Gillette Cup,when they beat Glamorgan. [3]
Moore began his career wearing glasses while batting,and later was one of the first professional cricketers to adopt contact lenses. [4]
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers,,also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers,is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler,an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder,he is widely considered to be cricket's greatest ever all-rounder and one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards is an Antiguan retired cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991. Batting generally at number three in a dominant West Indies side,Richards is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. Richards helped win his team both the 1975 Cricket World Cup and the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
Roy Clifton Fredericks was a West Indian cricketer who played Test cricket from 1968 to 1977.
Majid Jahangir Khan,nicknamed "Majestic Khan" by the British press,is a former cricketer,batsman and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. In his heyday,he was considered to be one of the best batsmen in the world. Khan has a claim as the best ever opening batsman against express pace,averaging over 50 each in test matches and World Cups when opening against the fearsome pace attacks of the 1970s West Indies and Australia,with all but 2 of these matches played away from home. In his first class cricket career spanning 18 years,from 1961 to 1985,Majid Khan played in 63 Test matches for Pakistan,scoring 3,931 runs with 8 centuries,scored over 27,000 first-class runs and made 73 first-class centuries,with 128 fifties. Majid played his last Test for Pakistan in January 1983 against India at Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore and his last One Day International (ODI) was in July 1982 against England at Old Trafford,Manchester.
Fred Barratt played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club from 1914 to 1931 and represented England in five Test matches,one in the home series against South Africa in 1929 and four on the inaugural Test series against New Zealand in the 1929–30 season. He was born in Annesley,Nottinghamshire and died at Nottingham General Hospital,Nottingham.
William Walter Keeton was an English cricketer who played in two Tests in 1934 and 1939. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1940 and played first-class cricket as a right-handed opening batsman between 1926 and 1952 for Nottinghamshire. Keeton scored a century against every other first-class county and his 312 not out made in just under eight hours against Middlesex at the Oval in 1939 is still a record for the Nottinghamshire team.
Richard Pollard was an English cricketer born in Westhoughton,Lancashire,who played in four Test matches between 1946 and 1948. A fast-medium right-arm bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman who made useful runs on occasion,he played for Lancashire between 1933 and 1950,taking 1,122 wickets in 298 first-class matches;he is 10th highest wicket-taker for Lancashire.
William Gilbert Anthony Parkhouse was a Welsh cricketer who played in seven Tests for England in 1950,1950–51 and 1959.
Bernard Leonard Muncer was a cricketer who played for Middlesex and Glamorgan.
Michael Burns is an English first-class list cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Warwickshire and Somerset in a first-class career which spanned from 1992 until 2005. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Cumberland and Cornwall. An adaptable cricketer,he appeared for Cumberland and Warwickshire as a wicket-keeper,but when he moved to Somerset he developed into an aggressive batsman who bowled at medium-pace when needed.
Lenard Winston Hill was a Welsh sportsman,who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan,league football for Swansea Town and Newport County and was also a talented tennis player. It was mentioned that he only went to play football professionally so he could spend more time practising in the nets for cricket. In later life Len was a keen golfer with a handicap of 3 and represented Wales Seniors.
Terence Ian Barwell is a South African-born former cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset over a 10-season period from 1959 to 1968. He later represented Wiltshire in the Minor Counties and played List A cricket for both Wiltshire and for Minor Counties representative sides. He became a schoolteacher.
John Lawrence was a diminutive Yorkshire-born cricketing all-rounder whose middle or lower order batting and leg-break and googly bowling were of great importance to Somerset in the 10 cricket seasons immediately after the Second World War.
Christopher Herbert Millington Greetham played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club from 1957 to 1966 as a middle-order batsman and a medium-pace bowler. Greetham was a tall,fair-haired right-handed batsman usually used in Somerset's late middle order and a right-arm seam bowler who,for a couple of seasons in the early 1960s,took enough wickets to be classed as an all-rounder. He was considered a good cover fielder,with a strong and accurate throw.
Daren Joseph Foster played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset and Glamorgan between 1986 and 1993. He was born in Tottenham,London.
Trevor George Blades is a former English cricketer. Blades was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Peterborough,Cambridgeshire.
Hugh Mervyn Winfield was an English cricketer. Winfield was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Gainsborough,Lincolnshire.
Ian Andrew Cockbain is an English cricketer who most recently played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. A right-handed batsman and right-hand medium pace bowler,he made his first-class debut for the county against Derbyshire in August 2011.
Hubert Percy Waugh was an English cricketer. Waugh was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm at medium pace. He was born at West Ham,Essex and educated at Forest School,Walthamstow.
Gwyn Hughes is a former Welsh cricketer. Hughes was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Cardiff,Glamorgan,and attended Cardiff High School.