Tracy Archer Moresby (1867 – 1933) was a New Zealand
cricket
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er, born in England. He played four
first-class matches for
Auckland
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between 1889 and 1894.
Life and career
Moresby left England in his teens and went to New Zealand, where he worked as a clerk in the
Deeds Office in
Auckland
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.
A middle-order batsman and excellent fieldsman, he was Auckland's highest scorer in their low-scoring match against
Otago
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in December 1892, although he scored only 15 and 17. He was also prominent in Auckland as a
rugby
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player and athlete.
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Moresby married Edith Halyday in New Zealand in 1893. When he toured with the Auckland team from late December 1893 to mid-January 1894, Edith and her father travelled with him.
He and Edith had three children.][ They lived in ]Paeroa
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, where for some years he worked as a legal official: mining registrar and clerk of courts. He qualified as a solicitor in 1898 and set up a practice in Paeroa.[
Edith was granted a ]judicial separation
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in April 1921 on the grounds that Moresby had fathered two children with his typist.Melbourne
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in 1933.
See also
* List of Auckland representative cricketers
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A
* John Ackla ...
References
External links
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1867 births
1933 deaths
New Zealand cricketers
Auckland cricketers
Cricketers from Plymouth, Devon
British emigrants to New Zealand