David Audley Moberley Rome (14 April 1910 – 20 May 1970) was an English

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er active in the early 1930s, making four appearances in

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. Born at

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, Rome was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, who played for

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Career and life

The son of Brigadier General Claude Stuart Rome, Rome was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

where he captained the school cricket team in 1929. He later attended the

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, where he did not play

for the university. He would make his debut in first-class cricket for

against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1930. His next two first-class appearances for Middlesex in 1931 and 1933 were both against Cambridge University, while his fourth first-class appearance came in the

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against

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. He scored a total of 56 runs in his four appearances, averaging 9.33, with a high score of 32. He was for many years a member of the

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Committee. He died following a fall at

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on 20 May 1970.

References

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