Frederick James Stevenson Moore (26 February 1873 – 1 March 1947) was an English schoolmaster and a

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who played

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for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1896. He was born at Leominster,

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and died at Sherborne,

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. In some records, including cricket databases, his first name is spelled "Frederic"; in others, including censuses, it has a final "k". Moore was educated at

St George's School, Harpenden (Aim Higher) , established = 1907 , type = AcademyDay and boarding school , religious_affiliation = Christian , head_label = Headteacher , head = Helen Barton , r_head_label = , r_head = Stephen Warner ...

(the forerunner to the current school of that name) and at

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

. Academically gifted, he took a

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in Part I of the

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, and graduated with a

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degree in 1895. His single game of first-class cricket came after he had technically left the university: he appeared as a middle-order batsman in the match against

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in 1896 and scored 61 runs in his only innings. The report of the match in ''

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'' bracketed Moore's name in terms of success with those of three other Cambridge batsmen,

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and

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, all of whom went on to play

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. Moore's subsequent cricket was less illustrious: he played minor matches for

(not then a Minor Counties team) and one

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game in 1902 for

. Moore became a schoolmaster after leaving Cambridge. He was an assistant master at

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in 1899, and then moved the following year to

Sherborne School (God and My Right) , established = 705 by Aldhelm, re-founded by King Edward VI 1550 , closed = , type = Public school Independent, boarding school , religion = Church of England , president = , chair_label = Chairman of the governors , ...

where he remained until he retired in 1933.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Frederick 1873 births 1947 deaths English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Dorset cricketers People educated at St George's School, Harpenden Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge People from Leominster Cricketers from Herefordshire