Gerald Spencer Mobey (5 March 1904 – 2 March 1979) was an English

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first-class

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er. He was a right-handed

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and

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. Mobey played for

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from 1930 to 1938 but he was essentially their reserve wicketkeeper as understudy to

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. Mobey would have toured

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with the

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in 1939–40 if

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's scheduled tour had gone ahead. The team had been selected but the outbreak of the

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on 1 September 1939 caused the tour's immediate cancellation.Caple, p.75. Mobey was born at

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and died at

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, both in

. He made 81 first-class appearances according to ''CricketArchive'', scoring 1,684 runs @ 18.10 with a highest innings of 75, one of six half-centuries. He held 127 catches and completed 11 stumpings.

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* 1904 births 1979 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1919 to 1945 Surrey cricketers Minor Counties cricketers H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1900s-stub