Robin James Boyd-Moss (born 16 December 1959) is a former English professional cricketer who started his career with

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in the Minor Counties Championship before playing first-class cricket for

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and

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from 1980 to 1987.

Career

Boyd-Moss's career was relatively short owing to a series of setbacks: in 1984 (his first full season at Northamptonshire) he broke a thumb while playing, and then contracted

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; a year later, back problems kept him out of action until mid-June;

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against

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and Glamorgan set him up for a successful season in 1986, only for his form to drop in the closing weeks of the season. Fitness problems restricted him to only half a dozen matches in 1987. Boyd-Moss's finest achievement is arguably his partnership with

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in 1986, in which they scored 344 runs, breaking the

record for the highest second-wicket partnership. In 1982, Boyd-Moss and

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hit 182 runs off of Derbyshire's front line bowlers in just 98 minutes, speeding up their declaration, leading ultimately to an emphatic victory; Boyd-Moss had hit 137 in the first innings, following up with an unbeaten 80 in the second, matching his more illustrious batting partner shot for shot. He ended that season with 1,602 first-class runs at an average of 44.50, earning the county some new video equipment as the Commercial Union Young Batsman of the Year. In 1984 he was awarded his

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. But four years later he retired, and settled in

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, where he ran a garage and car hire business as well as a farm. He coached the Kenyan cricket team for some years; his discoveries included Steve Tikolo.

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