Tracey Ivan Moore (16 December 1941 – January 2018) was an English

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who played for

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. Moore played for Norfolk 169 times in the

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and is the second highest wicket-taker in the county's history with 474 wickets taken.Wise C (2018
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'', 23 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-01.Hounsome K (2015) ''A game well played. A history of Norfolk County Cricket Club'', p. 318. Hounsome: Norwich. He also played for Minor Counties North and

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.Tracey Moore
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-01.

Cricket career

Moore was born in

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in 1941 and educated at

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. He made his cricket debut for Norfolk as a teenager in 1959 and played for the county in the Minor Counties Championship each season until 1978. He captained Norfolk in the Championship, becoming the first state educated player to do so. He bowled fast-medium pace and was described as having "good line and length" and as "a strong man who could hit the pitch hard".

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, quoted in Wise ''Op. cit.''. He took five or more wickets in an innings 17 times in the Championship and returned best bowling figures of eight wickets for 71 runs against

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. His 474 Championship wickets for Norfolk is second only to Michael Falcon and were taken at an

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of 25.28. Moore played four matches for Norfolk in the Gillette Cup between 1965 and 1969, making his

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debut against

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in the 1965 competition. He took six wickets against

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in the competition in 1968, the best bowling figures for Norfolk in a List A match. Between 1972 and 1976 he played for Minor Counties North and Minor Counties East representative sides in the

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making a total of 13 List A appearances. In local cricket he played for Ingham Cricket Club for 40 years.

Later life

Away from cricket Moore worked as a sales representative for companies such as Waveney Fork Trucks in Norfolk. On 23 January 2018 it was announced that he died at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer.

References

External links

* 1941 births 2018 deaths Place of birth missing Norfolk cricketers Minor Counties cricketers People from North Norfolk (district) Deaths from cancer in England Cricketers from Norfolk {{England-cricket-bio-1940s-stub