James Moore (New Zealand cricketer)

James Gerald Harle Moore (18 September 1877 – 6 April 1933) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago during the 1905–06 season.^[1][2]

James Moore

Personal information
Full name	James Gerald Harle Moore
Born	(1877-09-18)18 September 1877 Kaihiku, Otago, New Zealand
Died	6 April 1933(1933-04-06) (aged 55) St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1905/06	Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 May 2016

Moore was born at Kaihiku in Otago in 1877^[3] and later lived in the Caversham area of Dunedin. He served as a private in the Boer War in the 9th (Otago) Company, part of the 4th New Zealand Contingent.^[4][5][6] He later wrote a book, With the Fourth New Zealand Rough Riders, about his service in South Africa.^[3][7]

Moore played in both of Otago's first-class matches during the 1905–06 season, making a pair his debut for the representative side against Canterbury at Christchurch in a match starting on Christmas Day 1905. He fared little better against Auckland in early January, scoring one run in the first innings and recording another duck in the second.^[2]

Professionally Moore worked as a woolclasser at Mosgiel Woollen Mill and was for a time the representative of the New Zealand government in Argentina.^[8][9][10] He died at the Sydney suburb of St Peters in 1933 at the age of 55.^[1]

References

1. James Moore, CricInfo. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
2. James Moore, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 May 2016. (subscription required)
3. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 94. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
4. James Gerland Harle Moore, Onine Cenotaph, Auckland Museum. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
5. The fourth contingent, The Press, volume LVII, issue 10613, 24 March 1900, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 25 November 2023.)
6. The returning troopers, Evening Star, issue 11603, 27 July 1901, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 25 November 2023.)
7. The fourth New Zealand rough riders, Otago Daily Times, issue 13594, 16 May 1906, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 25 November 2023.)
8. Personal items, The Dominion, volume 6, issue 1698, 14 March 1913, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 25 November 2023.)
9. Local and general, The Northern Advocate, 17 March 1913, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 25 November 2023.)
10. New Zealand Gazette, 12 June 1913, p. 1887. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

External links

• James Moore at ESPNcricinfo