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| Full name | William Moorcroft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1911 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 10 January 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Moorcroft (dates of birth and death unknown) was an English first-class cricketer.
Moorcroft was employed in Southampton by the Ordnance Survey, for whom he played club cricket for as a bowler. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Gloucestershire at Southampton in the 1911 County Championship. Moorcroft was not required to bat in the match and bowled 19 wicketless overs. He later played league cricket in Southampton for Deanery, where he was a prolific batsman and bowler. Following the First World War, he would sit on the club's committee.
References
- "Cricket on the County Ground". Southern Daily Echo. Southampton. 21 May 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "First-Class Matches played by William Moorcroft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- "Hampshire v Gloucestershire, County Championship 1911". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- "Deanery Cricket Club". Hampshire Independent. Southampton. 20 December 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Deanery Cricket Club - Arrangements for the Coming Season". Hampshire Independent. Southampton. 14 February 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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