Nigel Moore (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1930
Place of Birth: Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 24-Dec-2004
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Nigel Moore (cricketer)
- Nigel Harold Moore (20 April 1930 – 24 December 2003) was an English cricketer.
- Moore was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
- He was born at Norwich, Norfolk. Moore made his debut for Norfolk against Hertfordshire in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship.
- He made two further appearances for the county in 1947, before making his next appearance in 1950.
- While studying at the University of Cambridge in 1952, Moore made his first-class debut against Leicestershire at Fenner's.
- He made two further first-class appearances in that season for the university, both at Fenner's, against Sussex and Essex.
- He scored 70 runs in his three matches, which came at an average of 17.50, with a high score of 51.
- This score came against Sussex.
- He gained a Blue in golf while studying at Cambridge.While undertaking his studies he continued to play for minor counties cricket for Norfolk, with him being a regular feature in the Norfolk side of the fifties.
- Playing for Norfolk allowed him to be selected to represent a combined Minor Counties cricket team in a first-class match against the touring South Africans at Longton Cricket Club Ground, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1960.
- He was dismissed for 10 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings by Neil Adcock, while in their second-innings he made a half century, scoring 59 runs before he was dismissed by Hugh Tayfield.
- He continued to play minor counties cricket for Norfolk until 1964, with his final appearance coming against Cambridgeshire.
- He made a total of 95 Minor Counties Championship appearances.
- He was described by his Norfolk teammate Henry Blofeld as "a jolly good competitor, an enormously strong man who was a formidable striker of the ball and bowled a sharpish fast-medium."He died at the city of his birth on 24 December 2003.
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