Hamish More
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| Full name | Hamish Keith More | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1940 Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 January 2022 (aged 81) Edinburgh, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1966 – 1980 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hamish Keith More (30 May 1940 – 2 January 2022)[1] was a Scottish cricketer who represented Scotland in first-class cricket from 1966 to 1976 and in List A cricket in 1980.[2]
A right-handed batsman, More made his highest first-class score against Surrey in 1969, when he opened the second innings and scored 89 out of a team total of 166.[3] Against the touring Pakistan national team in 1971 he set a Scottish catching record that still stands when he took seven catches in the match, six of them off the spin bowling of Jimmy Allan.[4][5]
More toured Bangladesh with MCC in 1978–79. In all, he played more than 350 games for MCC.[1] After retiring from league cricket at the age of 53 he played midweek and Sunday matches for various teams till his seventies.[2][6]
He died in Edinburgh on 2 January 2022, at the age of 81.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hamish Keith More (1940 – 2022) – A Heriot's Legend". Heriot's Rugby. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Why has Hamish More yet to be inducted into Scottish Cricket's Hall of Fame?". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Surrey v Scotland 1969". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Scotland v Pakistanis 1971". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Scotland StatsZones: Most Catches: Match". CricketEurope. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Hamish More". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Hamish More – Cricket Scotland". Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Hamish More: Former Heriot's and Scotland cricketer dies at age of 81". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Hamish More at ESPNcricinfo
- Hamish More at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- H. K. More at CricketEurope