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Hamish More

Hamish More

Scottish cricketer (1940–2022)

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    "Hamish Keith More (1940 – 2022) – A Heriot's Legend". Heriot's Rugby. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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    "Why has Hamish More yet to be inducted into Scottish Cricket's Hall of Fame?". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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    "Surrey v Scotland 1969". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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    "Scotland v Pakistanis 1971". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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    "Scotland StatsZones: Most Catches: Match". CricketEurope. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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    "Miscellaneous matches played by Hamish More". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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    "Hamish More – Cricket Scotland". Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Hamish More: Former Heriot's and Scotland cricketer dies at age of 81". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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