Leonard Moon

Leonard Moon

Personal information
Full name	Leonard James Moon
Born	(1878-02-08)8 February 1878 Kensington, London, England
Died	23 November 1916(1916-11-23) (aged 38) , Salonika, Greece
Batting	Right-handed batsman, occ. wicketkeeper
Role	Batsman
Relations	Brother Billy
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 150)	6 March 1906 v South Africa
Last Test	2 April 1906 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1897–1900	Cambridge University
1899–1909	Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 4 96 Runs scored 182 4166 Batting average 22.75 26.87 100s/50s –/– 7/18 Top score 36 162 Balls bowled – – Wickets – – Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings 4/– 72/13
Source: CricketArchive, 29 November 2009

2nd Lieutenant Leonard James Moon (9 February 1878 – 23 November 1916) was a cricketer and footballer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1897 to 1900 and Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1899 to 1909. He also played four Test matches for England against South Africa in 1905-06. He also played for Fulham as a centre forward throughout 1897.

Moon was educated at Westminster School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.^[1] After university he became a schoolmaster.

He died of wounds suffered while fighting near Salonica in Greece, as a lieutenant with the Devon Regiment in the First World War.^[2] He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery (grave A189).^[3]

His brother, Billy Moon, was also a cricketer and represented England at football.

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External links[]

• CricketArchive page on Leonard Moon
• Cricinfo page on Leonard Moon

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