# Maurice Chambers
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{{short description|English cricketer (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Maurice Chambers
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Maurice Anthony Chambers
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|9|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Port Antonio](/source/Port_Antonio), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [fast](/source/Fast_bowling)
| club1 = [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = 2005–2013
| club2 = → [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) (on loan)
| year2 = 2013
| club3 = [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year3 = 2014–2015
| clubnumber3 =
| type1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
| debutdate1 = 1 June
| debutyear1 = 2005
| debutfor1 = Essex
| debutagainst1 = [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| type2 = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket)
| debutdate2 = 16 July
| debutyear2 = 2008
| debutfor2 = Essex
| debutagainst2 = [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| columns = 3
| column1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 64
| runs1 = 410
| bat avg1 = 6.61
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 58
| deliveries1 = 8,933
| wickets1 = 155
| bowl avg1 = 34.72
| fivefor1 = 3
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 6/68
| catches/stumpings1 = 19/–
| column2 = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2 = 12
| runs2 = 6
| bat avg2 = 2.00
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 2
| deliveries2 = 415
| wickets2 = 14
| bowl avg2 = 33.21
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/29
| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–
| column3 = [T20](/source/Twenty20)
| matches3 = 19
| runs3 = 28
| bat avg3 = 9.33
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 10[*](/source/not_out)
| deliveries3 = 324
| wickets3 = 17
| bowl avg3 = 28.64
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 3/31
| catches/stumpings3 = 6/–
| date = 16 January
| year = 2016
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/66/66644/66644.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Maurice Anthony Chambers''' (born 14 September 1987) is a [cricket](/source/cricket)er who represented [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) and [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club) between 2005 and 2015.[{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/34402886|title=BBC Sport – Northants release Kyle Coetzer & Maurice Chambers|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=10 October 2015}}] He played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm [fast bowler](/source/fast_bowler). Despite being born at [Port Antonio](/source/Port_Antonio) in [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica), Chambers qualified as a domestic player in county cricket by residence.[[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/current/player/210281.html Cricinfo – Players and Officials – Maurice Chambers]]
Chambers made his debut first-class appearance for Essex in June 2005 and played 44 first-class matches for the county. During this period he was selected to tour the West Indies with [England Lions](/source/England_Lions_(cricket_team)), and played two matches before he returned home injured.
[{{cite web|title=Lions lose Chambers|url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/england/england-lions/lions,313460,EN.html|website=ecb.co.uk|accessdate=28 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002085243/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/england/england-lions/lions,313460,EN.html|archive-date=2 October 2016|url-status=dead}}]
In 2013 he spent a brief spell on loan to [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club),[{{cite web|last1=Dobell|first1=George|title=Chambers highlights demand on resources|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/666439.html|website=Cricinfo|accessdate=28 September 2016}}] before signing for [Northants](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club).[{{cite web|last1=Dobell|first1=George|title=Chambers agrees Northants switch|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/677273.html|website=Cricinfo|accessdate=28 September 2016}}] He played 14 first-class matches for Northants, but his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2015 season.[{{cite web|title=Kyle Coetzer and Maurice Chambers to leave Northants|url=http://www.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/cricket-kyle-coetzer-maurice-chambers-leave/story-27904242-detail/story.html|website=Northants Herald and Post|accessdate=28 September 2016|date=1 October 2015}}]
During the 2016 season, Chambers played in the [Yorkshire South Premier League](/source/Yorkshire_South_Premier_League) for Aston Hall.[{{cite web|last1=Clifton|first1=Don|title=Overseas star Marshall ready for a grand finale with Cleethorpes|url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/overseas-star-ready-for-a-grand-finale-with-clee/story-29610429-detail/story.html|website=Grimsby Telegraph|accessdate=28 September 2016|date=12 August 2016}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}]
In 2021, in the wake of revelations made by [Azeem Rafiq](/source/Azeem_Rafiq) and others about their [treatment in County Cricket](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club_racism_scandal), Chambers revealed he had been subject to repeated racist abuse during his time at Essex.[[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59295933 Maurice Chambers: Second former Essex player makes racism allegations], [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport), 15 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=210281}}
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Category:1987 births
Category:Living people
Category:Jamaican cricketers
Category:Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:English cricketers
Category:Essex cricketers
Category:Warwickshire cricketers
Category:Northamptonshire cricketers
Category:People from Port Antonio
Category:Sportspeople from Portland Parish
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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