{{Short description|English cricketer (1879–1936)}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Richard More | image = | country = England | fullname = Richard Edwardes More | birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|1|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|11|24|1879|1|3|df=yes}} | death_place = Cairo, Egypt | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = All-rounder | club1 = Oxford University | year1 = {{nowrap|1898–1901}} | club2 = Middlesex | year2 = 1901–1910 | club3 = Gentlemen of England | year3 = 1901–1904 | club4 = BJT Bosanquet's XI | year4 = 1901 | club5 = MCC | year5 = 1905 | club6 = GJV Weigall's XI | year6 = 1914 | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 19 May | debutyear1 = 1898 | debutfor1 = Oxford University | debutagainst1 = MCC | lastdate1 = 15 June | lastyear1 = 1914 | lastfor1 = GJV Weigall's XI | lastagainst1 = Oxford University | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 57 | runs1 = 1,671 | bat avg1 = 20.88 | 100s/50s1 = 3/6 | top score1 = 133 | deliveries1 = 7417 | wickets1 = 124 | bowl avg1 = 27.67 | fivefor1 = 4 | tenfor1 = 2 | best bowling1 = 6/28 | catches/stumpings1 = 38/– | date = 20 April | year = 2008 | source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/31551.html CricketArchive }}
'''Richard Edwardes More''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG|OBE}} (3 January 1879 – 24 November 1936) was an English cricketer.<ref name="CIP">[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/17668.html Cricinfo profile]</ref> A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,<ref name="CAP">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/31551.html CricketArchive profile]</ref> he played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Middlesex, amongst others, and later played for the Egypt national cricket team<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/all_teams.html Teams played for by Richard More] at CricketArchive</ref> while he was working for the Sudan Civil Service.<ref name="whowaswho">[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U214357 MORE, Richard Edwardes], ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)</ref>
==Biography== Richard More was a son of Robert Jasper More, a barrister and politician.<ref name="whowaswho"/> He was educated at Westminster School, where he captained the cricket and football teams. He then went up to Christ Church, Oxford,<ref name="CAP" /> and made his first-class debut for the university cricket team against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) during the 1898 English cricket season. He also played a first-class match for the university against Essex that year.<ref name="FCM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Richard More] at CricketArchive</ref>
He did not play for the university in 1899 and returned to the side for the 1900 season when he played matches against Surrey, Sussex and the MCC before gaining his blue when playing against Cambridge University at Lord's.<ref name="FCM" />
He played eight first-class matches for the university side in 1901<ref name="FCM" /> in addition to a non-first-class match against Dublin University in Dublin.<ref name="OthM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Richard More]{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} at CricketArchive</ref> He made his debut for Middlesex that year, when he played a County Championship match against Nottinghamshire. He played thirteen further County Championship matches that season, also playing in the Gentlemen v Players match. He then toured North America with a team captained by Bernard Bosanquet, playing two first-class matches against Philadelphia.<ref name="FCM" />
After not playing first-class cricket in 1902 or 1903, he returned to the Middlesex team for nine County Championship matches in the 1904 season, also playing for the Gentlemen of England against the Players of the South that year. He played two first-class matches for the MCC in 1905 – against Cambridge University and Oxford University.<ref name="FCM" />
He played four County Championship matches for Middlesex during the 1909 season, before his last season in 1910, when he played nine times.<ref name="FCM" /> In June 1910, he played for the MCC against Belgium and the Netherlands<ref name="OthM" /> as part of a cricket tournament in Brussels organised as part of the World's Fair<ref>Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sports Books Publishing</ref> that also featured France.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/BELGIUM/1910_BELGIUM_Brussels_Exhibition_Tournament_1910.html Brussels Exhibition Tournament 1910] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930122302/http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/BELGIUM/1910_BELGIUM_Brussels_Exhibition_Tournament_1910.html |date=30 September 2007 }} at CricketArchive</ref>
in 1901 More joined the Sudan civil service.<ref name="whowaswho"/> He came back to England with a combined Egypt/Sudan team to play the MCC at Lord's in 1914.<ref name="OthM" /> He also played his final first-class match in 1914, playing for GJV Weigall's XI against Oxford University.<ref name="FCM" />
He was Governor of Khartoum Province 1913–20 and Sudan agent in Cairo 1920–31.<ref name="whowaswho"/> He played two matches for the Egyptian national side in the 1920s, one against Free Foresters in 1927 and another against HM Martineau's XI in 1929.<ref name="OthM" />
After the First World War More's name was submitted by the Governor-General of the Sudan among those "whose work in connection with military operations, and the situation in the Sudan created by the War, is deserving of special notice and commendation"<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31389 |supp=y |date=3 June 1919 |pages=7271–7272 }}</ref> and he was appointed OBE. He was appointed CMG in the 1928 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33390 |supp=y |date=1 June 1928 |page=3845}}</ref> He was awarded the fourth class of the Order of Osmanieh in 1913<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28705 |date=28 March 1913 |page=2288}}</ref> and the third class of the Order of the Nile in 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30261 |date=31 August 1917 |page=9030}}</ref> raised to Grand Cordon in 1931.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33775 |date=27 November 1931 |page=7658}}</ref>
==Statistics== In his 57 first-class matches, Richard More scored 1671 runs at an average of 20.88, including three centuries. He took 124 wickets at an average of 27.67, taking five wickets in an innings four times and ten wickets in a match twice.<ref name="CAP" />
His top score of 133<ref name="CAP" /> was made for Oxford University<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class batting and fielding for each team by Richard More] at CricketArchive</ref> against Surrey<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/f_Batting_by_Opponent.html First-class batting and fielding against each opponent by Richard More] at CricketArchive</ref> in 1901.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/f_Batting_by_Season.html First-class batting and fielding in each season by Richard More] at CricketArchive</ref> His best innings bowling performance of 6/28<ref name="CAP" /> was for BJT Bosanquet's XI<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/f_Bowling_by_Team.html First-class bowling for each team by Richard More] at CricketArchive</ref> against Philadelphia<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31551/f_Bowling_by_Opponent.html First-class bowling against each opponent by Richard More] at CricketArchive</ref> on his 1901 tour of North America.<ref name="CIP" />
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