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Hamish More

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Hamish More
Personal information
Full name
Hamish Keith More
Born(1940-05-30)30 May 1940
Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Scotland
Died2 January 2022(2022-01-02) (aged 81)
Edinburgh, Scotland
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1966 – 1980Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First class List A
Matches 18 3
Runs scored 639 32
Batting average 18.79 32.00
100s/50s 0/2 0/0
Top score 89 16*
Catches/stumpings 30/2 0/–
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

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  1. ^ a b "Hamish Keith More (1940 – 2022) – A Heriot's Legend". Heriot's Rugby. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Why has Hamish More yet to be inducted into Scottish Cricket's Hall of Fame?". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Surrey v Scotland 1969". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Scotland v Pakistanis 1971". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Scotland StatsZones: Most Catches: Match". CricketEurope. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Hamish More". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Hamish More – Cricket Scotland". Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  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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