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Richard Shore (cricketer)

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Born 9 March 1941(1941-03-09) (age 84)
Winton, Hampshire, England

Richard Graham Shore (born 9 March 1941) is an English former first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Shore was born in March 1941 at Winton, Hampshire. He was educated at Blundell's School, before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made four appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1962.[2] He scored 47 runs in his four matches, with a high score of 24,[3] while with his right-arm medium pace bowling, he took 10 wickets at an average of 39.50 and best figures of 3 for 57.[4]

After graduating from Oxford, Shore joined the British Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant on probation with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in October 1967.[5] He was confirmed in the rank coming in March 1968,[6] with promotion to lieutenant following in February 1970.[7] In December of the same year, he was promoted to captain.[8] He was promoted to major in December 1974,[9] before being promoted to lieutenant colonel in June 1982.[10] Shore retired from active service in September 1993, at which point he was appointed to the Reserve of Officers.[11]

References[]

  1. ↑ "Player profile: Richard Shore". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32745/32745.html. Retrieved 2020-04-16. 
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Shore". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32745/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 2020-04-16. 
  3. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Shore". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32745/f_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 2020-04-16. 
  4. ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Richard Shore". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32745/f_Bowling_by_Team.html. Retrieved 2020-04-16. 
  5. ↑ "No. 44445". 3 November 1967. p. 12066. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44445/supplement/12066 
  6. ↑ "No. 44558". 29 March 1968. p. 3867. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44558/supplement/3867 
  7. ↑ "No. 45073". 3 April 1970. p. 3869. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45073/supplement/3869 
  8. ↑ "No. 45245". 4 December 1970. p. 13399. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45245/supplement/13399 
  9. ↑ "No. 46469". 20 January 1975. p. 865. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46469/supplement/865 
  10. ↑ "No. 49055". 19 July 1982. p. 9459. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49055/supplement/9459 
  11. ↑ "No. 53439". 27 September 1993. p. 15680. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/53439/supplement/15680 

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