Leonard Moon

Cricket Player

1878 – 1916

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Who was Leonard Moon?

2nd Lieutenant Leonard James Moon was a cricketer 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.

Moon was educated at Westminster School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. After university he became a schoolmaster. He died of wounds suffered while fighting with the Devon Regiment in Greece in the First World War.

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

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Born
Feb 9, 1878
Kensington
Nationality
  • England
Died
1916

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on July 23, 2013

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