Gavin Moffat

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Gavin Richard Moffat

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|9|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Morecambe, Lancashire, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nickname =

| family = Philip Moffat (brother)

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| club1 = Cambridge University

| year1 = 1996

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 8

| runs1 = 45

| bat avg1 = 9.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 27

| deliveries1 = 1,110

| wickets1 = 8

| bowl avg1 = 98.50

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/50

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 15 January

| year = 2022

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17189.html Cricinfo

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Gavin Richard Moffat (born 7 September 1972) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Moffat was born at Morecambe in September 1972. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, before matriculating to Durham University.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12063/12063.html|title=Player profile: Gavin Moffat|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-15|url-access=subscription}}{{cite journal |title=Members' News |journal=Hatfield Record 2013 |date=2013 |page=150 |url=https://issuu.com/hatfield-record/docs/hatfield_record_2013_-_redacted_cop |access-date=27 January 2022}} From there he proceeded to Homerton College at the University of Cambridge.{{cite book|title=The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1998|date=1998|page=544|isbn=9780521777544 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MN3jAAAAMAAJ|language=en}} While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1996, making eight appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12063/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Gavin Moffat|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-15|url-access=subscription}} Playing as a medium pace bowler in the Cambridge side, he took 8 wickets, but struggled against county opposition, which is reflected by his bowling average of 98.50. His best bowling figures were 2 for 50.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12063/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Gavin Moffat|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-15|url-access=subscription}} As a lower order batsman, he scored 45 runs with a highest score of 27.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12063/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Gavin Moffat|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-15|url-access=subscription}} His brother, Philip, was also a first-class cricketer.

After graduating from Cambridge, Moffat began a career in education and was a languages teacher at Stowe School.{{cite web|url=https://www.stowe.co.uk/school/academic/meet-the-teachers/gavin-moffat|title=Stowe School - Gavin Moffat|publisher=www.stowe.co.uk|accessdate=2022-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115141836/https://www.stowe.co.uk/school/academic/meet-the-teachers/gavin-moffat|archive-date=15 January 2022}} He is currently the assistant headteacher of Akeley Wood School, specifically head of the sixth form AW6.{{cite web |title=Staff list |url=https://www.akeleywoodschool.co.uk/staff-list/ |website=Akeley Wood School |access-date=28 November 2024}}