Jeff Moores
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{similar names|Jeff Moore (disambiguation){{!}}Jeff Moore}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
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|birth_date = {{circa|1906}}
|birth_place = Brisbane, Australia
|death_date = {{death date|df=y|1989|7|17}} (aged 83)
|death_place = Gympie, Queensland, Australia
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|position = {{rlp|CE|SO}}
|club1 = Western Suburbs
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Jeff Moores ({{circa|1906}} – 17 Jul 1989) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Queensland Firsts, Rugby League XIII and Dominion XIII, and at club level for Western Suburbs (Brisbane) (captain), Leeds and York, as a {{rlp|ce}} or {{rlp|so}}.{{cite web|url=http://leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk/leedsrhinos/pastplayers/squad-page.asp?ID=147|title=Profile at leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk|publisher=leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118040404/http://leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk/leedsrhinos/pastplayers/squad-page.asp?ID=147|archivedate=18 November 2008}}
Playing career
=International honours=
Moores was a member of the RFL's England, Wales and Dominion selects team that claimed a 25–18 victory over France in Headingley on 6 May 1935, in celebration of King George V's Silver Jubilee.{{cite news |author= |date=7 May 1935 |title=Frenchmen's Gallant Fight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/258912401 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |page=6}}
=Challenge Cup Final appearances=
Jeff Moores played at {{rlp|ce}} in Leeds' 11–8 victory over Swinton in the 1931–32 Challenge Cup Final during the 1931–32 season at Central Park, Wigan, on Saturday 7 May 1932, in front of a crowd of 29,000.
=County Cup Final appearances=
Jeff Moores played, and scored two tries in Leeds' 8–0 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1932–33 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1932–33 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 19 November 1932, played in York's 10–4 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1933–34 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1933–34 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 25 November 1933, and played in the 0–3 defeat by Leeds in the 1935–36 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1935–36 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 19 October 1935.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21863124 Moores Accepts Leeds]
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21863059 Moores' Wizardy Thrills League Crowd]
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21863128 Photograph of Jeff Moores]
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1119194 Jeff Moores Suspended]
{{Leeds - 1931–32 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
{{Leeds Rhinos Millennium Greats}}
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Australian expatriate rugby league players in England
Category:Dominion XIII rugby league team players
Category:Leeds Rhinos captains
Category:Queensland rugby league team players
Category:Rugby league five-eighths
Category:Rugby League XIII players
Category:Wests Panthers players