John Moss (umpire)

{{short description|English cricketer and umpire}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = John Moss

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|2|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|7|10|1864|2|7|df=yes}}

| death_place = Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England

| nickname =

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Umpire

| family = John Butler (brother-in-law)

| club1 = Nottinghamshire

| year1 = 1892

| umpire = true

| testsumpired = 11

| umptestdebutyr = 1902

| umptestlastyr = 1921

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 2

| bat avg1 = 1.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 1

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 7 April

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17714.html Cricinfo

}}

John Moss (7 February 1864 – 10 July 1950) was an English cricketer and umpire. Moss was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Clifton, Nottinghamshire.

Moss made a single first-class appearance for Nottinghamshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1892.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31597/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Moss|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2012}} It was as an umpire that he was more prominently remembered, standing in 665 first-class matches between 1894 and 1932,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31597/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html|title=John Moss as Umpire in First-Class Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2012}} which included eleven Test matches between 1902 and 1921, the majority of which were Ashes matches between England and Australia.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31597/Umpire_in_Test_Matches.html|title=John Moss as Umpire in Test Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2012}}

He died at Keyworth, Nottinghamshire on 10 July 1950. His brother-in-law, John Butler, also played first-class cricket.