William Moorcroft (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = William Moorcroft

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| country = England

| fullname = William Moorcroft

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| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1911

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 0

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = –

| deliveries1 = 114

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

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| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 10 January

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17071.html Cricinfo

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William Moorcroft (dates of birth and death unknown) was an English first-class cricketer.

Moorcroft was employed in Southampton by the Ordnance Survey, for whom he played club cricket for as a bowler.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000628/19060521/093/0004|title=Cricket on the County Ground|work=Southern Daily Echo|location=Southampton|page=4|date=21 May 1906|access-date=19 August 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Gloucestershire at Southampton in the 1911 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6768/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by William Moorcroft|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 August 2024|url-access=subscription}} Moorcroft was not required to bat in the match and bowled 19 wicketless overs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8545.html|title=Hampshire v Gloucestershire, County Championship 1911|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 August 2024|url-access=subscription}} He later played league cricket in Southampton for Deanery, where he was a prolific batsman and bowler.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002941/19131220/015/0002|title=Deanery Cricket Club|work=Hampshire Independent|location=Southampton|page=2|date=20 December 1913|access-date=19 August 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Following the First World War, he would sit on the club's committee.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002941/19200214/128/0005|title=Deanery Cricket Club - Arrangements for the Coming Season|work=Hampshire Independent|location=Southampton|page=5|date=14 February 1920|access-date=19 August 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}