Bill Moore (rugby union)
Birth name | William Kenneth Thomas Moore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 February 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 August 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Leicester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Wyggeston GS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Kenneth Thomas Moore known as Bill Moore (24 February 1921 – 22 August 2002)[1] was a rugby union player who appeared in 170 games for Leicester Tigers between 1945–1953, and seven times for England between 1947–50.
Moore made his Leicester debut on 8 September 1945 against Cardiff as Tigers lost 12–6.[2] This was the club's first game after the end of the Second World War.[3] Moore was a pilot in the Navy so rarely available for Leicester during the season, his next four appearances not coming until Christmas.[4]
In March and April 1946 he played in two Victory Internationals for England against Scotland,[3] but these matches were not considered as "capped matches". Moore's official international debut for England came on 18 January 1947 in a 9–5 win against Wales at Cardiff.[5] He won 7 caps in the 1947, 1949 and 1950 Five Nations.
Moore was named Leicester's captain for the 1950/51 and 1951/52 seasons, the second of which saw him as an ever-present starting all 35 matches.[6] He played his final match for Leicester Tigers on 18 April 1953, a 24–19 win against Sale.[2]
Sources
- Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David (2014). Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby Development Foundation. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
References
- ↑ "Bill Moore". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- 1 2 Farmer & Hands 2014, p. 392.
- 1 2 Farmer & Hands 2014, p. 117.
- ↑ Farmer & Hands 2014, p. 123.
- ↑ "Wales (3) 6 - 9 (5) England (FT)". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ↑ Farmer & Hands 2014, p. 129.