Edward Moss (cricketer)
English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve officer (1911-1944)
Edward Henry Moss (25 May 1911 — 31 March 1944) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve officer. Moss studied modern history at the University of Oxford, where he played first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club. Initially serving in the Second World War with the Wiltshire Regiment, he transferred Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1941, where he would spend the remainder of the war. He was killed during a bombing mission over Germany in 1944.
Early life
The son of William Henry Moss and his wife, Rose Winifred Moss, he was born at Godden Green in Kent. He was initially educated at Hawtreys prep school, before attending Malvern College, where he captained the college cricket team in 1930. From there he went up to Trinity College, Oxford. While at Trinity he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Leicestershire in 1933 at Oxford, with the remainder of his three first-class appearances for Oxford coming in the following year, which also included a first-class match for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University. His four matches for Oxford yielded 170 runs at an average of 21.25, with a high score of 50. He narrowly missed out on his cricket blue.
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