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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Archibald Redmond Morres
| nickname =
| birth_date = 7 March 1902
| birth_place = [[Castel, Guernsey|Castel]], Guernsey
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|1|16|1902|3|7|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[New Forest]], [[Hampshire]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| family = [[Hugh Morres]] (father)<br>[[Thomas Morres]] (great-uncle)<br>[[Elliot Morres]] (great-uncle)
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1925/26
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 72
| bat avg1 = 72.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 47
| deliveries1 = 42
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 20.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/20
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 26 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/archibald-morres-31170 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Archibald Redmond Morres''' (7 March 1902 — 16 January 1970) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of the cricketer [[Hugh Morres]], he was born in Guernsey at [[Castel, Guernsey|Castel]] in March 1902, where he father was a schoolmaster. Morres was educated at [[Eastbourne College]], before proceeding to the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]. He graduated as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Artillery]] (RA) in September 1920,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32743|date=1 September 1922|page=6379}}</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in August 1924.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32970|date=2 September 1924|page=6575}}</ref> He went with the RA to [[British India]], where he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]] in the 1925/26 [[Lahore Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14157/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Archibald Morres|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Europeans first innings for 47 runs by [[Abdus Salaam (cricketer)|Abdus Salaam]], while in their second innings of 83 for 6, he remained [[not out|unbeaten]] on 25. With the ball, he took the wicket of [[Khadim Hussain (cricketer)|Khadim Hussain]] in the Muslims only innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11785.html|title=Europeans v Muslims, Lahore Tournament 1925/26 (Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=26 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was later made a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in January 1934, when he was appointed an [[Adjutant#UK and other Commonwealth countries|adjutant]] in the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34023|date=13 February 1934|page=1003}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34025|date=20 February 1934|page=1155}}</ref> The following year he gained the full rank of captain,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34194|date=30 August 1935|page=5530|supp=y}}</ref> and later vacated his adjutant position in the TA in January 1938 and was subsequently restored to the RA,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34476|date=25 January 1938|page=516}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34478|date=1 February 1938|page=664}}</ref> before being placed on the [[half-pay]] list on account of ill health in July 1939.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34643|date=7 July 1939|page=4665}}</ref>

Morres returned to the RA in the [[Second World War]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34770|date=9 January 1940|page=215|supp=y}}</ref> but retired from active service three months later in March 1940 on account of ill-health.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34809|date=8 March 1940|page=1460|supp=y}}</ref> His health had improved enough for him to return to active service by 1943, with promotion to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] coming in November of that year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36548|date=2 June 1944|page=2684|supp=y}}</ref> He retired for a final time on account of disability following the war in September 1947.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38065|date=5 September 1947|page=4234|supp=y}}</ref> Morres died at [[Hampshire]] in the [[New Forest]] in January 1970. His great-uncle's, [[Thomas Morres|Thomas]] and [[Elliot Morres]], were also first-class cricketers.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31170}}

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[[Category:1902 births]]
[[Category:1970 deaths]]
[[Category:People educated at Eastbourne College]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]
[[Category:Royal Artillery officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Guernsey cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]

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