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{{Short description|English cricketer, soldier and businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Robert Francis Moss
| nickname =
| birth_date = 13 July 1914
| birth_place = [[Godden Green]], [[Kent]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|1|16|1914|7|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Saint Anne, Alderney|Saint Anne]], [[Alderney]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role =
| family = [[Edward Moss (cricketer)|Edward Moss]] (brother)
| club1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| year1 = 1937/38–1939/40
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year2 = 1937/38–1941/42
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 9
| runs1 = 258
| bat avg1 = 18.42
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 54
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–
| date = 12 December
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/robert-moss-31174 Cricinfo
}}

'''Robert Francis Moss''' {{postnominal|MBE}} (13 July 1914 — 16 January 1977) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Indian Army]] officer.

The son of William Henry Moss and his wife, Rose Winifred Moss, he was born at [[Godden Green]] in [[Kent]]. He was educated at [[Malvern College]], before proceeding to [[British India]]. There, he played [[cricket]], making his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] at [[Ajitsinhji Ground|Jamnagar]] in the [[1937–38 Ranji Trophy]]. He followed this up a couple of months later with an appearance for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Cricket Club of India]]. He played first-class cricket on eight occasions in India prior to serving in the [[Second World War]], making eight appearances; two came for Bombay, whilst seven came for the Europeans.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14167/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Robert Moss|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Moss was an emergency commission with [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)|King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles]], and following the end of the war he was made an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in December 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37386|date=11 December 1945|page=6066|supp=y}}</ref> Moss made a further appearance in first-class cricket in November 1946, when he [[captain (cricket)|captained]] S. A. Shete's XI against [[Abubhai Jasdenwala|A. A. Jasdenwala's XI]] at [[Brabourne Stadium|Bombay]].<ref name="FCM"/> In nine first-class matches, he scored 258 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 18.42; he made one half century score of 54,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/robert-moss-31174|title=Player profile: Robert Moss|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref> which came for the Europeans against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] in the 1939–40 [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Pentangular]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17216.html|title=Europeans v Hindus, Bombay Pentangular Tournament 1939/40|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Later returning to England, where he belonged to the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Reserve of Officers]], he was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in June 1952, and was concurrently made an honorary [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39564|date=3 June 1952|page=3112|supp=y}}</ref> Moss later moved to [[Jersey]], where he was the director of J. De Ackary & Company Limited.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40829|date=13 July 1956|page=4104}}</ref> He died in January 1977 at [[Saint Anne, Alderney]]. His brother, [[Edward Moss (cricketer)|Edward]], was also a first-class cricketer.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31174}}

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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1977 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Sevenoaks District]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Kent]]
[[Category:People educated at Malvern College]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Mumbai cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Royal Gurkha Rifles officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:20th-century English businesspeople]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Kent]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]

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