Tracy Moresby

Tracy Archer Moresby (1867 – 1933) was a New Zealand cricketer, born in England. He played four first-class matches for Auckland between 1889 and 1894.[1][2]

Tracy Moresby
Moresby in 1888
Personal information
Full name
Tracy Archer Moresby
Born1867
Plymouth, England
Died1933 (aged 65 or 66)
Melbourne, Australia
Height5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1.69 m)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1889-90 to 1893-94Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 67
Batting average 9.57
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 21
Balls bowled 60
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 June 2016

Life and career

Moresby left England in his teens and went to New Zealand, where he worked as a clerk in the Deeds Office in Auckland.[3] A middle-order batsman and excellent fieldsman, he was Auckland's highest scorer in their low-scoring match against Otago in December 1892, although he scored only 15 and 17.[4] He was also prominent in Auckland as a rugby player and athlete.[3]

Moresby married Edith Halyday in New Zealand in 1893. When he toured with the Auckland team from late December 1893 to mid-January 1894, Edith and her father travelled with him.[5]

He and Edith had three children.[6] They lived in Paeroa, where for some years he worked as a legal official: mining registrar and clerk of courts. He qualified as a solicitor in 1898 and set up a practice in Paeroa.[7][6]

Edith was granted a judicial separation in April 1921 on the grounds that Moresby had fathered two children with his typist.[6] By the time of the court proceedings, he had left New Zealand.[8]

Moresby died in Melbourne in 1933.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Archer Moresby". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. "Tracy Moresby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. "Our Athletes: No. 10 – T. A. Moresby". Observer: 19. 20 October 1888.
  4. "Auckland v Otago 1892-93". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. "Tour of the Auckland Representative Cricket Team, 1893". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. "Divorce Court Cases: Judicial Separation". New Zealand Herald: 7. 8 April 1921.
  7. "[Untitled]". Ohinemuri Gazette: 2. 3 August 1898.
  8. "Judicial Separation". Ohinemuri Gazette: 2. 11 April 1921.
  9. "Tracy Archer Moresby". Find a Grave. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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