Cecil Moon

English cricketer

Sir

Cecil Moon

BtPersonal information

Full name|

Cecil Ernest Moon

Born| 2 September 1867
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Died| 22 February 1951(1951-02-22) (aged 83)
Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Batting| Unknown
Relations|

* Benjamin Darbyshire (uncle)
* Richard Moon (grandfather)

Domestic team information
Years| Team
1900| London County
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class

|

Matches | 1
Runs scored | 29
Batting average | 14.50
100s/50s | –/–
Top score | 17
Catches/stumpings | –/–

Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2011

Sir Cecil Ernest Moon, 2nd Baronet (2 September 1867 – 22 February 1951) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Edward Moon, he was born at Watford in September 1867. He was educated at Uppingham School, before going up to the University of Giessen in Germany.[1] Moon succeeded his grandfather as the 2nd Baronet of the Moon baronets upon his death in November 1899; the Baronetage had been created for his grandfather, Sir Richard Moon, in 1887. He played first-class cricket in 1900 for London County, under the captaincy of W. G. Grace, making a single appearance against Derbyshire at Derby.[2] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 17 runs in the London County first innings by Harry Bagshaw, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 12 runs by John Hulme.[3] He shortly after emigrated to the United States, where he married an Irish immigrant named Kate Lawder, with the couple running a ranch near Fort Collins, Colorado. They divorced in 1909,[4] with him later returning to England. Moon died, without issue, at Buxton in February 1951. He was succeeded as the 3rd Baronet by his nephew Sir Richard Moon. His uncle, Benjamin Darbyshire, was also a first-class cricketer.

## References

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1. ^ Walford, Edward (1860). The county families of the United Kingdom. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 952.
2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Cecil Moon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
3. ^ "Derbyshire v London County, 1900". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
4. ^ Thiem, Jon; Dimon, Deborah (2008). Rabbit Creek Country: Three Ranching Lives in the Heart of the Mountain West. University of New Mexico Press. p. 267\. ISBN 9780826345370.

## External links

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* Cecil Moon at ESPNcricinfo

Baronetage of England

Preceded by

Sir Richard Moon

|  Baronet (of Copsewood Grange)
1899–1951  | Succeeded by

Sir Richard Moon