| Tracy Moresby | |
| Fullname: | Tracy Archer Moresby |
| Birth Date: | 1867 |
| Birth Place: | Plymouth, England |
| Death Date: | 1933 (aged 65 or 66) |
| Death Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Heightft: | 5 |
| Heightinch: | 6+1/2 |
| Club1: | Auckland |
| Year1: | 1889-90 to 1893-94 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 67 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.57 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 21 |
| Deliveries1: | 60 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 18 June 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37950.html ESPNcricinfo |
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]
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. 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.[6]
Edith was granted a judicial separation in April 1921 on the grounds that Moresby had fathered two children with his typist.[7] By the time of the court proceedings, he had left New Zealand.[8]
Moresby died in Melbourne in 1933.[9]