Thomas Henry Knight Moulder (25 May 1872 – 9 June 1920) was a
Guyanese first-class
cricket
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er.
Moulder was born at
Georgetown Georgetown or George Town may refer to:
Places
Africa
*George, South Africa, formerly known as Georgetown
* Janjanbureh, Gambia, formerly known as Georgetown
*Georgetown, Ascension Island, main settlement of the British territory of Ascension Isl ...
in
British Guiana in May 1872. He played three
first-class cricket
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matches for
Demerara
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in the 1891–92
Inter-Colonial Tournament
The Inter-Colonial Tournament was the main first class cricket competition in the West Indies held between 1892-93 and 1938-39.
Competing teams
* Barbados
* British Guiana
* Trinidad
In the early tournaments British Guiana were sometimes ...
, playing twice against
Barbados
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and once against
Trinidad
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. He scored 101 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 51. He later played
minor counties cricket
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in England for
Oxfordshire between 1896–1902, making eighteen appearances in the
Minor Counties Championship
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.
He died in June 1920.
References
External links
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1872 births
1920 deaths
People from Georgetown, Guyana
Guyanese cricketers
Demerara cricketers
Oxfordshire cricketers
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