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| Full name | Leonard James Moon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1878 Kensington, London | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 November 1916 (aged 38) Salonika, Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Billy Moon (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 150) | 6 March 1906 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 2 April 1906 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1897–1900 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1899–1909 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 29 November 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd Lieutenant Leonard James Moon (9 February 1878 – 23 November 1916) was an officer in the British Army who died of wounds suffered in World War I. Before the war, he was an amateur first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1899 to 1909, and in four Test matches for England in 1905–06. He was born in London and died near Salonika. Moon also played football for Corinthians and his brother Billy was an England international goalkeeper.
Moon was a right-handed top-order batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper. He played in 96 first-class matches. He scored 4,166 career runs at an average of 26.87 runs per completed innings with a highest score of 162 as one of seven centuries. As a fielder and keeper, he held 72 catches and completed 13 stumpings.