Robert Poore
English officer and cricketer (1866-1938) · United Kingdom · On the map · Athletes · Died at 72
Brigadier-General Robert Montagu Poore, was an Anglo-Irish cricketer and British Army officer who, while serving in the British Transvaal Colony in 1896, played in three Test matches for the South African cricket team.
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He featured most prominently in first-class cricket playing county cricket in England for Hampshire between 1898 and 1906, where he gained a reputation as a batsman, having notable success in 1899 when he was the highest first-class run-scorer in England. Alongside playing for Hampshire, Poore also played first-class cricket in India for the Europeans in the Bombay Presidency Matches. An all-round sportsman, he was also a capable swordsman, and polo, tennis, racquets, and squash player, in addition to being a skilled marksman. Poore had success in the Royal Naval and Military Tournaments, being adjudged the best man-at-arms on four occasions.
