Players: Morrie Almond

Full Name:
Maurice East Almond
Date of Birth:
05 July 1883
Place of Birth:
Wimbledon
Date of Death:
18 November 1957
Place of Death:
New Malden

As a sixteen year old centre-half, Morrie played once for Old Centrals, in the second game of the 1899/00 season, a friendly against that season's Surrey Junior Cup winners Wingield House (later renamed Nunhead).

Went on to turn out for Pelham and Merton Manor and was still playing for West Wimbledon at the start of the 1923/24 season.

A keen cricketer, he played wicket-keeper and opening bat for the Wimbledon District XVIII (yes, eighteen) against Jack Hobb's County XI in the annual charity match in 1919, stumping the illustrious Hobbs.

Genealogical Research:
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1901 Census

242, Haydons Road, Wimbledon

Father: Rufus, traveller and collector brewery, 1850 Clacton

Mother: Jane J, 1850 Hampton

b1883 Surveyors Clerk



Attestation

08 December 1915 Wimbledon

Royal Garrison Artillery

6' 1" 186lb