Bob Moore (Australian footballer)

Bob Moore
Personal information
Full name Robert Clements Moore
Date of birth (1872-01-31)31 January 1872
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 6 June 1938(1938-06-06) (aged 66)
Place of death Randwick, New South Wales
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1892-1896 Melbourne (VFA) 59 (0)
1898 Melbourne (VFL)   2 (0)
Total 61 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert Clements Moore (31 January 1872 – 6 June 1938) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

One of the six children of Robert Clements Moore (1834-1883),[2][3] and Catherine Lester Moore (1940-1873), née Taggart,[4] Robert Clements Moore was born at Richmond, Victoria on 31 January 1872.

He married Beatrice Amy Campbell (1878-1957) in Ascot Vale on 2 April 1896.[5] They had three children: James William Moore (1901–1957), Ella Enid Moore (1904–1928), later, Mrs. Neil Mayger, and Nancy Alice Moore (1906–1977), later, Mrs. Sam Peters.

Football

Melbourne (VFA)

Recruited by Melbourne (VFA) in 1892 from the Parkside Football Club,[6] he played in 18 matches in 1892,[7] in 20 matches in 1893,[8] in 16 matches in 1894,[9] in only 4 matches in 1895,[10][11][12] and one match in 1896.[13]

Melbourne (VFL)

Having not played at all in 1897, he played in two senior VFL matches for Melbourne in 1898, and retired due to his long-standing leg injuries.[14]

Larceny as a Servant

Moore, aged 28, the accountant and cashier of the Equity Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company, in Queen Street Melbourne, was arrested on 17 January 1900, and charged with having stolen ₤407/19/- from his employers (for whom he had worked since he was 15).[15][16]

On 9 February 1900, he was found guilty of larceny as a servant and was sentenced to 12 months in prison, with hard labour.[17][18][19][20]

Death

He died at the Hellenic Private Hospital in Randwick, New South Wales on 6 June 1938.[21]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014).
  2. ^ Deaths: Moore, The Age, (Monday 29 January 1883), p. 1.
  3. ^ Law Report: In Re Moore Infants, The Argus (Friday, 22 June 1883), p. 3.
  4. ^ Deaths: Moore, The Age, (Monday, 4 August 1873), p. 2.
  5. ^ Marriages: Moore—Campbell, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 May 1896), p. 1.
  6. ^ Pennings (2016), p. 257.
  7. ^ Pennings (2016), p. 256.
  8. ^ Pennings (2016), p. 320.
  9. ^ Pennings (2016), p. 395.
  10. ^ Pennings (2016), p. 460.
  11. ^ He was unable to play any more games due to his leg injuries (Demonwiki).
  12. ^ "Moore made his first appearance in Melbourne colours for a long time past, but with very bad luck, for the injured leg, which had kept him out of football, gave way again during the game" ('Observer', "Another Fine Game at Geelong", The Argus, (Monday, 3 September 1895), p. 6); "Bob Moore's leg has given away again" ('Kickero', "Along the Wings", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 13 September 1895), p. 3).
  13. ^ Pennings (2016), p. 526.
  14. ^ Demonwiki.
  15. ^ Defalcations in a Trustees' Company: Over ₤1,000 Involved: The Accountant Arrested: He Confesses His Guilt, The Argus, (Thursday, 18 January 1900), p. 5.
  16. ^ A City Embezzlement: Equity Trustees Company Victimised: The Accountant Confesses and Gives Himself Up, The Age, (Thursday, 18 January 1900), p. 9.
  17. ^ A Cashier in the Dock: Alleged Embezzlement of Over ₤400, The Age, (Thursday, 25 January 1900), p. 7.
  18. ^ Day of Retribution: Sentences Imposed at the General Sessions: Betrayed his Trust: Moore gets Twelve Months, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 9 February 1900), p. 4.
  19. ^ Embezzlement by an Accountant: "A Painful Case", The Argus, (Saturday, 10 February 1900), p. 11.
  20. ^ General Sessions: Larceny as a Servant, The Age, (Monday, 12 February 1900), p. 8.
  21. ^ Deaths: Moore, The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph, (Tuesday, 7 June 1938), p. 12.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 10th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
  • Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing. ISBN 978-0-646-93604-8
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