Michael Bore

Michael Kenneth Bore (born 2 June 1947,Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England) was an English right-handed batsman and left arm medium pace bowler, who played county cricket for Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.

Career

He played his early cricket with Hull Town C.C., before getting into the Yorkshire Federation side in 1966. He played with Leeds C.C., taking 9-21 versus Doncaster in 1968, and from 1969 assisted Bradford, taking 7-9 against Bowling Old Lane in 1970 and helped them win the Priestly Cup in 1973.

Bore made his debut for Yorkshire in 1969. He played for his native county until 1977, when he moved to Nottinghamshire where he played past the age of 40 until 1988. A doughty campaigner on the county circuit he took 372 first class wickets at 30.22 with a best of 8-89. He conceded 2.43 runs per over, bowling a mixture of accurate swing and seam. He was a noted rabbit with the bat, with a highest score of just 37* in 158 innings, and an average of 8.24. He took 139 wickets in one day cricket.