How far can Jimmy go?

Good player. I would never have thought him obscure. The ‘79 series v Pakistan was very memorable for all sorts of reasons. One obscure Test player from the same series finished with a Test batting average of 60.

And scored the winning runs.
For a Victorian named Jeff, Moss was OK. He was unlucky not to get a Test berth earlier in the WSC era, esp v India seeing as he always carved up the spinners at the SCG under Simmo's nose

First man selected in a 70s Facial Hair XI.

Probably not the time for it, but maybe it is given the hell rainedon Gaza.

Mebbe a peace now Oz/Shield XI of Jewish and Muslim cricketers… Moss, Qadir and old mate Julian Wiener for starters

horace wrote:Probably not the time for it, but maybe it is given the hell rainedon Gaza.

Mebbe a peace now Oz/Shield XI of Jewish and Muslim cricketers… Moss, Qadir and old mate Julian Wiener for starters

Marshall Rosen and Usman could open.

Klinger as well ...

I'm guessing you mean Jon Moss? Jeff as best I remember was/is not of the persuasion

It was horrie who suggested Jeff Moss was Jewish; that was news to me. Jon Moss I barely remember as Maxwell-lite.

Jon Moss was a Sidneylander who couldn't get near their Shield team for Lees, Waughs, Taylors and sundry others and hit highway 31 in time for the 2003-4 Shield win. The ODI selectors may have been vaguely interested in him for about five minutes.

Jeff Moss's nickname was Groucho & Mr. Marx was Jewish.

that's about all I remember, too

Maxwell-lite

Wikipedia has the following as Jewish cricketers


Another source had Fred Trueman


B
Adam Bacher
Ali Bacher
Mike Barnard (sportsman)
Ivan Barrow
Louis Bookman
Mark Bott
C
Julien Cahn
Leo Camron
Cecil Closenberg
Morton Cohen (politician)
D
Jonas Davis
F
Luke Feldman
G
Dennis Gamsy
Darren Gerard
Abraham Glantz
Arthur Goldman (cricketer)
Norman Gordon
H
Steven Herzberg
J
Louis Jacobson
K
Sid Kiel
Michael Klinger
L
Roy Levy
Jock Livingston
Bev Lyon
Dar Lyon
M
Greg Molins
Jason Molins
Lara Molins
Jonathan Moss (cricketer)
O
Sid O'Linn
P
Ray Phillips (cricketer)
R
Terry Racionzer
John Raphael (sportsman)
Netta Rheinberg
Marshall Rosen
S
Lawrence Seeff
Harry Siedeberg
Morris Sievers
Bensiyon Songavkar
Fred Susskind
W
Julien Wiener
Y
Mandy Yachad

From a book called Jewish cricketers

Fred Trueman, Dar Lyon, Michael Klinger, Steven Herzberg, Julien Wiener, Jonathan Moss, John Raphael, Percy Fender, Morris Sievers, Reggie Schwarz, Bensiyon Songavkar, Mike Barnard, Jock Livingston, Leo Camron, Ali Bacher, Norman Gordon, Mandy Yachad, Mark Bott, Jason Molins, Marshall Rosen, Bev Lyon, Adam Bacher, Lawrence Seeff, Darren Gerard, Fred Susskind, Dennis Gamsy.

Apparently* Fred found out late in his life that he had Jewish ancestors through his mother's side, and therefore was considered a Jew and happy to be known as such. He expressed some concern about possibly having to swear off bacon.