With business commitments taking up more of his time, he relinquished the captaincy to Cecil Paris in 1938, but continued to play for Hampshire less frequently before the start of the Second World War.

Shortly after completing his education there, he debuted, aged 17,[1] for Hampshire in first-class cricket against Leicestershire at Bournemouth in the 1931 County Championship.

[3] Wisden commenting on his 1934 season, noted that he was "probably the most promising young amateur in English cricket".

[4] Much in the same vein as Edward Sprot over 20-years prior, his captaincy was characterised by an enterprising, positive approach, which encouraged the acceptance of challenges in the pursuit of victory, even though some ended in defeat.

[2] Moore married a North Wales baker's daughter, and during the war he commanded a prisoner-of-war camp at Pool Park in Denbighshire.

[1] His health failed him in later life, with Moore too unwell to attend the farewell dinner to Northlands Road in September 2000, prior to Hampshire's relocation to the Rose Bowl.