Sporting Success
Moseley has a rich history of success in Rugby Union. Its most famous team is Moseley Rugby Football Club who were one of Europe's best teams in the late 1960s to the 1980s. Notable players include Sam Doble, J. F. Byrne, Peter Cranmer, Alain Rolland, Ian Smith, Mike Teague and Victor Ubogu.
The Moseley Wanderers team of 1900 won the Silver Medal in the 1900 Olympics.
On the border of Moseley is Edgbaston Cricket Ground scene of an heroic Ian Botham performance in 1981 and home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club for whom Brian Lara scored 501 not out in the 1994 County Championship; a record in First Class Cricket which stands to this day, and will most likely never be broken.
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