Michael Bore

Bore played an important role in the remarkable climax to the 1984 County Championship, which saw Essex and Nottinghamshire neck and neck at the top of the table. Essex had won their final game against Lancashire in two days, but if Nottinghamshire could beat Somerset the title would belong to Trent Bridge. Nottinghamshire were set 297 in 60 overs by Ian Botham, and needed 36 from the last three overs. The last pair were at the wicket, with one of them being the archetypal non batsman, Bore. Clive Rice and Bore recalled the game in 2006 for Cricinfo.

One of the few instances of an all run six occurred off Bore's bowling in a Surrey v Yorkshire Sunday League match at the large Oval ground in 1974. Robin Jackman cut Mike Bore to the third man boundary where the fielder gave up the chase, thinking the ball a certain four. It stopped short, and a relay throw was aimed at Intikhab Alam's end as he tried to complete a third run. The throw defeated wicketkeeper David Bairstow, allowing Jackman another two runs. Another attempt to run out Intikhab failed, and he was able to complete the sixth run.

Bore was a noted rabbit with the bat, with an average of only 8.24 over 158 innings. His highest score was 37 not out in the first innings against Nottinghamshire at Bradford in 1973: Bore came in with the score 111 for 9 and shared a partnership of 108 runs with opener Geoffrey Boycott, before Boycott was run out for 129.

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. His best figures were 8–89 in a loss to Kent at Folkestone in 1979. He conceded 2.43 runs per over, bowling a mixture of accurate swing and seam. He also took 139 wickets in one day cricket.

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 Priestley Cup in 1973.

Michael Kenneth "Mike" Bore (2 June 1947 – 2 May 2017) was an English right-handed batsman and left arm medium pace bowler from Kingston upon Hull, who played county cricket for Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.