Don Shepherd
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Full name | Donald John Shepherd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Port Eynon, Glamorgan, Wales | 12 August 1927|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 August 2017 | (aged 90)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Shep | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1950–1972 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 29 April 1950 Glamorgan v Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 25 August 1972 Glamorgan v Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 12 June 1963 Glamorgan v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 3 September 1972 Glamorgan v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 February 2010 |
Donald John Shepherd (12 August 1927 – 18 August 2017) was a Welsh cricketer, who played for Glamorgan. One of the great county bowlers, he took more first-class wickets – 2,218 – than any other player who never played Test cricket.[1]
Career
Shepherd began his county career in 1950 as a fast-medium bowler, and was a regular in the Glamorgan team in 1952, when he took 120 wickets.[2]
Over the next three seasons, however, he was less successful and appeared to lose some control. Under advice from team-mates, he switched late in 1955 to bowling off-cutters –
Shepherd maintained his fitness into his mid-forties, and was an integral part of the Glamorgan side that won the
In a batting side that included some real
Later life
Shepherd played regularly to the end of the 1971 season, and then retired from first-class cricket after a few games in 1972. He often appeared as a summariser on BBC Radio Wales coverage of Glamorgan matches.
He died on 18 August 2017, soon after his 90th birthday.[6]
References
- ^ "First-class Records, Bowling". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (2009 ed.). Wisden. p. 155.
- ^ "Five Cricketers of the Year". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1970 ed.). Wisden. p. 70.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
- ^ Wisden 1962, p. 401.
- ^ "Don Shepherd, the pride of Welsh cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ Don Shepherd: Glamorgan great dies aged 90, BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2020.