Famous Cricketers No 49 - Don Shepherd

Australians 361.5 666 24 27.75 2 - 5-50 90.45 South Africans 151.1 268 15 17.87 1 - 8-45 60.46 West Indians 213.3 476 13 39.67 - - 4-86 98.53 New Zealanders 125 257 9 28.55 - - 4-42 83.33 Indians 192.1 429 30 14.30 2 1 5-57 38.43 Pakistanis 168 373 9 41.44 - - 3-54 112.00 Oxford University 189.3 332 14 23.71 - - 3-40 81.21 Cambridge University 225.1 315 18 17.50 - - 4-36 75.05 MCC 27 37 1 37.00 - - 1-37 162.00 Combined Services 121.3 290 17 17.06 1 1 7-50 42.88 Gentlemen 160.3 587 16 36.69 1 - 5-61 60.18 Gentlemen of Ireland 15 21 4 5.25 - - 4-17 22.50 North 24 67 2 33.50 - - 2-42 72.00 Ceylon 36 66 3 22.00 - - 2-35 72.00 Jamaica 15 34 1 34.00 - - 1-34 90.00 Trinidad 32 39 4 9.75 - - 2-18 48.00 Windward Islands 31 71 4 17.75 - - 4-48 46.50 South Zone, Pakistan 28 75 1 75.00 - - 1-35 168.00 Central Zone, Pakistan 22 34 2 17.00 - - 2-11 66.00 Pakistan 131 297 9 33.00 - - 3-49 87.33 The most notable thing about Shepherd’s career was his switch from being a fast-medium opening bowler to bowling quickish off spin. While it is not possible to identify exactly which style was used in each match - in some spin-dominated matches he would take the new ball and switch to spin very quickly - the ‘watershed’ year between the two styles was 1955. Up until 1955 he took 415 wickets for 11074, average 26.68. After that he took 1803 wickets for 36228, average 20.09. Batting Record on Each Ground M I NO R HS Ave 50 Ct Cardiff Arms Park 98 135 31 1066 73 10.25 1 30 Cardiff Sophia Gardens 32 34 15 173 20 9.10 - 6 Colwyn Bay 5 6 0 8 6 1.33 - 1 Ebbw Vale 14 18 3 107 18* 7.13 - 9 Llanelli 14 18 6 78 16 6.50 - 6 BSC Margam 5 8 2 54 18 9.00 - 2 Neath 22 24 6 123 24 6.83 - 10 Newport 10 12 3 70 30* 7.77 - 5 Pontypridd 17 21 8 144 41 11.07 - 4 Swansea 125 161 46 1409 66 12.25 3 57 Bath 2 3 2 10 6* 10.00 - 2 Blackheath 1 1 1 12 12* - - - Blackpool 4 8 1 36 17 5.14 - 2 Bournemouth 6 7 0 45 16 5.00 - 1 Bradford 2 4 2 18 9 9.00 - 2 Bramall Lane 4 4 3 20 9* 20.00 - 2 Brentwood 2 4 2 13 10 6.50 - 2 Bristol 4 6 2 91 46* 22.75 - 2 Canterbury 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 - 1 Chelmsford 3 4 0 45 33 11.25 - - Cheltenham 8 10 3 79 25* 11.28 - 2 Chesterfield 11 11 5 138 36 23.00 - 7 Clacton-on-Sea 3 3 0 30 13 10.00 - - Coalville 2 3 0 7 5 2.33 - - Colchester 3 3 1 15 8 7.50 - 3 Coventry 1 - - - - - - 1 Cowes 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - Dartford 1 - - - - - - 1 Derby 11 11 5 49 19* 8.16 - - 73