Lives in Cricket No 10 - John Shepherd

handicap and was a key member of the County Cricketers’ Golf Society, playing regularly with old colleagues such as Derek Underwood and Mike Denness. He had also carved a niche for himself as a regular accompanier of spectators on cricket tours – not the Barmy Army but rather quieter cricket followers whose shared ambition was to see England play around the world. And there we shall leave him: captain of Herne Bay Golf Club, cricket legend, devoted father and loving husband. The Belleplaine Boy has come a very long way indeed. 118 Third Innings John Shepherd, at home in Herne Bay in January 2009, with a portrait given to him during his Kent benefit year, 1979.