Lives in Cricket No 10 - John Shepherd

Notes: Shepherd was dismissed 306 times caught (60%), including 59 times by identified wicket-keepers; 108 times bowled (21%); 74 times lbw (15%), 15 times run out (3%) and four times stumped. He was dismissed most often by Intikhab Alam 8, by P.I.Pocock 7 and by W.W.Daniel, R.E.East, N.Gifford, K.Higgs, J.A.Snow and P.Willey, all 6. The bowler from whom he took most catches was D.L.Underwood, with 59; 40 of his catches were off his own bowling. First-class cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1964/65 WI 33 3 111 2 1-54 55.50 - - 1966 Eng 37 11 85 5 4-71 17.00 - - 1967 Eng 568.3 182 1113 54 7-85 20.61 4 - 1967/68 WI 27 9 87 0 - - - - 1968 Eng 752.2 238 1798 96 6-60 18.72 8 - 1968/69 WI 90.2 28 202 7 2-10 28.85 - - 1969 Eng 384.3 114 930 31 8-40 30.00 2 - 1970 Eng 894.5 231 2320 86 6-33 26.97 6 - 1970/71 WI 178 45 405 17 4-40 23.82 - - 1971 Eng 768.5 199 1946 59 6-36 32.98 2 - 1972 Eng 591.4 155 1469 48 7-38 30.60 2 - 1973 Eng 800.3 229 2054 92 6-127 22.32 7 1 1973/74 SA 208 45 566 15 4-54 37.73 - - 1974 Eng 641 154 1691 55 6-42 30.74 2 - 1974/75 SA 219.3 41 648 23 4-37 28.17 - - 1975 Eng 579.2 146 1465 52 8-93 28.17 3 1 1975/76 SA 266.5 62 662 26 3-34 25.46 - - 1976 Eng 496.2 106 1347 48 5-69 28.06 2 - 1977 Eng 738.4 216 1734 87 8-83 19.93 6 - 1978 Eng 601.2 166 1573 44 5-70 35.75 1 - 1979 Eng 418.3 114 1075 34 4-55 31.61 - - 1980 Eng 473.1 118 1220 44 5-40 27.72 1 - 1981 Eng 424.3 111 1136 28 5-61 40.57 1 - 1982 Eng 742.1 177 2026 63 6-75 32.15 2 - 1983 Eng 776.1 209 2047 67 7-50 30.55 3 - 1984 Eng 800.3 209 2225 72 5-30 30.90 2 - 1985 Eng 14 3 41 0 - - - - 1987 Eng 28 9 92 2 2-42 46.00 - - Totals 12554.3 3330 32068 1157 8-40 27.71 54 2 Notes: Overs were of six balls throughout Shepherd’s first-class career. He took his wickets at the rate of one per 65.10 balls and conceded runs at the rate of 2.55 per over. Of his 1,157 wickets, 762 (66%) were caught; 244 (21%) were bowled; 150 (13%) were lbw and one hit wicket. Of those caught, 365 – 32 % of all his wickets, an exceptional proportion – were taken by identified wicketkeepers. None were stumped. He dismissed three batsmen ten or more times; these were B.A.Richards 13, C.T.Radley 12 and J.M.Brearley 10. First-class cricket: Centuries (10) Score For Opponent Venue Season 106* Kent² Hampshire Southampton 1968 103 Kent² Middlesex Lord’s 1968 170 Kent¹ Northamptonshire Folkestone 1968 105 Kent¹ Hampshire Portsmouth 1970 116 Kent² Middlesex Canterbury 1975 101 Kent¹ Surrey Tunbridge Wells 1978 100* Kent¹ Worcestershire Worcester 1978 124 Career Statistics