Lives in Cricket No 10 - John Shepherd

28-12-50-7 Gloucestershire Warwickshire¹ Edgbaston 1983 27-7-80-5 Gloucestershire Somerset¹ Bath 1983 32-10-64-7 Gloucestershire Glamorgan² Cheltenham 1983 21.4-6-30-5 Gloucestershire Kent² Canterbury 1984 32-7-116-5 Gloucestershire Warwickshire¹ Edgbaston 1984 Note: The index figures ¹ and ² in this and the preceding table indicate the innings in which the feat was achieved. List A limited-overs cricket: Batting and Fielding M I NO R HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1967 England 5 4 0 118 77 29.50 - 1 2 1968 England 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - - 1969 England 5 5 1 32 20 8.00 - - - 1970 England 18 16 3 260 40 20.00 - - 4 1971 England 21 19 3 460 65 28.75 - 3 7 1972 England 24 17 4 160 28* 12.30 - - 8 1973 England 21 16 4 237 39 19.75 - - 7 1974 England 25 21 8 285 28 21.92 - - 5 1974/75 South Africa 3 3 0 87 48 29.00 - - - 1975 England 19 14 2 246 96 20.50 - 1 7 1975/76 South Africa 2 2 1 11 8 11.00 - - 1 1976 England 21 19 4 460 58 30.66 - 2 3 1977 England 17 16 1 320 101 21.33 1 1 3 1978 England 21 18 4 380 94 27.14 - 2 10 1979 England 19 17 4 362 63 27.84 - 2 7 1980 England 16 12 6 101 28* 16.83 - - 7 1981 England 18 12 0 141 22 11.75 - - 4 1982 England 19 15 4 253 47 23.00 - - 5 1983 England 20 16 6 196 35 19.60 - - 2 1984 England 18 16 3 199 52* 15.30 - 1 3 1985 England 11 6 2 28 11* 7.00 - - 1 1986 England 2 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - Total 326 266 60 4337 101 21.05 1 13 86 Notes: The figures for the ‘England’ season of 1983 include the Benson and Hedges Cup match Scotland v Gloucestershire, played in Glasgow on 17 May. Of his 206 dismissals, Shepherd was caught 113 times (55%); bowled 64 times (31%); lbw 17 times (6%); run out 11 times (5%) and stumped once. Three bowlers dismissed him more than three times, C.H.Dredge, A.W.Greig and J.F.Steele all with four. The bowler from whom he took most catches was D.L.Underwood, with 19; 17 of his catches were off his own bowling. List A limited overs cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 4i 1967 Eng 44 9 132 3 2-27 44.00 - 1968 Eng 12 6 16 2 2-16 8.00 - 1969 Eng 34 8 85 4 3-19 21.25 - 1970 Eng 132 9 537 25 3-20 21.48 - 1971 Eng 175.5 21 601 37 4-20 16.24 3 1972 Eng 202 21 690 37 4-18 18.64 2 1973 Eng 172.3 21 639 24 4-43 26.62 1 1974 Eng 210.3 23 718 34 3-23 21.11 - 1974/75 SA 26 8 71 5 2-20 14.20 - 1975 Eng 149.4 20 557 29 3-15 19.20 - 1975/76 SA 21 4 66 0 - - - 126 Career Statistics