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| Full name | George Harold Shepstone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1876-04-09)9 April 1876 Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 July 1940(1940-07-03) (aged 64) Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 2 March 1896 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 14 February 1899 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1897–98 to 1904–05 | Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 13 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Harold Shepstone (9 April 1876 – 3 July 1940) was a South African cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1896 and 1899. He played first-class cricket for Transvaal from 1897–98 to 1904–05.
Cricket career
Shepstone was an all-rounder – a right-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler – who made his first-class and Test debuts in the same match, for South Africa against England in 1895–96. Playing in only the second of the three-Test series, he scored 21 and 9 batting in the middle order, and took no wickets.
Shepstone was one of only two century-makers in the Currie Cup in 1897–98, with 104 for Transvaal against Griqualand West. Opening the Transvaal bowling with Jimmy Sinclair, he also took 14 wickets in the competition, including 5 for 77 and 4 for 34 against Natal.
When England next toured South Africa in 1898–99, Shepstone played in the First Test, but was unsuccessful and South Africa lost. He was not selected for the Test team again.
Shepstone played in the Transvaal teams that won the Currie Cup in 1902–03 and 1903–04, and toured England in 1904 with the South African team, when no Tests were played, but he played in only six of the 22 first-class matches.
Shepstone married Ellen Hilda Chambers, a divorcee, in Johannesburg in August 1907. In July 1940, suffering from bowel cancer, he shot himself in the head, and died in hospital in Germiston, aged 64.
References
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Shepstone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- "South Africa vs England, 2nd Test at Johannesburg, Mar 02 1896". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- "Transvaal v Griqualand West 1897-98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- "Natal v Transvaal 1897-98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- "South Africa vs England, 1st Test at Johannesburg, Feb 14 1899". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- "The Averages of the South African Team". Cricket: 416. 15 September 1904.
- "Johannesburg. Marriage Certificates". Family Search. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- "Germiston. Death Certificates". Family Search. Retrieved 7 October 2024.