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Patrick Sherrard (7 January 1919 – 11 January 1997) was an English cricketer. Sherrard was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Mickleover, Derbyshire and educated at Stowe School.

Sherrard made a single first-class appearance for Cambridge University against Northamptonshire at Fenner's in 1938. In this match, he scored 5 runs in the university's first-innings, before being dismissed by Eric Herbert, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Reginald Partridge for 2 runs. The match ended in a draw. In that same season he also made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Oxford University at the University Parks. In Leicestershire's first-innings, he scored 53 runs before being dismissed by Peter Whitehouse. This was his only innings of the match, which ended in a draw.

Following World War II, Sherrard made a single appearance for Berkshire against Hertfordshire in the 1946 Minor Counties Championship. He died at Exeter, Devon on 11 January 1997.

References

1. "Cambridge University v Northamptonshire, 1938". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Patrick Sherrard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
3. "Oxford University v Leicestershire, 1938". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
4. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Patrick Sherrard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

External links

• Patrick Sherrard at ESPNcricinfo
• Patrick Sherrard at CricketArchive

• 1919 births
• 1997 deaths
• Cricketers from Derby
• People educated at Stowe School
• Alumni of the University of Cambridge
• English cricketers
• Cambridge University cricketers
• Leicestershire cricketers
• Berkshire cricketers
• People from Mickleover
• 20th-century English sportsmen