Alfred Shaw

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Alfred Shaw England (Eng)
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling type	Right arm slow
	Tests	First-class
Matches	7	404
Runs scored	111	6585
Batting average	10.09	12.44
100s/50s	0/0	0/12
Top score	40	88
Balls bowled	1096	101997
Wickets	12	2027
Bowling average	23.75	12.13
5 wickets in innings	1	176
10 wickets in match	0	44
Best bowling	5/38	10/73
Catches/stumpings	4/0	368/0
Test debut: 15 March 1877 Last Test: 14 March 1882 Source: [1]

Alfred Shaw (Burton Joyce Nottinghamshire, 29 August 1842 – 16 January 1907 in Gedling, Nottinghamshire) was a cricketer, who captained the English cricket team in four Test matches on the all-professional 1881-82 tour of Australia, losing two and drawing two. He was also co-promoter of the tour, with James Lillywhite and Arthur Shrewsbury.

His first-class career lasted from 1864 to 1897, most of his matches being for Nottinghamshire. He was an exceptionally accurate slow bowler, over the course of his career bowling more (four ball) overs than he conceded runs. His average is by a substantial margin the lowest of any bowler taking 2,000 or more first-class wickets, though it must be remembered that pitches in the 19th century were generally more favourable to bowlers than they became subsequently. WG Grace said that between 1870 and 1880 Shaw was "perhaps the best bowler in England". ^[1]

In one first-class innings in 1874 he took all ten wickets, and in another in 1875 he returned bowling figures of 7 for 7 off 41.2 four-ball overs. After retiring as a player, he became an umpire.

Preceded by Lord Harris

English national cricket captain 1881/2

Succeeded by A N Hornby

[edit] See also

• History of Test cricket (to 1883)
• History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889)
• History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Simon Wilde, Number One: The World's Best Batsmen and Bowlers, Victor Gollancz, 1998, ISBN 0-575-06453-6, p62.

[edit] External links

• Cricinfo page on Alfred Shaw
• CricketArchive page on Alfred Shaw