John Sheppard (cricketer)
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Fullname
John George Sheppard
Born30 January 1824
Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Died28 May 1882 (aged 58)
London, England
London, England
BattingUnknown
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| Full name | John George Sheppard | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 1824 Woodbridge, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 May 1882 (aged 58) London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1845 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 September 2019 | |||||||||||||||
John George Sheppard DL (30 January 1824 – 28 May 1882) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of John Wilson Sheppard and his wife Harriet Crump, he was born on 30 January 1824 at Ashe High House near Woodbridge, Suffolk. He was educated at Harrow School, before going matriculating at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1842.[1][2]
Sheppard married Harriet Anna Tyrwhitt Jones, the daughter of Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, in August 1846. He later served as the deputy lieutenant of Suffolk in 1856 and the High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1859.[3][4] He also served as a justice of the peace for Suffolk.[1]
Sheppard died at London in May 1882.