Roy Sheffield
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| Full name | James Roy Sheffield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1906 Barking, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 November 1997 (aged 90) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929–1936 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1938/39 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First class debut | June 19 1929 Essex v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First class | February 3 1939 Auckland v Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, December 22 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Roy Sheffield (19 November 1906 – 16 November 1997) was a cricketer, who kept wicket for Essex and Wellington between 1929 and 1939. A right-hand bat, Sheffield made 180 appearances, scoring 3,914 runs at an average of 16.51 including one century, and he took 196 catches and made 54 stumpings.[1]
During the winter of 1932-33 he took an extended trip around South America. His plan was to avoid the usual tourist routes and do it all in a canoe. He wrote about this in a book Bolivian Spy?[2] that was published in 1935.
Bibliography
- Roy Sheffield (1935). Bolivian Spy?. Marchand Press Ltd.
Notes
- ^ "Player Profile: Roy Sheffield". CricInfo. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ^ Library of Congress, Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1936, Part 1 scan
External links
- Roy Sheffield at ESPNcricinfo
- Roy Sheffield at CricketArchive (subscription required)