Full Name

George Harold Shepstone

Born

April 09, 1876, Pietermaritzberg, Natal

Died

July 03, 1940, Springkell Sanatorium, Germiston, Transvaal, (aged 64y 85d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast

Education

Repton School

George Harold Shepstone, a free hitter and good fast bowler, died at Johannesburg on July 3, 1940 aged 63. Born at Pietermaritzburg on April 9, 1876, he was educated at Repton, and played in the eleven in 1892-93. On returning to South Africa, he took part in two, representative matches at Johannesburg; in March 1896 against Lord Hawke's first English team, and in February 1899 against the second team taken to South Africa by the Yorkshire captain, his scores being 21, 9, 8 and 0. In 1904 he came to England with the team captained by Frank Mitchell, but played little owing to illness. Shepstone appeared for Transvaal from 1898 to 1905, his highest score being 104 against Griqualand West at Cape Town in April 1898.
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George Shepstone Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests24038219.5000020
FC2234169310421.0011-110

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests22115470---2.04-000
FC22-1680682425/17-16.232.4340.0-31
George Harold Shepstone

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Debut/Last Matches of George Shepstone

Recent Matches of George Shepstone

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Sth Africans vs England XI13 & 00/414-Jul-1904Lord'sFC
Sth Africans vs Somerset644/3311-Jul-1904TauntonFC
Sth Africans vs Hampshire11--07-Jul-1904AltonFC
Sth Africans vs Oxford Uni1--09-Jun-1904OxfordFC
Sth Africans vs Cambridge U46 & 22--06-Jun-1904CambridgeFC