Bill Shipman
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| Full name | William Shipman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 March 1886 Ratby, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 August 1943 (aged 57) Ratby, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1908–1921 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 13 July 1908 Leicestershire v Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 30 July 1921 Leicestershire v Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 16 March 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Shipman (1 March 1886 – 26 August 1943) was an English cricketer who played over 100 first-class matches for Leicestershire. A right-arm fast bowler, he took 366 wickets during his 13-year career, at an average of 27.21. Shipman was a lower-order batsman and scored a total of 2,474 runs, with an average score of 14.30. Shipman played 110 of his 111 matches for Leicestershire between 1908 and 1914, but returned to make a single appearance for the county in the summer of 1921.
Biography[edit]
Shipman was born in the village of Ratby, Leicestershire on 1 March 1886.[1] He was one of three brothers who played cricket for Leicestershire; Alan Shipman played almost 400 matches for the county,[2] while Albert Shipman appeared in seven matches for the second XI during the 1914 season.[3] He died in Ratby on 26 August 1943, at the age of 57.[1]
Cricket career[edit]
Shipman began his Leicestershire career in the summer of 1908 and took four wickets on his County Championship debut in the drawn match against Essex in July of that year.[4] Throughout the next five seasons, he was an almost ever-present for the county. Shipman attained personal-best figures of 9–83 against Surrey in September 1910,[5] and went on to bowl three ten-wicket hauls in his career. His form for Leicestershire earned him appearances in two Test trial matches in the 1911 season; one for The Rest against the England Test side, and one for Gilbert Jessop's XI against a team selected by Plum Warner.[4] In August 1911, Shipman scored 69 runs, his highest ever in a first-class match, in the County Championship defeat to Warwickshire.[6] He scored half-centuries on six occasions during his career.[1]
For the 1915 season, Shipman was the club professional for Nelson Cricket Club in the Lancashire League. He scored 417 runs and took 77 wickets during his time at Seedhill.[7] In July 1921, after a seven-year absence from the Leicestershire team, Shipman returned to play his final first-class game for the county, taking six wickets in the win against Northamptonshire at Aylestone Road.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Bill Shipman player profile". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ "Alan Shipman player profile". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ "Albert Shipman player profile". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ a b c "First-Class matches played by Bill Shipman". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ "Surrey v Leicestershire in 1910". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ "Leicestershire v Warwickshire in 1911". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ "Nelson Cricket Club professionals". Nelson Cricket Club. Retrieved 16 March 2011.