Athol Shephard (16 August 1920 – 2 February 2006) was an Australian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He played seven
first-class matches for
Tasmania
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between 1948 and 1960.
He also played for, and was captain of, Yeoman and Burnie. He also played football and golf, and won the Seabrook Championship three times in three years from 1952 to 1954.
"Title retained by Athol Shephard"
Advocate, Burnie, 21 September 1953, p 10
"Congratulating Winner"
Advocate, Burnie, 6 October 1952, p 11
"Seabrook Title to A. Shephard"
The Mercury, Hobart, 11 October 1954, p 14.
See also
* List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
References
"A. Shephard in State Team"
Advocate, Burnie, 17 December 1948, p 8
"Scored 970 Runs"
Advocate, Burnie, 24 March 1941, p 8
*L A Unceston
"Athol Shephard dismissed for Nine against North"
Advocate, Burnie, 26 December 1952, p 7
"Big Partnership"
Examiner, Launceston, 2 December 1952, p 20
"Brilliant Golf By Shephard"
Examiner, Launceston, 6 October 1952, p 14
"Golfer Breaks Own Record"
The Mercury, Hobart, 17 November 1952, p 15
"Brilliant Golf At Seabrook"
The Mercury, Hobart, 6 October 1952, p 13
External links
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1920 births
2006 deaths
Australian cricketers
Tasmania cricketers
Cricketers from Tasmania
People from Burnie, Tasmania
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