Rowland Allen Shaddick (26 March 1920 – 12 January 1994) was an English cricketer active from 1946 to 1955 who played for
Middlesex
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,
Marylebone Cricket Club
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(MCC) and
Free Foresters
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The Free Foresters were founded by the Rev. Willi ...
. He was born in
Clapton,
London
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, and died in
Enfield,
Middlesex
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.
An
amateur
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cricketer who worked as a doctor, Shaddick appeared in twenty first-class matches as a right-handed
batsman who
bowled off breaks. He scored 62
runs with a highest score of 12
not out
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and took 49
wicket
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* It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...
s with a best performance of 5 for 34 for Free Foresters against
Oxford University
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in 1952. His most successful season was 1947 when he played nine matches and took 29 wickets at an average of 22.20, including 4 for 46 and 4 for 54 for Middlesex against
Cambridge University
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.
Cambridge University v Middlesex 1947
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1920 births
1994 deaths
English cricketers
Middlesex cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Free Foresters cricketers
People from Upper Clapton
Cricketers from Greater London
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