Roy Sheffield

Roy Sheffield
Personal information
Full name James Roy Sheffield
Born (1906-11-19)19 November 1906
Barking, Essex, England
Died 16 November 1997(1997-11-16) (aged 90)
Auckland, New Zealand
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style -
Role Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19291936 Essex
1938/39 Auckland
First class debut June 19 1929 Essex v Warwickshire
Last First class February 3 1939 Auckland v Wellington
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 180
Runs scored 3914
Batting average 16.51
100s/50s 1/16
Top score 108
Balls bowled 72
Wickets 0
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 0/8
Catches/stumpings 196/54
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

Notes

  1. "Player Profile: Roy Sheffield". CricInfo. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  2. Library of Congress, Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1936, Part 1 scan
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