Bertie Shardlow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bertie Shardlow

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1909

Place of Birth: Stone, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Apr-1976

Profession: carpenter, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Bertie Shardlow

  • Bertie Shardlow (15 December 1909 – 30 April 1976) was an English cricketer.
  • Shardlow was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.
  • He was born at Stone, Staffordshire. Shardlow made his debut in county cricket for Staffordshire in the 1936 Minor Counties Championship against the Lancashire Second XI.
  • Before the start of World War II in 1939, Shardlow made 24 appearances for the county in the Minor Counties Championship.
  • Following World War II, he made a further 115 appearances for Staffordshire in Minor Counties Championship, with his final match coming against Durham in 1957.
  • In his career with Staffordshire, he took 558 wickets.
  • It was the opinion of Sydney Barnes that if Shardlow had accepted several offers he received to qualify for a first-class county, he may well have possessed enough quality to play at Test level for England.It was also after the war that he made his debut in first-class cricket for a combined Minor Counties team against Yorkshire at Lord's.
  • Yorkshire batted first and made 231 all out, during which Shardlow bowled three wicketless overs.
  • Responding in their first-innings, the Minor Counties made 210 all out, with Shardlow ending the innings not out on 24.
  • In Yorkshire's second-innings of 250 all out, he took a single wicket, that of Norman Yardley, to finish with figures of 1/20 from twelve overs.
  • Chasing 272 to win, the Minor Counties could only manage 135 all out in their second-innings, with Shardlow being dismissed for 5 runs by Allan Mason.
  • Yorkshire's margin of victory was 136 runs.
  • The following season he made a second first-class appearance for the Minor Counties against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's.
  • Batting first, the Marylebone Cricket Club were dismissed for 127, with Shardlow leading the way with five wickets, taking figures of 5/25 from twenty overs.
  • The Minor Counties responded in their first-innings by making 172 all out, with Shardlow making 16 runs before he was dismissed by Fred Titmus.
  • He went wicketless in the Marylebone Cricket Club second-innings of 229 all out, which left the Minor Counties with a target of 185 for victory.
  • They fell short in their chase, making just 129, with Shardlow being dismissed for a duck during the innings by Francis Appleyard.
  • The Marylebone Cricket Club won the match by 55 runs.Away from cricket he worked as a boat carpenter.
  • He died in hospital at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, following a long illness on 30 April 1976.
  • His son, Paul, also played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire.
  • He was also a professional footballer, playing for Northwich Victoria and Stoke City.

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