Roy Sheffield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Roy Sheffield

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1906

Place of Birth: Barking, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1997

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Roy Sheffield

  • 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.During the winter of 1932-33 he took an extended trip in South America.
  • For some time he followed the trail of Colonel Fawcett, and also worked as a cowboy in the Mato Grosso.
  • Then he canoed down the Paraguay River during the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia.
  • He was arrested by the Paraguayans on suspicion of being a Bolivian spy, but was freed after British consular authorities intervened.
  • He wrote about these adventures in a book, Bolivian Spy? that was published in 1935.He moved to New Zealand in 1936, meeting his future wife, Ruby Norrie of Jersey, on the voyage over.
  • They married at St Mary's Cathedral, Auckland, in November 1938.
  • His first job in New Zealand was as a guide at the Chateau Tongariro in Tongariro National Park.
  • In 1938 he was engaged on a three-year contract as the coach for the Wellington Cricket Association.
  • At the same time he was engaged on a three-year contract as the coach of the Wellington Football Association.In the 1940s he moved to Gisborne, where he taught physical education at Gisborne High School.
  • In 1947 he was appointed coach of the New Zealand football team for the series against the visiting South African team.
  • He played for Poverty Bay as a goalkeeper.He retained his enthusiasm for canoeing throughout his life.
  • When he was in his eighties he competed in the 50-mile Waikato River Marathon.

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