Bill Shipman | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | William Shipman |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1886 |
Birth Place: | Ratby, England |
Death Place: | Ratby, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
Club1: | Leicestershire |
Year1: | 1908 - 1921 |
Type1: | First-class |
Debutdate1: | 13 July |
Debutyear1: | 1908 |
Debutfor1: | Leicestershire |
Debutagainst1: | Essex |
Lastdate1: | 30 July |
Lastyear1: | 1921 |
Lastfor1: | Leicestershire |
Lastagainst1: | Northamptonshire |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | FC |
Matches1: | 111 |
Runs1: | 2474 |
Bat Avg1: | 14.30 |
100S/50S1: | 0/6 |
Top Score1: | 69 |
Deliveries1: | 16647 |
Wickets1: | 366 |
Bowl Avg1: | 27.21 |
Fivefor1: | 16 |
Tenfor1: | 3 |
Best Bowling1: | 9/83 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 82/– |
Date: | 16 March |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32737/32737.html Cricket Archive |
William Shipman (1 March 1886 - 26 August 1943) was an English cricketer who played over 100 first-class matches for Leicestershire. A right-arm fast bowler, he took 366 wickets during his 13-year career, at an average of 27.21. Shipman was a lower-order batsman and scored a total of 2,474 runs, with an average score of 14.30. Shipman played 110 of his 111 matches for Leicestershire between 1908 and 1914, but returned to make a single appearance for the county in the summer of 1921.
Shipman was born in the village of Ratby, Leicestershire on 1 March 1886. He was one of three brothers who played cricket for Leicestershire; Alan Shipman played almost 400 matches for the county,[1] while Albert Shipman appeared in seven matches for the second XI during the 1914 season.[2] He died in Ratby on 26 August 1943, at the age of 57.[3]
Shipman began his Leicestershire career in the summer of 1908 and took four wickets on his County Championship debut in the drawn match against Essex in July of that year.[4] Throughout the next five seasons, he was an almost ever-present for the county. Shipman attained personal-best figures of 9–83 against Surrey in September 1910,[5] and went on to bowl three ten-wicket hauls in his career. His form for Leicestershire earned him appearances in two Test trial matches in the 1911 season; one for The Rest against the England Test side, and one for Gilbert Jessop's XI against a team selected by Plum Warner.[4] In August 1911, Shipman scored 69 runs, his highest ever in a first-class match, in the County Championship defeat to Warwickshire.[6] He scored half-centuries on six occasions during his career.[3]
For the 1915 season, Shipman was the club professional for Nelson Cricket Club in the Lancashire League. He scored 417 runs and took 77 wickets during his time at Seedhill.[7] In July 1921, after a seven-year absence from the Leicestershire team, Shipman returned to play his final first-class game for the county, taking six wickets in the win against Northamptonshire at Aylestone Road.[4]