Alfred Shaw

Alfred Shaw

Personal information
Full name	Alfred Shaw
Born	(1842-08-29)29 August 1842 Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	16 January 1907(1907-01-16) (aged 64) Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm slow-medium
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 9)	15 March 1877 v Australia
Last Test	14 March 1882 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1864–1897	Nottinghamshire
1865–1881	MCC
1894–1895	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 7 404 Runs scored 111 6,585 Batting average 10.09 12.44 100s/50s 0/0 0/12 Top score 40 88 Balls bowled 1,096 101,967 Wickets 12 2,027 Bowling average 23.75 12.13 5 wickets in innings 1 177 10 wickets in match 0 44 Best bowling 5/38 10/73 Catches/stumpings 4/– 368/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 September 2008

Alfred Shaw (29 August 1842 – 16 January 1907) was a Victorian cricketer and rugby footballer, who bowled the first ball in Test cricket and was the first to take five wickets in a Test innings (5/35).^[1] He made two trips to North America and four to Australia, captaining the English cricket team in four Test matches on the all-professional tour of Australia in 1881/82, where his side lost and drew two each. He was also, along with James Lillywhite and Arthur Shrewsbury, co-promoter of the tour. He also organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888.