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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool (6 March 1929 5 March 2005) was a high-profile bishop of the Church of England and, previously, an English cricketer. Sheppard was born in Reigate, Surrey, the son of a solicitor, and educated at Sherborne School, Dorset where his cricketing talent first emerged. After National Service as a second lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment, he then went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge and played for Cambridge University (blue 1950, 1951 and 1952; captain 1952), Sussex (captain 1953) and England. In 1952…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool (6 March 1929 5 March 2005) was a high-profile bishop of the Church of England and, previously, an English cricketer. Sheppard was born in Reigate, Surrey, the son of a solicitor, and educated at Sherborne School, Dorset where his cricketing talent first emerged. After National Service as a second lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment, he then went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge and played for Cambridge University (blue 1950, 1951 and 1952; captain 1952), Sussex (captain 1953) and England. In 1952 he topped the English batting averages, scoring 2,262 runs at an average of 64.62. This included 1,281 runs and 7 centuries for Cambridge University, a Cambridge record. His career total for Cambridge University, 3,545, was also a record. He hit 1,000 runs in a season six times, reaching 2,000 three times (highest 2,270, average 45.40, in 1953). He hit three double centuries, one for Sussex and two for Cambridge University (highest 239 not out for Cambridge University v Worcestershire at Worcester in 1952).