Barry Shepherd

Barry Kenneth Shepherd (23 April 1937, Donnybrook, Western Australia – 18 September 2001, Fremantle, Western Australia) was an Australian cricketer who played in 9 Tests from 1963 to 1965.

Barry Shepherd was an outstanding junior sportsman in Australian rules football, hockey and cricket. Twice representing Western Australia in schoolboy football, he won the medal for best player at the carnival on the first year of his selection (in Tasmania). He was runner-up for the same medal the following year (in Melbourne). Richmond Australian rules football club showed significant interest in recruiting him.

He also represented Western Australia in hockey, winning all Australian selection as a full back.

Cricket was the sport which he decided to pursue and he made his debut for Western Australia at age 17. He later captained the State with distinction. Known as a fierce competitor, he instilled in Western Australian Cricket the will and self belief which made subsequent on field success possible. He made his Test debut in the 1962-63 Ashes series, replacing Peter Burge in the batting line up. He made a vital 71 not out in the first innings when the England off-spinner Fred Titmus was running through the Australian batting order, taking 7/79. Ironically, the England team had tried to played Shepherd into the team and thought they had failed by getting him out cheaply in tour matches. He made only 23 more run in the series and was replaced by Burge in the Fifth Test, but his 94 runs (47.00) put him third in the Australian batting averages.

After retiring from the game, he devoted much time to cricket administration serving for many years on the Western Australian Cricket Association board and, subsequently, the Australian Cricket Board.