Walter Shuldham

Walter Shuldham
Personal information
Full name Walter Frank Quantock Shuldham
Born 17 June 1892(1892-06-17)
Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England
Died 7 February 1971(1971-02-07) (aged 78)
Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England
Batting style Right-handed
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
Years Team
1914–24 Somerset
First-class cricket debut 27 July 1914 Somerset v Yorkshire
Last First-class cricket 27 November 1926 Rajputana and Central India v MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 126
Batting average 10.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 25
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: CricketArchive, 26 March 2011

Walter Frank Quantock Shuldham (17 June 1892 – 7 February 1971) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1914 and 1924.[1] He later played in two first-class matches in India. He was born and died at Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset.

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Cricket career

Shuldham was the only son of the lord of the manor at Norton Manor, Norton-sub-Hamdon.[2] He was educated at Marlborough College, where he was an opening or middle order right-handed batsman. He played for Somerset in two matches in a week just before the start of the First World War in 1914 with no success, and then reappeared in four further matches in 1924. His highest score, however, was only 25, made in a 1924 match against Worcestershire.[3] He did not improve on this in two first-class matches for scratch Indian teams against the MCC side that toured India in 1926-27.

Military career

Shuldham served with the 104th Wellesley's Rifles in the Indian Army in the First World War.[2] His secondment as an acting captain is recorded in the London Gazette in 1917.[4] Following the war, he remained in the Indian Army and was promoted to be a major in 1933.[5] He retired from the army in 1935 with the rank of major.[6] In retirement, he was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset for 1954.[7] He died at his home at East Stoke House in Stoke-sub-Hamdon where the Shuldham family still (as of 2011) runs an organic fruit-growing business.

Personal life

Shuldham married Doris Elizabeth Vaughan in 1920 and had four sons (one of whom was killed in the Second World War).[8]

References

  1. ^ "Walter Shuldham". www.cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3814/3814.html. Retrieved 2011-03-21. 
  2. ^ a b Edward Walford. "The County Families of the United Kingdom". www.ebooksread.com. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-327-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml. Retrieved 2011-03-27. 
  3. ^ "Scorecard: Worcestershire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 1924-06-28. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11206.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  4. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30016. p. 3486. 1917-04-12.
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 33952. p. 4205. 1933-06-23.
  6. ^ London Gazette: no. 34144. p. 1985. 1935-03-22.
  7. ^ London Gazette: no. 40115. p. 1315. 1954-03-02.
  8. ^ D. C. O'Driscoll. "Descendants of Henry VIII". www.pbworks.com. http://dcodriscoll.pbworks.com/w/page/9956919/Shuldham. Retrieved 2011-03-27.