Roy Sheffield

Roy Sheffield

Personal information
Full name	James Roy Sheffield
Born	19 November 1906 Barking, Essex, England
Died	16 November 1997 (aged 90) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	-
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1929–1936	Essex
1938/39	Auckland
First class debut	June 19 1929 Essex v Warwickshire
Last First class	February 3 1939 Auckland v Wellington
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 180 Runs scored 3914 Batting average 16.51 100s/50s 1/16 Top score 108 Balls bowled 72 Wickets 0 Bowling average - 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 0/8 Catches/stumpings 196/54
Source: Cricket Archive, December 22 2009

James Roy Sheffield (19 November 1906 – 16 November 1997) was a cricketer, who kept wicket for Essex and Wellington between 1929 and 1939. A right-hand bat, Sheffield made 180 appearances, scoring 3,914 runs at an average of 16.51 including one century, and he took 196 catches and made 54 stumpings.^[1]

During the winter of 1932-33 he took an extended trip around South America. His plan was to avoid the usual tourist routes and do it all in a canoe. He wrote about this in a book Bolivian Spy?^[2] that was published in 1935.

Bibliography

• Roy Sheffield (1935). Bolivian Spy?. Marchand Press Ltd.

Notes

1. "Player Profile: Roy Sheffield". CricInfo. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
2. Library of Congress, Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1936, Part 1 scan

External links

• Player profile: Roy Sheffield from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Roy Sheffield from CricketArchive