Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)
Encyclopedia
Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English
former cricket
er. He played five Test matches
and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.
debut in 1964 when he was aged nineteen, tall, raw, but genuinely a fast bowler
. He took fifty wickets in 1967, but really started to burst through in 1968, when Brian Statham
was fading from the scene. His best season was in 1970, when he took seventy four wickets at 21.60 runs each, and played for England against The Rest of the World, at Lord's
. He went to Australia
with Ray Illingworth
's Ashes-winning team and started his Test career with five for 47 at Brisbane
. He played five times in all for England - four of them that winter in Australia and New Zealand
, the other against Pakistan in 1971 - and took twelve wickets at 35.58 each.
Despite having a bowling action to rival Fred Trueman
's, Shuttleworth was a great worrier, and when not taking wickets regularly tinkered with his technique.
Shuttleworth's career, never took off as it might have done and loss of form, plus persistent injuries, forced him to leave Lancashire in 1975 and join Leicestershire
, where he played forty one matches between 1977 and 1980. In twelve seasons with Lancashire, Shuttleworth played in 177 matches and took 484 wickets at a cost of 22.92 each. He played in 105 limited-overs matches for the county and took 147 wickets at 18 apiece.
Once his first-class career was over, Shuttleworth played sporadically for Staffordshire
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
former cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He played five Test matches
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.
Life and career
Shuttleworth made his first-class cricketFirst-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut in 1964 when he was aged nineteen, tall, raw, but genuinely a fast bowler
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
. He took fifty wickets in 1967, but really started to burst through in 1968, when Brian Statham
Brian Statham
John Brian "George" Statham, CBE was one of the leading English fast bowlers in 20th-century English cricket. Initially a bowler of a brisk fast-medium pace, Statham was able to remodel his action to generate enough speed to become genuinely fast...
was fading from the scene. His best season was in 1970, when he took seventy four wickets at 21.60 runs each, and played for England against The Rest of the World, at Lord's
Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
. He went to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
with Ray Illingworth
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...
's Ashes-winning team and started his Test career with five for 47 at Brisbane
Brisbane Cricket Ground
The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as The Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located....
. He played five times in all for England - four of them that winter in Australia and New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
, the other against Pakistan in 1971 - and took twelve wickets at 35.58 each.
Despite having a bowling action to rival Fred Trueman
Fred Trueman
Frederick Sewards Trueman OBE was an English cricketer, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. A bowler of genuinely fast pace who was widely known as Fiery Fred, Trueman played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1949 until he retired in 1968...
's, Shuttleworth was a great worrier, and when not taking wickets regularly tinkered with his technique.
Shuttleworth's career, never took off as it might have done and loss of form, plus persistent injuries, forced him to leave Lancashire in 1975 and join Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
, where he played forty one matches between 1977 and 1980. In twelve seasons with Lancashire, Shuttleworth played in 177 matches and took 484 wickets at a cost of 22.92 each. He played in 105 limited-overs matches for the county and took 147 wickets at 18 apiece.
Once his first-class career was over, Shuttleworth played sporadically for Staffordshire
Staffordshire County Cricket Club
Staffordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Staffordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
.