Wilfred Shardlow was an English cricket

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er who played for Derbyshire

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 between 1925 and 1928.

Shardlow was born at Clowne

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, Derbyshire

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. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1925 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1925

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 in July against Yorkshire

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 where he made 11 in his first innings. He played two more matches that year and played fully in the 1926

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1926 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty five years. It was their twenty-eighth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish eleventh in the County Championship..-1926 season:Derbyshire...

 and 1927 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1927

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1927 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty six years. It was their twenty-ninth season in the County Championship and they won eight matches to finish fifth in the County Championship..-1927 season:Derbyshire...

. In 1927 he achieved 5-41 bowling against Glamorgan

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 and made his top score of 39 not out against Kent

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. He only played four matches in the 1928 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1928

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1928 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty seven years. It was their thirtieth season in the County Championship and they won six matches to finish tenth in the County Championship..-1928 season:Derbyshire played 26...

 which was his last first class season. He was a right-arm fast-medium who took 56 first class wickets with an average of 34.62 and a best performance of 5-41. As a left-hand batsman he played 42 innings in 38 matches with a top score of 39 and an average of 7.17.

Shardlow was still playing cricket in 1955 when he appeared in match for Bass Worthington. He died the following year at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

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at the age of 54.