Wilfred Lionel Shorting (12 March 1904 - 10 October 1982) was an English

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 cricketer

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 who played nine first-class

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 matches for Worcestershire

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 in the 1920s.

With the exception of a single game against Hampshire

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 in 1922, all Shorting's appearances came in 1925 and 1926. He batted variously at between three and eight in the order

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, but in the weak Worcestershire teams of the 1920s he rarely had much success, his highest score being the 27 he made against Nottinghamshire

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 in his penultimate game in August 1926.

Shorting was born in Tenbury Wells

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, Worcestershire

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; he died aged 78 in Hastings

Hastings

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, Sussex

Sussex

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