Henry Shaw (21 May 1854 – 8 November 1932) was an English

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er who played for

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between 1875 and 1884. Shaw was born in

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and worked as a painter on the

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. He was also cricket coach at

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. He played a non-qualifying match for Derbyshire in 1874 and made his first-class debut in the 1875 season against

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, a win for Derbyshire in which he made his top score of 22. He played two matches in the 1876 season and one in the 1877 season. He played three matches in the 1878 season and umpired two first-class matches for Derbyshire. In the 1879 season he umpired one first-class match and played two non-status games. In the 1880 season he played three first-class matches and achieved his best bowling performance of 5 for 34 against

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. He also played three matches in the 1881 season. At the time of the 1881 census he was running the New Inn public house in

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. After a break, he played one further match for Derbyshire in the 1884 season when he bowled 4 for 26 against

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. In 1887 he started playing for

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for whom he appeared regularly until 1892. His name also appears in a match for Lincolnshire in 1890. He umpired four minor county matches in 1901 and in 1902 he umpired a season of first-class matches. Later he umpired one match in 1908 and another in 1919. Shaw was a right-handed batsman and played 25 innings in 14 first-class matches with an average of 6.72 and a top score of 22. He was a right-arm roundarm medium pace bowler and took 10 first-class wickets and an average of 15.8 and a best performance of 5 for 34.Henry Shaw at Cricket Archive
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at the age of 78.

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