Louie John Patrick Shaw (born 4 January 1999) is an

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first-class

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er. Shaw was born at

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, where he was educated at

Clifton College Clifton College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in the city of Bristol in South West England, founded in 1862 and offering both boarding school, boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18. In its early years, unlike mo ...

before going up to

Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (OBU; formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Th ...

. While studying at Oxford Brookes, he made two appearances in

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

for

Oxford MCCU Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, had held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). Followi ...

in 2019, playing against

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and

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. A product of the

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academy, he has represented Somerset across various age groups and in early 2017 he toured India with the England under-19 cricket team, playing a single Youth One Day International against the

India national under-19 cricket team The Indian men’s national under-19 cricket team represents India in cricket at Under-19 level. The team has won five Under-19 World Cups and has the best win percentage in ODIs among all Under-19 national teams. The team has won the Under ...

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1999 births Living people Cricketers from Bristol People educated at Clifton College Alumni of Oxford Brookes University English cricketers Oxford MCCU cricketers 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1990s-stub