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George Bernard Shaw (24 October 1931 – 2 August 1984) was a Welsh cricketer. Shaw was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Treharris, Glamorgan.

Shaw made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against the Combined Services in 1951. He made 15 further first-class appearances for Glamorgan, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1955 County Championship. A bowler, Shaw took 26 wickets for Glamorgan, at an average of 27.15, with best figures of 5/38. These figures came in his second first-class match against the Combined Services in 1952, a match in which he also took his other five-wicket haul of 5/67, to give him match figures of 10/105. Typically though, he found it harder against county professionals.

He emigrated to Australia in 1978, where six years later he was killed in a car crash outside Port Pirie, South Australia, on 2 August 1984.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by George Shaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
2. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by George Shaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
3. "Glamorgan v Combined Services, 1952". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
4. ^ Hignell, Dr. A.K. "Brief profile of George Shaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.

External links

• George Shaw at ESPNcricinfo
• George Shaw at CricketArchive

• 1931 births
• 1984 deaths
• People from Treharris
• Sportspeople from Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
• Welsh cricketers
• Glamorgan cricketers
• Welsh emigrants to Australia
• Road incident deaths in South Australia