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Alfred Shaw

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English cricketer and rugby footballer (1842-1907)

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Alfred Shaw was a Victorian cricketer and rugby footballer, who bowled the first ball in Test cricket and was the first to take five wickets in a Test innings (5/35).

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Sussex County Cricket Club1894-1895
England cricket team1877-1882
Marylebone Cricket Club1865-1881
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club1864-1897

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Alfred Shaw was a Victorian cricketer and rugby footballer, who bowled the first ball in Test cricket and was the first to take five wickets in a Test innings (5/35). He made two trips to North America and four to Australia, captaining the English cricket team in four Test matches on the all-professional tour of Australia in 1881/82, where his team lost and drew two each. He was also, along with James Lillywhite and Arthur Shrewsbury, co-promoter of the tour. He also organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888.

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Lived 1842 to 1907 · aged 64
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