Alfred Shaw
English cricketer and rugby footballer (1842-1907) · Athletes · Died at 64
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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George Harris, 4th Baron Harris Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1871-1881
George Ulyett Teammate at England cricket team, 1877-1882
Tom Emmett Teammate at England cricket team, 1877-1882
Billy Barnes Teammate at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, 1875-1894
John Selby Teammate at England cricket team, 1877-1882
John Dixon Teammate at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, 1882-1897
Alfred Lyttelton Teammate at England cricket team, 1880-1882
A. N. Hornby Teammate at England cricket team, 1879-1882
Fred Morley Teammate at England cricket team, 1880-1882
A. G. Steel Teammate at England cricket team, 1880-1882
A. P. Lucas Teammate at England cricket team, 1879-1882- Alfred Stratford Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1878-1880
George Gibbons Hearne Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1877-1881- Arthur Cursham Teammate at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, 1876-1878
- Alfred Lubbock Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1866-1869
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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.
