BILL SHEPHERDAmateur cricketer Bill Shepherd died on 19 January, 2010, aged 71, after a short illness.He was the older brother of world-famous cricket umpire http://www.lastingtr ibute.co. uk/tribute/shepherd/ 3176161 [David Shepherd], who died in October.Mr Shepherd was himself a respected cricketer and once scored a century at Lord’s for the MCC Young Cricketers.Unlike his brother, he did not pursue a career in professional cricket and, after a spell on the Lord’s groundstaff, returned home to Instow in the early 1960s to run the village post office for many years.He was a regular for North Devon Cricket Club and Devon, was still umpiring last year, and was a keen all-round sportsman, playing rugby, football, hockey, darts and skittles.Mr Shepherd was diagnosed with cancer shortly after Christmas.http://www .thisisnorthdevon. co.uk/sport/Shepherd -dies- aged-71/article-1730 769- detail/article.html [thisisnorthdevon.co .uk]
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