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'''Ian Noel Ridley Shield''' {{postnominal|MBE}} (24 December 1914 —– 22 February 2005) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

Shield was born in December 1914 at [[Ayot St Lawrence|Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire]]. He was educated at [[Rugby School]], before matriculating to [[Oriel College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Oxford University Calendar|date=1937|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|page=356|volume=2|url=https://wwwbooks.google.co.ukcom/books/edition/Oxford_University_Calendar/?id=Dl4w2AqKYc8C|language=en}}</ref> A [[club cricket]]er for the Hampshire Hogs, he took 495 wickets for the club over a 20-year period.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/245252.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 2005|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=29 January 2023}}</ref> His performances at club level bought him to the attention of [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]], with him making his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for the county against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] at [[County Ground, Southampton|Southampton]] in the [[1939 County Championship]]. He made three further appearances that season, against [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]], [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] and [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6848/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ian Shield|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 January 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Although effective as a [[Fast bowling|fast-medium bowler]], he was unable to carry that through into first-class cricket, taking just 4 wickets at an [[bowling average|average]] of 68.50, with best figures of 2 for 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6848/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Ian Shield|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 January 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The start of the [[Second World War]] in September 1939 bought the cricket season to a premature end. Shield served in the war, being commissioned as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Artillery]] in October 1940 and ended the war as a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34990|date=12 November 1940|page=6543|supp=y}}</ref> Following the war, he was made an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in January 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37433|date=15 January 1946|page=496|supp=y}}</ref> Shield died at [[Petersfield]] in February 2005.<ref name="OBIT"/>

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