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Line 1: {{short description\|English cricketer and soldier}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~May~~December ~~2013~~2022}} {{Use British English\|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer \| name = Ian Shield \| image = \| country = England \| fullname = Ian Noel Ridley Shield \| nickname = \| birth_date = ~~{{Birth~~24 December ~~date\|~~1914~~\|12\|24\|df=yes}}~~ \| birth_place = [[Ayot St Lawrence]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]] \| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2005\|2\|22\|1914\|12\|24\|df=yes}} \| death_place = [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], England \| heightft = \| heightinch = Line 18: \| family = \| club1 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club\|Hampshire]] \| year1 = 1939 ~~\| clubnumber1 =~~ \| columns = 1 \| column1 = [[First-class cricket\|FCFirst-class]] \| matches1 = 4 \| runs1 = 16 \| bat avg1 = 4.00 \| 100s/50s1 = ~~–~~–/~~–~~– \| top score1 = 6 \| deliveries1 = 528 \| wickets1 = 4 \| bowl avg1 = 68.50 \| fivefor1 = ~~–~~– \| tenfor1 = ~~–~~– \| best bowling1 = 2/91 \| catches/stumpings1 = ~~–~~–/~~–~~– \| date = 3 February \| year = 2010 Line 39 ⟶ 38: }} '''Ian Noel Ridley Shield''' {{postnominal\|MBE}} (24 December 1914 – 22 February 2005) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er. ~~Shield was a left-handed~~and [[~~batsman~~British ~~(cricket)\|batsman~~Army]] ~~who bowled right-arm [[Fast bowling\|fast-medium]]~~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://books.google.com/books?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"/> Shield made his [[first-class cricket\|first-class]] debut for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club\|Hampshire]] in the 1939 [[County Championship]] against [[Essex County Cricket Club\|Essex]]. Shield played four matches for Hampshire in the 1939 season, with his final first-class match for the club coming against [[Sussex County Cricket Club\|Sussex]]. ==References== ~~In his first-class career, Shield took only four wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 68.50, with best figures of 2/91.~~ {{reflist}} ~~Shield died on 22 February 2005.~~ ==External links== {{cricinfo\|id=20169}} [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20169.html Ian Shield] at [[Cricinfo]] *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6848/6848.html Ian Shield] at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Shield, Ian}} Line 55 ⟶ 52: [[Category:2005 deaths]] [[Category:People from Ayot St Lawrence]] [[Category:~~Sportspeople~~People ~~from~~educated ~~Hertfordshire~~at Rugby School]] [[Category:Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford]] [[Category:English cricketers]] [[Category:Hampshire cricketers]] [[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Royal Artillery officers]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Cricketers from Hertfordshire]] [[Category:Military personnel from Hertfordshire]]