William Alfred Shalders (12 February 1880 – 19 March 1917) was a Cape Colony cricketer who played in 12 Test matches for South Africa from 1899 to 1907.
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| Full name | William Alfred Shalders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1880 Kimberley, Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 March 1917 (aged 37) Cradock, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1897–98 to 1898–99 | Griqualand West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902–03 to 1906–07 | Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life edit
Shalders was born in Kimberley, where his parents, John and Emily Shalders, owned the Halfway House inn from 1884 to 1925. He attended Kimberley Boys' High School.[1]
Cricket career edit
Shalders was a stroke-playing opening batsman whose impetuosity often led to his dismissal in the twenties or thirties.[2] His highest Test score was 42 in his second Test, when South Africa took a first-innings lead of 65 over Australia only to lose by 159 runs.[3] He made a valuable 38 when South Africa beat England by one wicket in the 1905–06 series.[2]
Shalders toured England with the South African teams in 1901, 1904 and 1907, playing 58 of his 88 first-class matches in England and scoring his two first-class centuries. In 1901 he was the South Africans' second-highest run-scorer, with 782 runs at an average of 30.07,[4] with a top score of 103 against Somerset.[5] In 1907 he scored 105 against Hampshire.[6] His highest first-class score in South Africa was 93, the highest score of the match, in an innings victory for Transvaal over Natal in 1903–04.[7]
He was also a fine fieldsman and useful bowler.[2]
Life outside cricket edit
Shalders was a member of the Kimberley Town Guard during the Siege of Kimberley (October 1899 to February 1900) and was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal and the Kimberley Star.[1] He also served in World War I.[8]
He was married to Myra Shalders.[1] He died on 19 March 1917 at Cradock, Eastern Cape, aged 37, and is buried in the Cradock cemetery.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Today in Kimberley's history 12 February". Kimberley City Info. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ a b c Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 312.
- ^ "South Africa v Australia, Second Test, 1902–03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Batting and fielding for South Africans, 1901". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Somerset v South Africans, 1901". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Hampshire v South Africans, 1907". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Transvaal v Natal, 1903–04". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Cricket and Rugby Players and the War", The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 21 November 1914, p. 342.
- ^ "S - Surnames :: Vanne - S". eGGSA library. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
External links edit
- William Shalders at ESPNcricinfo
- William Shalders at CricketArchive (subscription required)