John Sherman (cricketer)
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John Sherman was an English professional cricketer
. His first-class career spanned a record-equalling 44 seasons from 1809 to 1852; he shares this record with W G Grace. He was the elder brother of James Sherman
and the uncle of Tom Sherman
.
and he made 27 known appearances in first-class
matches from 1809 to 1852 .
Sherman was a right-handed batsman (RHB) and a right arm slow underarm bowler. He played his first four matches at the original Lord's Cricket Ground and the next four at its present location. His career fell into a long hiatus from 1823 but after a gap of 21 years he reappeared for Manchester and took 11 for 50 against Yorkshire. He played another five first class matches before his last appearance in 1852.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
. His first-class career spanned a record-equalling 44 seasons from 1809 to 1852; he shares this record with W G Grace. He was the elder brother of James Sherman
James Sherman (cricketer)
James Sherman was an English professional cricketer. He was the younger brother of John Sherman and the father of Tom Sherman.-Career:...
and the uncle of Tom Sherman
Tom Sherman (cricketer)
Thomas Sherman was an English professional cricketer. He was the son of James Sherman and nephew of John Sherman.-Career:...
.
Career
He was mainly associated with SurreySurrey county cricket teams
Surrey county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. The first definite mention of cricket anywhere in the world is dated c.1550 in Guildford.-17th century:...
and he made 27 known appearances in first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches from 1809 to 1852 .
Sherman was a right-handed batsman (RHB) and a right arm slow underarm bowler. He played his first four matches at the original Lord's Cricket Ground and the next four at its present location. His career fell into a long hiatus from 1823 but after a gap of 21 years he reappeared for Manchester and took 11 for 50 against Yorkshire. He played another five first class matches before his last appearance in 1852.