Frederick Shaw (cricketer)

Frederick Roland Studdert Shaw MC (29 February 1892 – 2 December 1935) was an Irish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Frederick Shaw

Shaw's resting place at Haifa Cemetery
Personal information
Full name	Frederick Roland Studdert Shaw
Born	29 February 1892 Dublin, Ireland
Died	2 December 1935(1935-12-02) (aged 43) Haditha, Iraq
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1922/23	Europeans (India)
1913–1914	Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 7 Runs scored 193 Batting average 17.54 100s/50s –/1 Top score 65 Balls bowled 782 Wickets 21 Bowling average 13.80 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 7/30 Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 November 2018

Shaw was born at Dublin in February 1892, and was educated in England at Archbishop Holgate's School.[1] After completing his education in England, he returned to Dublin in 1909 to study medicine at Trinity College.[1] Playing club cricket for Dublin University Cricket Club,[1] Shaw made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1912.[2] He played in the same fixture at Dublin in 1914,[2] scoring 65 in Ireland's first-innings.[3]

He graduated from Trinity College in 1914,[1] serving in World War I with the British Army.[1] He enlisted with the Royal Army Medical Corps in August 1914, with the rank of Lieutenant (on probation),[4] gaining the rank permanently in August of the following year.[5] He was promoted to Captain in January 1916.[6] Shaw was awarded the Military Cross in January 1917.[7] At wars end, he held the rank of Acting Major, but relinquished this rank in June 1919,[8] whereby he retained the rank of Captain.

Following the war, he continued to serve in the British Army.[1] He was posted to British India after the war, where he played first-class cricket for the Europeans in the 1922/23 Lahore Tournament, playing two matches against the Hindus and the Muslims at Lahore.[1] While stationed in British India, he commanded a motor ambulance convoy in North-West Frontier Province, assisted in dealing with a cholera epidemic in Waziristan, and was on the staff of the Director of Medical Services in India.[9] With the Irish Free State having been formed in 1922, Shaw's continuing service in the British Army saw him return to the United Kingdom. He played three first-class matches for the British Army cricket team, one against the Royal Navy at Lord's in 1923, and two in 1925 against Oxford University and Cambridge University.[2] Playing a total of seven first-class matches, Shaw scored 193 runs at an average of 17.54, with a highest score of 65.[10] As a fast-medium bowler, Shaw took 21 wickets a bowling average of 13.80.[10] Over half of his wickets came in the final of the Lahore Tournament against the Muslims, where bowling alongside Wilfred Rhodes he took 7/30 in the Muslims first-innings and 7/53 in their second-innings, finishing with match figures of 14/83.[11] Shaw was later posted to Iraq sometime around 1925. During a Kurdish revolt in 1926, Shaw was instrumental in obtaining the release of two Royal Air Force officers that had been captured by forces loyal to Mahmud Barzanji.[9]

He resigned his commission shortly thereafter, joining the Iraq Petroleum Company as their Chief Medical Officer in October 1927.[9] He died in Iraq at the K3 Pipe Line Station near Haditha in December 1935.[1] He is buried at the Haifa Cemetery in Israel.[9]