Guy Mitchell Shuttleworth (6 November 1926 – 21 January 2021) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1946 to 1948. He was also a football player, and became a teacher.

Guy Shuttleworth
Personal information
Full name
Guy Mitchell Shuttleworth
Born(1926-11-06)6 November 1926
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Died21 January 2021(2021-01-21) (aged 94)
Eastbourne, East Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946–1948Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 25
Runs scored 786
Batting average 23.11
100s/50s 0/3
Top score 96
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 December 2018

Life and career

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Shuttleworth attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, before going up to King's College, Cambridge.[1] His highest score in first-class cricket was 96 for Cambridge against Sussex in 1948, when he and Doug Insole added 171 for the sixth wicket in two hours.[2][3] He played for East Lancashire in the Lancashire League from 1944 to 1950[4] and played eight matches for Lancashire 2nd XI from 1946 to 1948.

Shuttleworth was also a soccer player, winning a Blue at Cambridge and later playing for Corinthian-Casuals F.C.[5] In 1949 he won an amateur international cap for England.[6]

He became a schoolmaster, teaching at St Peter's School, York, where he was head of the mathematics department from 1957, when he joined the school, until his retirement in 1989, and also housemaster of the boarding house The Manor between 1969 and 1981.[7] The school now awards an annual Guy Shuttleworth Cup for attitude and effort in sport.[8]

Shuttleworth died at the age of 94 on 21 January 2021. He and his wife Tanya had a son and a daughter.[6] One of their grandchildren is the Chelsea and England international footballer Ben Chilwell.

References

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  1. ^ Wisden 1947, p. 210.
  2. ^ Wisden 1949, p. 513.
  3. ^ "Sussex v Cambridge University 1948". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Lancashire League matches played by Guy Shuttleworth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Guy Shuttleworth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b Kelly, Robert (9 February 2021). "Obituary: QEGS old boy Guy played football for England - like his grandson Ben Chilwell". Lancashire Telegraph. Lancashire. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. ^ "The Peterite", Oct 1989, p10
  8. ^ The Peterite, 1993-1994, p. 76.
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