RIP David Sheppard

[BoyBrumby]

Another legend takes the long walk back to the pavilion.

Very good cricketer & a decent, humanist cleric. From the BBC website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4323429.stm

 

[steds]

RIP mr Sheppard, ex-bishop of Liverpool

 

[superkingdave]

Yup, Rest in Peace

 

[dro87]

R.i.p.

 

[ReallyCrazy]

david sheppard??? the umpire??? this is very sad news
he was well the last i saw of him. RIP. time changes everything

 

[Kweek]

R.i.p

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

david sheppard??? the umpire??? this is very sad news
he was well the last i saw of him. RIP. time changes everything

That'd be David Shepherd mefinks.

 

[Slats4ever]

i dunno if it was surely the media release would mention something about his umpiring

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

i dunno if it was surely the media release would mention something about his umpiring

That'd be David Shepherd.

Inferior batsman. Perhaps a better umpire.

 

[steds]

That'd be David Shepherd.

Inferior batsman. Perhaps a better umpire.

you're forgetting his amazing skill at delivering newspapers for a 60-odd year old

 

[Richard]

That'd be David Shepherd.

Inferior batsman. Perhaps a better umpire.

Just perhaps!
Nah, I got them confused when I first heard about them, too, though they do have a few similarities in looks and build... but no, the man who has taken a walk back to the pavilion today is The Honourable David (later Lord) Sheppard, former Bishop of Liverpool and England cricket captain - not the internationally renowned Umpire.
Either way - a sad day for the game.

 

[Somerset]

Just perhaps!
Nah, I got them confused when I first heard about them, too, though they do have a few similarities in looks and build... but no, the man who has taken a walk back to the pavilion today is The Honourable David (later Lord) Sheppard, former Bishop of Liverpool and England cricket captain - not the internationally renowned Umpire.
Either way - a sad day for the game.

When I first heard the news I was shocked, for David Shephard had umpired the fifth ODI a day earlier!

RIP to David Sheppard however.

 

[SJS]

His hop and skip at Nelson or double Nelson will be missed.
I have heard cricketers talk very fondly of him. Thorough gentleman for sure.
Rest In Peace

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

His hop and skip at Nelson or double Nelson will be missed.
I have heard cricketers talk very fondly of him. Thorough gentleman for sure.
Rest In Peace

Isn't that umpire Shepherd you're thinking of?

 

[James90]

Aagh so confusing. When I was reading it on cricinfo I was shocked then I read the article and looked at his profile and it didn't look like "Shepherd" or say anything about umpiring so I figured it wasn't him. Until now though I wasn't particularly sure, they should have at least put a line saying that it wasn't the umpire, everyone's confused

 

[wpdavid]

Another legend takes the long walk back to the pavilion.

Very good cricketer & a decent, humanist cleric. From the BBC website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4323429.stm

A brave man, who wasn't afraid to make an unpopular stand. One of the very few cricketers of his era to do or say anything about apartheid, brave ecumenical work in a city where those divisions mattered, and willing to upset Thatcher in the 1980's, which has to be a good thing.

 

[chris.hinton]

I thought it was the Umpire but it very Sad

RIP

 

[Richard]

Aagh so confusing. When I was reading it on cricinfo I was shocked then I read the article and looked at his profile and it didn't look like "Shepherd" or say anything about umpiring so I figured it wasn't him. Until now though I wasn't particularly sure, they should have at least put a line saying that it wasn't the umpire, everyone's confused

I wasn't.
My confusion happened about 3 years ago, when I first heard of Reverand Sheppard.