| George Shepstone | |
| Fullname: | George Harold Shepstone |
| Birth Date: | 9 April 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal |
| Death Place: | Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
| Year1: | 1897–98 to 1904–05 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 38 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 21 |
| Deliveries1: | 115 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 22 |
| Runs2: | 693 |
| Bat Avg2: | 21.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 1/1 |
| Top Score2: | 104 |
| Deliveries2: | 1,680 |
| Wickets2: | 42 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 16.23 |
| Fivefor2: | 3 |
| Tenfor2: | 1 |
| Best Bowling2: | 5/17 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 11/– |
| International: | true |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testdebutdate: | 2 March |
| Testdebutyear: | 1896 |
| Lasttestdate: | 14 February |
| Lasttestagainst: | England |
| Lasttestyear: | 1899 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/204/204.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 13 November |
| Year: | 2022 |
George Harold Shepstone (9 April 1876 – 3 July 1940) was a South African cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1896 and 1899. He played first-class cricket for Transvaal from 1897–98 to 1904–05.
Shepstone was an all-rounder – a right-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler – who made his first-class and Test debuts in the same match, for South Africa against England in 1895–96. Playing in only the second of the three-Test series, he scored 21 and 9 batting in the middle order, and took no wickets.[1]
Shepstone was one of only two century-makers in the Currie Cup in 1897–98, with 104 for Transvaal against Griqualand West.[2] Opening the Transvaal bowling with Jimmy Sinclair, he also took 14 wickets in the competition, including 5 for 77 and 4 for 34 against Natal.[3]
When England next toured South Africa in 1898–99, Shepstone played in the First Test, but was unsuccessful and South Africa lost. He was not selected for the Test team again.[4]
Shepstone played in the Transvaal teams that won the Currie Cup in 1902–03 and 1903–04,[5] and toured England in 1904 with the South African team, when no Tests were played, but he played in only six of the 22 first-class matches.[6]
Shepstone married Ellen Hilda Chambers, a divorcee, in Johannesburg in August 1907.[7] In July 1940, suffering from bowel cancer, he shot himself in the head, and died in hospital in Germiston, aged 64.[8]