Mordecai Sherwin
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Mordecai Sherwin Personal information Batting style Right-handed batsman Bowling style Right-arm fast International information National side English Career statistics Competition Tests First-class Matches 3 328 Runs scored 30 2,332 Batting average 15.00 7.59 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 21* 37 Balls bowled 0 270 Wickets 0 8 Bowling average n/a 13.50 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling n/a 2/7 Catches/stumpings 5/2 611/225 Source: [1], Mordecai Sherwin (26 February 1851 in Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England – 3 July 1910 in Nottingham, England) was a professional footballer and cricketer who played in goal for Notts County and as a wicket-keeper for Nottinghamshire between 1878 and 1896.
As a footballer, Sherwin played in goal for County during the 1870s and early 1880s and was, according to the sportswriter "Tityrus" (the pseudonym of J.A.H. Catton, editor of the Athletic News), the idol of the crowd despite his unpromising physique:
- "Although only 5ft. 9ins, and bordering on 17 stone, he was a kind of forerunner to the mighty Foulke... very nimble, as quick a custodian as he was a wicket-keeper. In one match, when the Blackburn Rovers were playing at the Trent Bridge ground, that sturdy and skillful outside right, Joseph Morris Lofthouse, thought he would have a tilt with Sherwin.
- "He charged him, and rebounded. Sherwin said: "Young man, you'll hurt yourself if you do that again." Undeterred, Lofthouse returned to the attack, but Sherwin stepped aside with the alacrity of a dancer, and the Lancashire lad found out how hard was the goalpost and how sharp its edge.
- "Sherwin was a wonder. It was the custom in those days for teams to entertain each other to dinner after a match... At one banquet Sherwin "obliged" with Oh, dem golden slippers, and surprised the gathering with a jig and a somersault. At seventeen stones!"
As a cricketer, Sherwin captained Nottinghamshire in 1887 and 1888. He also played three Test matches for England on the tour to Australia in 1886/7. He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1891.
After he retired as a cricketer, he umpired until 1901, and even stood in one Test in 1899. By trade, Sherwin was a publican. Sherwin had a wife, Emma, and at least six children, Mary, William, Emma, Ellen, Mordecai and Frederick.
The name of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous character, Sherlock Holmes, is said to have been inspired partially by Sherwin, and partially by Frank Shacklock.
References
- Catton, J.A.H. ("Tityrus") (2006 reprint of 1926 original). The Story of Association Football. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. ISBN 1-86223-119-2.
- Brief profile of Mordecai Sherwin by Don Ambrose
- CricketArchive page on Mordecai Sherwin
- Cricinfo page on Mordecai Sherwin
External links
Sporting positions Preceded by
Alfred ShawNottinghamshire County cricket captain
1887-1888Succeeded by
John DixonCategories:- 1851 births
- 1910 deaths
- English cricket umpires
- England Test cricketers
- English cricketers
- English wicket-keepers
- Nottinghamshire cricketers
- Nottinghamshire cricket captains
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year
- Pre-1914 association football players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Notts County F.C. players
- People from Nottinghamshire
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Players cricketers
- North v South cricketers
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