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GTV PAN OLD TRAFFORD
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SV TO CU - SHEPPARD COMING OUT TO BAT
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STV SPECTATORS
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GV DAVID SHEPPARD HITS A 4 BOUNDARY PAN TO BOUNDARY
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SCU PAN DAVID SHEPPARD LEAVING FIELD AFTER INNINGS
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SV DAVID SHEPPARD BEING INTERVIEWED SOF IN.. "DO YOU FEEL THAT... SOF ENDS... IN ANY CAPACITY IN THE SIDE."
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TRANSCRIPT: SEQ. 6: Q:- "DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE FIT ENOUGH TO COME BACK INTO FIRST-CLASS CRICKET?"



A:- "WELL, I'VE GOT TO DO A LOT OF HARD WORK. I'M VERY CONSCIOUS OF THIS, AND I THINK THE PART OF CRICKET THAT PERHAPS WORRIES ME, - AT FIRST, - MOST IS FIELDING, FUNNILY ENOUGH. I THINK I USUALLY FIELD CLOSE TO THE WICKETS, AND YOU NEED A VERY QUICK KIND OF FITNESS, A QUICK REACTION TO MOVE TO THE BALL, AND I SHALL TRY AND PLAY JUST A LITTLE CLUB CRICKET AND GET SOME HARD NET PRACTICE, FIELDING PRACTICE, IN BEFORE."



Q:- "HAVE YOU MANAGED TO GET MUCH PRACTICE IN YET?"



A:- "NO, VERY LITTLE. i'VE HAD TWO DAYS DOWN AT HOVE. WE HAD A LITTLE BREAK JUST AFTER EASTER, BUT THAT'S ALL. AND I'M RATHER MAN BY NATURE, BUT I'VE GOT TO DRIVE MYSELF TO DO EXERCISES AND ALL THIS SORT OF THING, I THINK."



Q:- "WHAT ABOUT THE LADS HERE AT THE SETTLEMENT, DO THEY HELP?"



A:- "OH, YES. I'M A "DROPPER-INTO" OUR CLUB, SO I DON'T RUN CLUBS. BUT I DO DROP IN AND WE HAVE A BIT OF CRICKET AND OTHER THINGS TOGETHER, AS WELL, AND THAT DOES HELP."



Q:- "NOW WERE THE CAPTAINCY - WHICH IS GOING TO BE PRETTY WIDE OPEN NEXT YEAR IN AUSTRALIA - WERE IT OFFERED TO YOU, DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SHOULDER THAT BURDEN?"



A:- "I WOULD HOPE SO. I'VE CAPTAINED SIDES A BIT IN THE PAST, AND I'VE ENJOYED IT. I'D BE TERRIBLY HAPPY, INDEED, TO GO ON THE TOUR IF I WAS ASKED TO IN ANY CAPACITY IN THE SIDE."




Initials TDH/V/MGT/CJB


SPORT: CRICKET

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Background: THE REVEREND DAVID SHEPPARD HAS INFORMED SUSSEX COUNTY CRICKET CLUB THAT HE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PLAY FOR SUSSEX FROM JUNE 20 TO MID-AUGUST. HE HAS ALSO INFORMED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MCC AUSTRALIAN YOUR SELECTION SUB-COMMITTEE, MR. R.W.V. ROBINS, THAT HE IS AVAILABLE IN ANY CAPACITY FOR THE MCC TOUR OF AUSTRALIA NEXT WINTER. HE MAKES IT QUITE CLEAR, HOWEVER, THAT AFTER HIS LONG LEAVE HE WILL RETURN TO THE WARDENSHIP OF THE MAYFLOWER FAMILY CENTRE IN LONDON'S EAST END.

THIS WILL BE HIS THIRD RETURN TO FIRST CLASS CRICKET SINCE TAKING HOLY ORDERS. VISNEWS LIBRARY FILM RECALLS HIS FIRST RETURN IN JULY 1956 WHEN HE MADE 113 AGAINST AUSTRALIA AT OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER.

IN AN INTERVIEW AT THE MAYFLOWER CENTRE, MAY 9, THE REVEREND SHEPPARD WAS ASKED:-