Shaun Jeffares

{{Short description|South African-born Irish cricketer (1906–1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | caption = | country = Ireland | fullname = Alfred Shaun Jeffares | birth_date = 14 August 1906 | birth_place = Komga, Cape Province, South Africa | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|10|29|1906|8|14|df=yes}} | death_place = Drinagh, Munster, Ireland | nickname = | family = Edward Jeffares (brother) | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | club1 = Dublin University | year1 = 1926 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 15 | bat avg1 = 7.50 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 13 | deliveries1 = 162 | wickets1 = 2 | bowl avg1 = 36.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 2/72 | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 3 January | year = 2022 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24577.html Cricinfo }}

'''Alfred Shaun Jeffares''' usually known as '''Shaun Jeffares''' (14 August 1906 in Cape Colony – 29 October 1997 in County Wexford, Ireland)<ref name="CAP">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30602/30602.html Cricket Archive profile]</ref> was a South African-born Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,<ref name="CAP" /> he played on first-class cricket match for Dublin University against Northamptonshire in July 1926,<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30602/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Shaun Jeffares at Cricket Archive]</ref> a match that also featured the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11968.html Scorecard] of Northamptonshire v Dublin University match, 7 July 1926</ref> His brother Edward played cricket in India.<ref name="CAP" />

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeffares, Alfred}} Category:1997 deaths Category:Irish cricketers Category:Dublin University cricketers Category:1906 births Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen