Patrick Sherrard Cricketer

Patrick Sherrard (7 January 1919 – 11 January 1997) was an English cricketer. Sherrard was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Mickleover, Derbyshire and educated at Stowe School. Sherrard made a single first-class appearance for Cambridge University against Northamptonshire at Fenner's in 1938. In this match, he scored 5 runs in the university's first-innings, before being dismissed by Eric Herbert, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Reginald Partridge for 2 runs. The match ended in a draw. In that same season he made also made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Oxford University at the University Parks. In Leicestershire's first-innings, he scored 53 runs before being dismissed by Peter Whitehouse. This was his only innings of the match, which ended in a draw. Following World War II, Sherrard made a single appearance for Berkshire against Hertfordshire in the 1946 Minor Counties Championship. He died at Exeter, Devon on 11 January 1997.