Ernest Shattock

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Ernest Keith Shattock

| nickname =

| birth_date = 7 April 1887

| birth_place = Wandsworth, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|5|1|1887|4|7|df=yes}}

| death_place = Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England

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| batting = Unknown

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = 1915/16–1926/27

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 11

| runs1 = 321

| bat avg1 = 16.05

| 100s/50s1 = –/2

| top score1 = 74

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 8/7

| date = 18 November

| year = 2022

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ernest-shattock-34421 ESPNcricinfo

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Ernest Keith Shattock (7 April 1887 – 1 May 1962) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Arthur Foster Shattock, he was born at Wandsworth in April 1887 and was educated at Dulwich College.{{cite book |title=Dulwich College Register: 1619 to 1926|first=Thomas Lane|last=Ormiston|date=1926|page=378|publisher=J. J. Keliher & Co. Limited|url=https://archive.org/details/dulwichcollegere0000ormi|language=en}} Travelling to British India, Shattock served in the British India Army Reserve with the 7th Hariana Lancers during the First World War, gaining the rank of second lieutenant in July 1918.{{London Gazette|issue=31187|date=18 February 1919|page=2439}} In India, Shattock played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team on eleven occasions in the Madras Presidency Matches between 1915 and 1927.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14541/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ernest Shattock|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} Playing as a wicket-keeper in the Europeans team, he scored 321 runs at an average of 16.05; he made two half centuries, with a highest score of 74. Behind the stumps he took 8 catches and made 7 stumpings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14541/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ernest Shattock|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} A resident in Madras, Shattock was employed as an assistant for the merchants Best and Co Ltd, Madras. Retiring to England, he died at Berkhamsted in May 1962. He was married to Elsa Maria Sanders, with the couple having one son.{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersS1b.html|title=Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945|publisher=www.unithistories.com|access-date=18 November 2022}}