Herbert Shutt

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

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| country = England

| fullname = Herbert Shutt

| nickname =

| birth_date = 3 September 1879

| birth_place = Ardwick, Lancashire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1922|11|19|1879|9|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm fast

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1906

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 7

| bat avg1 = 3.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 6

| deliveries1 = 647

| wickets1 = 8

| bowl avg1 = 28.87

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 4/29

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 13 February

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20183.html Cricinfo

}}

Herbert Shutt (3 September 1879 – 19 November 1922) was an English first-class cricketer.

Shutt was born in September 1879 at Ardwick, Lancashire. For many years he was a club cricketer in Southern England at Aldershot,Death of a Cumberland County Cricketer. Lancashire Evening Post. 21 November 1922. p. 6 with Shutt being selected to play for Hampshire in the 1906 season. He made four first-class appearances during that season, debuting against the touring West Indians and making a further three appearances in the County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6850/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Herbert Shutt|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} Playing as a left-arm fast bowler, he took 8 wickets in his four matches at an average of 28.87, with best figures of 4 for 29.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6850/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Herbert Shutt|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} He later returned to the North-West, where he was engaged by Heywood Cricket Club as their professional in 1908.Heywood Cricket Club. Heywood Advertiser. 16 October 1908. p. 3 Shutt played minor matches for Cumberland from 1910 to 1914, with a final minor appearance coming in July 1922;{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1245/1245235/Miscellaneous_Matches.html|title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Herbert Shutt|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 November 2022|url-access=subscription}} he died five months later at Whitehaven on 19 November 1922, with his final words reportedly being "the last ball of the over".Cricket to the last. Lancashire Evening Post. 25 November 1922. p. 4