Guy Mitchell Shuttleworth (6 November 1926 – 21 January 2021) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1946 to 1948. He was also a football player, and became a teacher.
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| Full name | Guy Mitchell Shuttleworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1926-11-06)6 November 1926 Blackburn, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 January 2021(2021-01-21) (aged 94) Eastbourne, East Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1948 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 December 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shuttleworth attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, before going up to King's College, Cambridge.[1] His highest score in first-class cricket was 96 for Cambridge against Sussex in 1948, when he and Doug Insole added 171 for the sixth wicket in two hours.[2][3] He played for East Lancashire in the Lancashire League from 1944 to 1950[4] and played eight matches for Lancashire 2nd XI from 1946 to 1948.
Shuttleworth was also a soccer player, winning a Blue at Cambridge and later playing for Corinthian-Casuals F.C.[5] In 1949 he won an amateur international cap for England.[6]
He became a schoolmaster, teaching at St Peter's School, York. The school now awards an annual Guy Shuttleworth Cup for attitude and effort in sport.[7]
Shuttleworth died at the age of 94 on 21 January 2021. He and his wife Tanya had a son and a daughter.[6] One of their grandchildren is the Chelsea and England international footballer Ben Chilwell.