Career
Shepherd was born in Whitkirk, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Batting at number five, he scored a duck in his only innings and did not bowl his off breaks in the game against Oxford University, which ended in a high scoring draw after Oxford compiled 344 for 8 dec after following on. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI (1937–1938).
He died in May 1998 in Norbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.